Home Composed Song Contest 2009

Contest overview

The 2009 Home Composed Song Contest was organised by the previous year's winner, Boban Djekić from Serbia.

As in 2007 and 2008, this year's contest had its own dedicated website. Online support was again provided by Radio International, who presented an hour-long programme dedicated to the contest (listen here) and formed their own guest jury, while the contest's website itself also contained a voting feature that was included in the final result. The scoresheet below shows these guest juries at the end, numbered (Radio International) and (Internet).

A total of 25 songs from 20 composing "teams" participated in the 2009 event. Among the nine countries represented was Estonia, making its debut; meanwhile, HCSC veteran Michael Bauer returned after a few years' absence.

In the end, though, it was another pair of returnees - Swedish twins Ylva and Linda, otherwise known as Onevoice - who ran away with the victory with "Här kommer solen", a song with plenty of Melodifestivalen experience behind it in the shape of songwriters Dan Attlerud and Martin Klaman. Indeed, the runner-up from Germany had also appeared in a Lithuanian national final, again underlining the development of Home Composed from its humble roots nearly two decades ago - and the difficulties of defining what exactly constitutes an "amateur" in the internet age, a question with which the contest would continue to grapple over the years ahead.

Entries and results

Draw	Country	Song Title	Performer	Composer	Lyricist	Position	Points
01	Italy	Voragine	Jacopo Di Donato	Jacopo Di Donato, Laura Villani, Christopher Severn	Jacopo Di Donato, Samantha Belloi	23	9
02	Italy	L'alternativa	Jacopo Di Donato	Jacopo Di Donato	Jacopo Di Donato	20	18
03	Sweden I	No Longer In My Mind	Marcus Björkander	Marcus Björkander	Josef Boström	13	40
04	Sweden I	Computers	Marcus Björkander	Marcus Björkander	Josef Boström	22	10
05	Serbia I	Nevero	Boban Djekić	Snežana Končar	Snežana Končar	3	87
06	Germany I	Ein Stück des Wegs	Jannnni	Jannnni	Jannnni	10	59
07	Malta	Tequila	Mauro	Clinton Paul	Clinton Paul	4	86
08	Germany II	Lady	Christian Deussen	Gorgi	Stefan Engel	2	105
09	Spain	Perdido	Samuel Bugia	Samuel Bugia	Samuel Bugia	14	35
10	Germany III	Free	Mave O'Rick	Mave O'Rick	Mave O'Rick, tEEgEE, DJ Onko	9	74
11	Estonia	Stay	Christa	Marcus Seiler	Marcus Seiler	7	78
12	Serbia II	Road	Dejan & Nikola	Dejan Nikodijević, Nikola Radunović	n/a	15	32
13	Portugal I	I'm Sorry	Heitor	Heitor	Heitor	4	86
14	Portugal I	Direção	Heitor	Heitor	Heitor	21	11
15	Serbia II	Premalo reci	Dejan & Nikola	Dejan Nikodijević	Nikola Radunović	18	25
16	Portugal II	Tantas as noites	Dário Gonçalves	Rogério Afonso	Rogério Afonso	6	85
17	United Kingdom I	A Still Quiet Day By The River	Vulnerable	Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner	Ray Holt	11	55
18	Germany IV	ByeBye	Riinka	Bernd Öttinger	Bernd Öttinger, Michael Bauer	8	77
19	Sweden II	Här kommer solen	Onevoice	Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Martin Klaman	Dan Attlerud	1	152
20	Germany V	Liebe ist es nicht	Rebecca	Vincent Kiefer	Dennis Wilz	18	25
21	Germany VI	On Mars	Felix Penk	Felix Penk	Felix Penk	17	28
22	Portugal III	Longe de ti 99	Manel da Silva	Manel da Silva	n/a	16	30
23	United Kingdom II	Disturbing Tendencies	londonvision feat. Tiina	Andy Brook	Andy Brook	11	55
24	Germany VII	I Believe In Love	Matthias Pohl	Lutz Holzapfel, Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	25	5
25	Germany VII	Das Schönste auf der Welt	Matthias Pohl	Lutz Holzapfel, Matthias Pohl	Matthias Pohl	23	9

Scoreboard

	Juries
																							Total
Voragine					1									3					1			4	9
L'alternativa										4			4	10									18
No Longer In My Mind				1	6				3		10	4	2		10					4			40
Computers			2												8								10
Nevero		8		5	8	12	6	7	6					4	7	10			5	3	6		87
Ein Stück des Wegs		7	4			6	2		1		5		1			7	6	3			5	12	59
Tequila		3	8	12		8	4	4	5	5		12			2		7	8			8		86
Lady	4	4	12	7	12		3	8	12		3			5	12	1	3			8	10	1	105
Perdido	2				5	1						6		12				1	7	1			35
Free	5		6		4	10			8			5	8		6	2		10	2		2	6	74
Stay		6	5			7	7	5		6	6		3		5	4	4		8		12		78
Road	6	2		4	7			6			4											3	32
I'm Sorry		10		8				10	7	12		8	10	8		6				7			86
Direção		1					1			7		2											11
Premalo reci	7											3		2				6	4		3		25
Tantas as noites		5		3		2	8		4		8		6	7	3	3		12	3	12	4	5	85
A Still Quiet Day By The...	8			6				2		8	2						12	4	6			7	55
ByeBye	12		3				10	3		10			5		1	8	8	5	12				77
Här kommer solen	3	12	10	10	10	5	12	1	10	3	12	10		6		12	2	7	10	10	7		152
Liebe ist es nicht	1		1			4			2		1			1						5		10	25
On Mars	10									1			7					2		6		2	28
Longe de ti 99					3			12				7										8	30
Disturbing Tendencies			7	2		3	5			2	7		12		4		10			2	1		55
I Believe In Love																	5						5
Das Schönste auf der Welt					2							1				5	1						9

Media

HCSC 2009 winner: Onevoice - Här kommer solen

Recap of all HCSC 2009 songs in draw order
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