Home Composed Song Contest 1999

Contest overview

Despite winning the 1998 Home Composed, Morten Boldt Hansen of Denmark did not organise the following year's event; he was due to go travelling, and this naturally meant that he was unable to meet the commitments of arranging the competition. Alon Shanni of Israel, being the 1998 runner-up, was offered the task; however, following some confusion over plans for the structure of the contest - including the possibility of national pre-selections - in the end it was Martin Faulkner of the United Kingdom who fulfilled the role of organiser in 1999. A record number of songs took part this year - 17 in total. (Although 18 songs were entered in 1997, two were withdrawn before the voting and a further two were disqualified after the contest.) Ten participating composers from six countries were represented, with newcomers Achim Wurm, Peter Reinders and Ronald Groenhuizen expanding the Home Composed family further. To read the lyrics of each entry, you can click on the corresponding title in the song list below. The voting created some interesting statistics. It was "oh so close" for Christina Irving - her entry "It's Over" led from the early stages, but it was her own jury, voting last, which eventually handed victory to Tony Søgaard Olsen's "Denne sommer". For Tony, this was a particularly memorable achievement - not only was it his second win, it was also only his second participation in the contest, making for a 100% strike rate so far! The result also further highlighted the dominance of Scandinavia in the Home Composed Song Contest - in the eight contests to date, only once had the title been won by anyone other than Norway, Sweden and Denmark...

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	File:Filename.png Country	Song Title	Performer Name	Composer Name	Lyricist Name	00	00

1. 1. For winner line:
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Scoreboard

	Juries
	File:Xxx.png	File:Xxx.png	File:Xxx.png	File:Xxx.png	File:Xxx.png	Total
Song Title	1	1	1	1	1	00

While editing, use "x" for jury blocks while voting then bulk-replace with "| style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | |" afterwards

1. 1. For winner line:
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   3. then "gold" for all colours in that line and around song title and points (and around top marks for all entries (check!))

Media

HCSC 1999 winner: Tony Søgaard Olsen - Denne sommer
Song removed at composer's request
Recap of all HCSC 1999 songs in draw order
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The host

Martin Faulkner