Home Composed Song Contest 2017
Contest overview
The 2017 Home Composed Song Contest was hosted by the previous year's winner, Bo Söderholm from Finland, and organised by Bo along with the recently formed HCSC Organising Committee.
After one disqualification, a total of 14 entries participated in the competition. As usual, the participant votes were supplemented by a public internet vote, represented by in the voting table below. This year, an expert jury was also provided by Sugar House Publishing from Vaasa, Finland, represented by in the voting table below.
The votes were nicely spread out, with no fewer than nine of the 14 entries receiving at least one maximum "douze points" score. On his return to the competition after several years' absence, Eduard Alexogiannopoulos representing Greece ultimately took the first prize, making it two wins in three participations. It was a close victory in the end, with debutant Asla Osprey from Finland finishing not far behind in second place. Spain's Alfonso Daniel completed the podium, achieving his best result to date in the main competition.
The full voting show can still be viewed on YouTube.
Entries and results
Draw | Country | Song Title | Performer | Composer | Lyricist | Position | Points |
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01 | United Kingdom I | Never Met A Woman | Jimmy Andrews' Midlife Crisis | Andy Mendelson | Jim Brook | 8 | 74 |
02 | Spain | Halley | Alfonso Daniel | Alfonso Daniel | n/a | 3 | 93 |
03 | Finland I | Breaking Space | Snowclone | Tero Aalto | Tero Aalto | 6 | 79 |
04 | Germany I | Love Is Like Dancing | Rebecca | Marcus Seiler | Stefan Engel | 4 | 82 |
05 | Albania | Hyjnitë e natës | Ainhoa Feal | Ainhoa Feal | Ainhoa Feal | 11 | 40 |
06 | Greece | San mia prosefchi | Konstantinos Papoutsis | Konstantinos Papoutsis | n/a | 7 | 77 |
07 | United Kingdom II | Messed Up | Emily Roberts | Emily Roberts | Emily Roberts | 9 | 67 |
08 | Sweden | Dŵr dwfn | Martin Kahnberg | Martin Kahnberg | Martin Kahnberg | 13 | 24 |
09 | Finland II | Deep Waters | Asla Osprey | Asla Osprey | Asla Osprey | 2 | 109 |
10 | United Kingdom III | Future Tense | Vulnerable | Ray Holt, Martin Faulkner | Andrew Donaldson | 10 | 54 |
11 | Germany II | Hopeless Lines | Jan Wehner | Jan Wehner | Jan Wehner | 14 | 0 |
12 | Greece II | Need To Know | Eduard Alexogiannopoulos | Eduard Alexogiannopoulos | Eduard Alexogiannopoulos | 1 | 115 |
13 | Finland III | Love Isn't An Emotion | Roger Holmlund | Roger Holmlund | n/a | 12 | 33 |
14 | United Kingdom IV | Looking Through Life's Window | londonvision | Andy Brook | David Graaff | 5 | 81 |
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