Home Composed Song Contest 1999

Contest overview

Despite winning the 1998 contest, Morten Boldt Hansen of [[[Denmark in the Home Composed Song Contest|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 - something which, in the interests of inclusivity, Home Composed has still never implemented even now - in the end it was Martin Faulkner of the United Kingdom who stepped up to fulfil the role of 1999 organiser.

A record number of songs appeared on the scoreboard this year - 17 in total. (Although 18 songs were entered in 1997, two were withdrawn during the voting and a further two were disqualified after the contest.)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.

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 editions to date, only once had the title been won by someone from outside 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
<html5media>http://www.homecomposed.net/archive/1999/1999medl.mp3</html5media>

The host

Martin Faulkner