Home Composed Song Contest 2012
Contest overview
Although Denmark had won the previous year's Home Composed Song Contest, the 2012 event was organised by Samuel Bugia and his enthusiastic team in A Coruña, Spain.
Following the monster edition in the previous year that required the use of a semi-final, HCSC returned to a more manageable size, with 20 participants submitting a total of 22 entries - including debuts in the competition for Latvia and Bulgaria. Although officially uncredited, the completely silent "Invisible Song" was defending champion Tony Olsen apparently having a bit of fun with the competition.
Having placed 15th and 13th in his previous Home Composed appearances, Finnish songwriter Tero Aalto made a huge leap forward as "Olen" by Snowclone won a fairly comprehensive victory ahead of entries representing Greece, Italy and Portugal. The voting show can still be viewed on YouTube (part 1 and part 2).
The scoresheet below contains the now-customary votes from the Radio International jury (
) and the online public vote (
), as well as a jury from the (non-participating) organisational team from A Coruña (
).
Entries and results
| Draw | Country | Song Title | Performer | Composer | Lyricist | Position | Points |
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| 01 |  Portugal I
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Luz, o meu coraçao | Pavel | Ricardo Verdelho | Ricardo Verdelho | 4 | 127 |
| 02 |  Spain
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Hay magia en mí | Alfonso Fernández | Alfonso Fernández | Alfonso Fernández | 11 | 53 |
| 03 |  Italy I
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We Are Coming From Every Country | Alberto Flego | Alberto Flego | Alberto Flego | 9 | 56 |
| 04 |  Germany I
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Mit Dir an meiner Seite | Jason | Jason Scerri | Stefan Engel | 5 | 85 |
| 05 | Italy II
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Sta lontana da me | Fabrizio | Fabrizio | Fabrizio | 3 | 131 |
| 06 |  Greece
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Stile to fos | George Psomiadis feat. Constantino Dilupo | Constantino Dilupo | Constantino Dilupo | 2 | 150 |
| 07 |  Denmark
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Invisible Song | No Sound | -?- | -?- | 21 | 3 |
| 08 |  Serbia
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Who Do You Love? | NIDEJ | Nikola Radunović, Dejan Nikodijević | Nikola Radunović, Dejan Nikodijević | 15 | 38 |
| 09 |  Finland I
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Olen | Snowclone | Tero Aalto | Tero Aalto | 1 | 176 |
| 10 |  United Kingdom I
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I Will Stand Beside You | Andy Brook | Andy Brook | Andy Brook | 8 | 64 |
| 11 |  Bulgaria
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Come With Me | JanJan | JanJan | JanJan | 17 | 27 |
| 12 |  Latvia
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When The Rain Is Falling Down | Dimitry Kuzmin | Dimitry Kuzmin, Sam Guelzim | Dimitry Kuzmin, Sam Guelzim | 20 | 6 |
| 13 | United Kingdom II
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Super Subtle Someone | Vulnerable | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner | Ray Holt | 18 | 26 |
| 14 | Germany II
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Elfenbeinturm | Herr Schmidt | Andreas Krause | Michael Bauer | 19 | 18 |
| 15 | Finland II
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Sometimes It Happens | Bo Söderholm | Bo Söderholm | Bo Söderholm | 6 | 84 |
| 16 |  Albania
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Give Me Back My Life | Rya Neptlight | Ainhoa Feal | Ainhoa Feal | 14 | 39 |
| 17 | Germany III
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Phenomenon | Felix Penk | Felix Penk | Felix Penk | 7 | 74 |
| 18 | Portugal II
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Eu volto | Heitor | Heitor | Heitor | 10 | 54 |
| 19 |  Malta
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Can't Imagine | Sherise Bugeja & Oguz Karademir | Oguz Karademir | Oguz Karademir | 16 | 28 |
| 20 | Germany IV
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Leben - Feuer oder Meer | Matthias Pohl | Matthias Pohl | Matthias Pohl | 22 | 0 |
| 21 | Spain
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Recognize Me | Alfonso Fernández | Alfonso Fernández | Alfonso Fernández | 13 | 43 |
| 22 | Latvia
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Tantzui somnoy | Dimitry Kuzmin | Dimitry Kuzmin, Sam Guelzim | Dimitry Kuzmin, Sam Guelzim | 12 | 52 |
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| Luz, o meu coraçao | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 127 | |||||
| Hay magia en mí | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 53 | ||||||||||||||
| We Are Coming From Every... | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 56 | |||||||||||||
| Mit Dir an meiner Seite | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 85 | |||||||||
| Sta lontana da me | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 131 | |||||||
| Stile to fos | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 150 | ||||
| Invisible Song | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who Do You Love? | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| Olen | 7 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 176 | |||
| I Will Stand Beside You | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Come With Me | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| When The Rain Is Falling Down | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Super Subtle Someone | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| Elfenbeinturm | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sometimes It Happens | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Give Me Back My Life | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Phenomenon | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Eu volto | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Can't Imagine | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Leben - Feuer oder Meer | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recognize Me | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tantzui somnoy | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
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