Home Composed Song Contest 2021

Contest overview

The 2021 edition of the Home Composed Song Contest was the 30th edition, and organiser Andy Brook from the United Kingdom put a great deal of effort into making it a contest to remember.

This paid off at the bottom line: 24 entries from 15 countries made this the largest contest in many years. Ireland made its debut in the competition, while Romania and Poland were represented for the first time in a decade. A number of new participants brought a breath of fresh air to the competition, while at the other end of the scale, there was a return to HCSC for the 2009 champions Ylva and Linda.

As in previous years, there was an internet-based public vote (shown as in the scoresheet). This was supplemented by a further three guest juries: contest founder Morten Boldt Hansen (), a jury representing Radio International (), which accompanied the contest with a special feature (listen [here]), and a jury representing ESC Insight (), which published a long article on the history of HCSC in the run-up to this year's contest (read [here]).

There was an innovation in terms of the voting presentation. To maximise the drama and entertainment, the votes of the guest juries and the debutant participants were each presented separately, then the votes of the returning participants were revealed as one "block" - like the televote at the Eurovision Song Contest. You can watch the full show with voting here.

This had the advantage of keeping the final result a secret right up until the last minute - not a bad thing, since it proved to be a commanding victory for Romania and "Take Me Away" by CornEL. Fellow debutant Avraam Konstandinou from Cyprus took second place, with the podium being completed by Tero Aalto and Snowclone from Finland.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Sweden I	Masquerade	Björta feat. Ylva & Linda	Mats Larsson, Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Jonas Lindau	Mats Larsson, Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Jonas Lindau	13	56
02	United Kingdom I	Slingshot	Gluehorse	John Beak, Roy Delaney, Shawn Mullins, Craig Stevens	Shawn Mullins	18	46
03	Poland	I Want You Here Again	Gnewwan	Gniewko Paw, Jerry Neij	Gniewko Paw	8	85
04	Australia	I Don't Know What You Learned At Richmond, But It Seems Like It Was Music And Nothing Else	Rainbow Orbit	Phil McNulty	Phil McNulty	21	22
05	Hungary	Ábel a bálban	VTF	Tamás Vámos	Tamás Vámos	19	30
06	Greece	Silver Lake	9 Streets	Konstantinos Papoutsis	n/a	7	90
07	Sweden II	Till fjälls	Eva-Karin Håkansson & Martin Kahnberg	Eva-Karin Håkansson, Martin Kahnberg	Eva-Karin Håkansson	10	73
08	Cyprus	Exomologisi	Avraam Konstandinou	Savvas Degirmentzoglou	Avraam Konstandinou	2	130
09	Albania	Brengosje	Ainhoa Feal	Soundraw, Ainhoa Feal	Ainhoa Feal	23	19
10	Finland	Look Out!	Snowclone	Tero Aalto	Tero Aalto	3	113
11	United Kingdom II	It Doesn't Matter Anyway	The Quirks	Andrew Mendelson	Andrew Mendelson	24	14
12	Romania I	Take Me Away	CornEL	Cornel-Ionuț, DJ Stephano Rossi	Cornel-Ionuț	1	203
13	United Kingdom III	Song For Raymond	Andrew Boyes	Andrew Boyes	Andrew Boyes	16	48
14	Germany I	Island Of Love	Randi	Randi & Tato	Stefan Engel	11	62
15	United Kingdom IV	Winter Sunset	Cellphone	Jim Brook	Jim Brook	9	77
16	Ireland	Be Free	Lamph feat. Holly Ryan	Clodagh Jackson, Eoin Jackson	Clodagh Jackson, Eoin Jackson	4	101
17	Portugal	March For Peace	Nuno Mexia	Nuno Mexia	n/a	17	47
18	Germany II	Medusa	Jan Wehner	Jan Wehner	Jan Wehner	20	26
19	United Kingdom V	We're Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time)	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner	Andrew Donaldson	12	59
20	Germany III	Tomorrow Never Comes	Janneck Schmacke	Janneck Schmacke	Janneck Schmacke	6	98
21	Romania II	A New Insight	Floriana	Floriana, BeatStars, Lukinich Attila (DSPro Studio)	Floriana	5	100
22	Italy	Look Mom No Hands	Cassidy Civet	Cassidy Civet	Cassidy Civet	15	49
23	Sweden III	You Fly Away	Majo	Tobias Forsström, Majo	Majo	13	56
24	Lithuania	Hold You Close	Gina Sabrina	Gina Sabrina	Gina Sabrina	22	20

Scoreboard

	Juries
																													Total
Masquerade	5			4		10	7	1	8			1			1	8		6	5										56
Slingshot			10		6													3		1		5		6			3	12	46
I Want You Here Again	4			8		1	8	6	4	5			4	3	8	2	8		4						2	8	10	5	85
Richmond	2	5				6														4	3				1	1			22
Ábel a bálban	7	8			5	5								2										3					30
Silver Lake	8			6			10	12		8		2	8	4	2			8	7		5			7				3	90
Till fjälls	1	12	1	5									1	1		12		1	10	8				8	5	4		4	73
Exomologisi	12		7		10		12				8		5	8	3	10	7		3	7	6			2	12	5	12	1	130
Brengosje											4					5			8		2								19
Look Out!		6	12		4	4	6		12	4		12			5		6	10				8	8			12	2	2	113
It Doesn't Matter Anyway			2			3					1									5			3						14
Take Me Away	10		6	12		7	5	8	10	10	2	8	12	12	10	7	10	7	12		10	7	10		7	7	8	6	203
Song For Raymond							4		1	1	6	6	7				2		1		12		7	1					48
Island Of Love			3			2		3		6	7	4	10	7		1	4					2				3	5	5	62
Winter Sunset				1		12	3	10	5	3	3				4	3	12				1			12	8				77
Be Free				2	3			2		7				6	7	4		12		10	7	12	12	10			7		101
March For Peace		3		10									2			6			6			6			10		4		47
Medusa		10		3	2	8																				2	1		26
We're Here For A Good Time		7	5		8				6	2	5	7					3				4	1	1					10	59
Tomorrow Never Comes	6		4	7	1		2	7				10	3	5	6			4	2	6	8	10	6	5	6				98
A New Insight			8		12		1		7	12		3		10	12		5	5		3		4	4				6	8	100
Look Mom No Hands		2						5	2		12									12			2		4	10			49
You Fly Away	3	1						4			10	5	6				1	2		2		3	5	4	3			7	56
Hold You Close		4			7				3																	6			20

Media

HCSC 2021 winner: CornEL - Take Me Away

Recap of all HCSC 2021 songs in draw order
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