About the Commonwealth Song Contest
Voting for the 2019 winner starts on Saturday 30th March 2019. Seven Grand Finalists are presented as country representatives. The song/country with the most votes is the winner. The Grand Finalist 2019 selection panel looked for songs that reflect the diversity of the nations and aimed for an interesting and varied mix that would work well in a live TV show and would entertain and appeal to peoples from the various nations involved. In future events Semi Finalists will be selected by votes from the public.
The 2018 /2019 event was free to enter and was a Test Run in Beta to introduce and fine tune the CSC for the future launch and has no prizes. Winners and nominees, however, will be able to use their official positions in the event in their own publicity and promotional activities and materials and in their CVs.
All songwriters and artists who are residents or nationals of the 53 Commonwealth of Nations countries are eligible to take part and represent their country. The event showcases the music, talent and culture of the participating nations, and hopes to promote understanding of the cultural differences, the geography and the diversity of the nations, their music and their cultures.
The 53 countries are grouped by region in the main menu above. Click on each of the five regions in the menu bar above to see the Commonwealth Nations in each region. Everyone in the Commonwealth is welcome to enter the contest - both beginners and professionals. There is no age limit. Songwriters can record and perform their song themselves and enter their own demos, or they can get other people to sing or record their song for them. Bands and singers can perform their own original compositions or perform songs written by friends or music partners. Schools and colleges are particularly welcome to take part and enter songs. Music producers, TV and Radio producers, music industry professionals and potential sponsors are welcome to contact us to discuss partnerships. Every song taking part in the event must be an original composition and the songwriter or the performers (or both) must be a national or resident of the Commonwealth country represented.
ENTRY PROCESS: In the test-run year we are working with the Commonwealth´s main songwriting event The UK Songwriting Contest. The British organizers of that event have agreed to provide their expertise and experience to supervise song entries and the selection systems. They were chosen because 1) they are the long standing national songwriting event in the country that founded the Commonwealth of Nations, and 2) they are very highly regarded and respected in the international music community. If this works well we very much hope they will remain as the international event organizers. We are also working with the international song submission platform SubmitMySong.com and other partners to coordinate the administration of entries from all the 53 nations.
Voting for the 2019 winner starts on Saturday 30th March 2019. Seven Grand Finalists are presented as country representatives. The song/country with the most votes is the winner. The Grand Finalist 2019 selection panel looked for songs that reflect the diversity of the nations and aimed for an interesting and varied mix that would work well in a live TV show and would entertain and appeal to peoples from the various nations involved. In future events Semi Finalists will be selected by votes from the public.
The 2018 /2019 event was free to enter and was a Test Run in Beta to introduce and fine tune the CSC for the future launch and has no prizes. Winners and nominees, however, will be able to use their official positions in the event in their own publicity and promotional activities and materials and in their CVs.
All songwriters and artists who are residents or nationals of the 53 Commonwealth of Nations countries are eligible to take part and represent their country. The event showcases the music, talent and culture of the participating nations, and hopes to promote understanding of the cultural differences, the geography and the diversity of the nations, their music and their cultures.
The 53 countries are grouped by region in the main menu above. Click on each of the five regions in the menu bar above to see the Commonwealth Nations in each region. Everyone in the Commonwealth is welcome to enter the contest - both beginners and professionals. There is no age limit. Songwriters can record and perform their song themselves and enter their own demos, or they can get other people to sing or record their song for them. Bands and singers can perform their own original compositions or perform songs written by friends or music partners. Schools and colleges are particularly welcome to take part and enter songs. Music producers, TV and Radio producers, music industry professionals and potential sponsors are welcome to contact us to discuss partnerships. Every song taking part in the event must be an original composition and the songwriter or the performers (or both) must be a national or resident of the Commonwealth country represented.
ENTRY PROCESS: In the test-run year we are working with the Commonwealth´s main songwriting event The UK Songwriting Contest. The British organizers of that event have agreed to provide their expertise and experience to supervise song entries and the selection systems. They were chosen because 1) they are the long standing national songwriting event in the country that founded the Commonwealth of Nations, and 2) they are very highly regarded and respected in the international music community. If this works well we very much hope they will remain as the international event organizers. We are also working with the international song submission platform SubmitMySong.com and other partners to coordinate the administration of entries from all the 53 nations.
THE COMMONWEALTH NATIONS
The Commonwealth Song Contest is an international music event for the 53 Commonwealth countries of Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Pacific Region and Asia. Songwriters, singers, bands, producers, media outlets and fans from these countries are welcome to participate in this event .
Pacific Nations:
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Soloman Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Kiribati
European Nations:
UK, Malta, Cyprus
Asian Nations:
India, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalem, Sri Lanka
African Nations:
Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
Americas Nations:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
The Commonwealth Song Contest is an international music event for the 53 Commonwealth countries of Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Pacific Region and Asia. Songwriters, singers, bands, producers, media outlets and fans from these countries are welcome to participate in this event .
Pacific Nations:
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Soloman Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Kiribati
European Nations:
UK, Malta, Cyprus
Asian Nations:
India, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalem, Sri Lanka
African Nations:
Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
Americas Nations:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago