The next CSC will accept entries soon.
PREVIOUS WINNER
Terra Spencer from Canada with her Winners Trophy.
PREVIOUS FINALISTS
The 7 Grand Finalist and 14 Semi Finalist countries are listed below.
Tens of thousands of votes were cast in the large international Public Vote, and in thousands of songwriters and music industry professionals were also invited to vote for their winner in the special Music Industry Vote. These votes were all combined to select the winner and runners up.
AUSTRALIA
SEMI FINALISTS
The 14 Semi Finalist countries are listed below.
This is followed by a list of special mentions to honour those who were close contenders and performed highly in the contest.
This is followed by a list of special mentions to honour those who were close contenders and performed highly in the contest.
NEW ZEALAND
I Need Love
Julie Carter
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MAURITIUS
Full Moon Jamming
Lou Jones
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BARBADOS
Valley Lessons
Elizabeth Best
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Honest
Christopher Jaggasar (Mark Robin)
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JAMAICA
Righteous Warfare
Lashana Stephenson
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SOUTH AFRICA
Rusted
Lillia Lessev
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INDIA
Looking Up To Heaven
Glenn Valles
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KENYA
Thorns
Nahash Munene Mwathi
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SRI LANKA
Wake Up Mom
Yenuli Binara
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PAKISTAN
Here Once More
Ahmad Mobeen
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DOMINICA
Running back to you
Joy Stoute
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MOZAMBIQUE
Crazy love
Pedro Barbosa
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BAHAMAS
Turn Your Love Switch On
George Christopher Fox
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NIGERIA
No Other Name
Solomon Johnson
SPECIAL MENTIONS
The following compilation of special mentions draws from the songs submitted to the Commonwealth Song Contest during a four-year period (2018-2022). This list, albeit extensive, acknowledges only a small selection of the many thousands of talented artists who took part in the contest. We express our gratitude to all the participants, including the countless skilled songwriters who are not explicitly mentioned in the list below.
Si Min Tan (Singapore), Brinal Chua (Singapore), Low Shao Ying (Singapore), Amanda Natalie Chen (Singapore), Grace E. Phillips (Barbados), Lyia Meta (Malaysia), Basil Martin (South Africa), Kristel Birkholtz (South Africa), Boipelo (South Africa), D.C. Lonmon and L. Bastos (South Africa), Shao Suan Low (Singapore), Jason Thomas (South Africa), Petronel Baard (South Africa), Aishwarya Yeramilli (India), Mohammed-Kolo Mohammed (Nigeria), Daniel James “Legendaryel" (Nigeria), Ahmad Mobeen (Pakistan), Patrissia Rolle (Dominica), Democrito Manyissa (Mozambique), Saskia Griffith (Guyana), Katie Futher (Canada), Rosanne Baker Thornley (Canada), Francine Honey and Paul Wong (Canada), Steven Hardy (Canada), Elizabeth Rutendo Shingai Chada (Canada), Stromer Hills (Canada), Alex O'Brien (Canada), Ricky Chen (Canada), Scott Cook (Canada), Steven Hardy (Canada), Lucy LeBlanc, Joanne Stacey and Dennis Keith Lambert (Canada), Catie Futhey (Canada), Christie Forde (Canada), Francine Honey (Canada), Mary Cole Grimley (Canada), Sofia Kay (Canada), Duff Kelly (Canada), Rosanne Baker Thornley and Mikalyn Hay (Canada), JoJo Worthington (Canada), JC (Canada), Mark Cassidy and Lara Goulding (Canada), Brose and Belanger (Canada), Allister Bradley (Canada), Reid Jamieson and Carolyn Victoria Mill (Canada), Jimi Whitelaw and Dan Demay (Canada), Emma Lamontagne, Robyn Dell'Unto and Shobha Lee (Canada), Brant Pethick and Jaylene Johnson (Canada), James Brose (Canada), JC & Konah (Canada), Trent Jean-Michel (Australia), Katie Hardyman (Australia), Anirban Banerjee (Australia), Damien Hosken & Stacy Hogan (Australia), Phil Murray (Australia), Annabelle Jarvis (Australia), Karen Law and Murray Law (Australia), Spencer Kelly (Australia), Jolie Waterhouse (Australia), Dylan Cattanach (Australia), Damien Hosken (Australia), Rebecca Milne, Annalise Feilding, Jonah Widdis and Sebastian Smith - Band name 'Detour' (Australia), Con Piliouras (Australia), Jaron Natoli and Chris Natoli (Australia), Castle Hughes (Australia), Natasha Duarte (Australia), Mathan Sathy (Australia), Roze Burke (Australia), Violeta Bozanic (Australia), Angus Brill Reed (Australia), Karen Law (Australia), Jacques M. Gentil (Australia), Ann Ammar and Vince Pace (Australia), Bree Rusev (Australia), Anthony O'Connell (Australia), Karen Guymer (Australia), Leea Nanos, Michael Paynter and Michael Delorenzis (Australia), Marian J Go Sam (Australia), Ian Dencker (Australia), Jon Seccombe (Australia), Katie Hardyman and Mick Evans (Australia), Fiona Price (Australia), Aideen Rose King (Australia), Tony King (Australia), Sally Harris (Australia), Jazzy Dale (Australia), Leea Nanos and Frank Dixon (Australia), Kay Bell and James Shipstone (Australia), Susan Muranty (Australia), Kay Bell (Australia), Oliver Price, Jason Levi Batchelor and Thomas Greenwood (United Kingdom), Oliver Price, Stefano Ritteri, Joseph Baxter, Andrew Clovey and Thomas Greenwood (United Kingdom), Mark Evans (United Kingdom), Alan Burke (United Kingdom), Reg Meuross, Robert Greenfield, Lynda Hayes and Peter Thoms (United Kingdom), Robert Greenfield (United Kingdom), Linda Ronald (United Kingdom), Jamie Wiltshire and Beth Dalton (United Kingdom), Keseniyah (United Kingdom), Barbara Kay-Smith (United Kingdom), Zoe-Blu Shantos and Tom Widdicombe (United Kingdom), Simon McSweeney (United Kingdom), Dave G (United Kingdom), Jon Woodburn (United Kingdom), Maria Manuel (United Kingdom), Dylan Brierley (United Kingdom), Nigel Moden (United Kingdom), Tom Leadbetter (United Kingdom), Andy Lavery (United Kingdom), Rowena Neilson (United Kingdom), Alex Birnie (United Kingdom), James Di Mambro (United Kingdom), Chris Broom (United Kingdom), Maxine Brooks (United Kingdom), Ed Blunt (United Kingdom), Vereign (United Kingdom), Tom Wells (United Kingdom), Rebecca Hurn (United Kingdom), Adriana Lee (United Kingdom), Angie Lendon (United Kingdom), Katharine Timoney (United Kingdom), Trevor Heyliger (United Kingdom), Alex Woburn (United Kingdom), Matth.U (United Kingdom), Carl Harris (United Kingdom), Carol Chalk (United Kingdom), Bob Bentley (United Kingdom), John Mooney (United Kingdom), ELATRASI (United Kingdom), Mohini Sule Pathak (United Kingdom), Raymond Shaw (United Kingdom), Kerrie Fuller (United Kingdom), Roger Godden and Michael Redden (United Kingdom), Dan Winterburn (United Kingdom), Josh Moir (United Kingdom), Paul Henry (United Kingdom), Jordan Bradley (United Kingdom) Phil Danter and Eléa May (United Kingdom), Giles Pedlar and Tom Wilson (United Kingdom), Steve McGuire (United Kingdom), Scott McKnight (United Kingdom), Roy Turner (United Kingdom), REEBZ (United Kingdom), Chris Stokes (United Kingdom), Kenny Fisher (United Kingdom), Samuel John Dawson, Rosaleen Mary Amrit Bans (United Kingdom), Rebecca Brothwell (United Kingdom), Kalila Shields (United Kingdom), Holly Berry (United Kingdom), Lydia Lewinson (United Kingdom), John Schofield (United Kingdom), Rich Alden (United Kingdom), Dennis Higgins (United Kingdom), Miriam Grey, Corinne Josias and Phil Thornalley (United Kingdom), River Hopkins (United Kingdom), Soli Vive (United Kingdom), Carolyn Oakley and Ben Matravers (United Kingdom), Anthony Alexander Shiels (United Kingdom), Craig Parker, Adam Parker and Bobby Garland the 3rd (United Kingdom), Matthew Wright (United Kingdom), Franco (United Kingdom), Mark Boothroyd (United Kingdom), Tyler McKinnon (United Kingdom), Paul James and Ben Mason (United Kingdom), Sandra-Mae Lux and Alan D. Marriott ( United Kingdom), Yazzy and Adam Rust (United Kingdom), Emlyn John Samuel (United Kingdom), Jerome Anthony (United Kingdom), Florie Namir (United Kingdom), David Burn, Hugh Colocott and Jimmy Santis, Peter Lewis and Tony Hume (United Kingdom), Andy Shaw, Matt Powney and Andy Cook (United Kingdom), Ian Janco and Phil Cook (United Kingdom), Benjamin Till (United Kingdom), Eleftherios (United Kingdom), Peter Lewis, Tony Hume and Alexandra Parkinson (United Kingdom), Tim Crew (United Kingdom), Luna Musiq and Jack Bowden (United Kingdom), Pete Fegredo (United Kingdom), Jack J Tustin (United Kingdom), The Kut (United Kingdom), Mick Evans and Lorenz Grey (United Kingdom), Xurbulentt (United Kingdom), Amanda Roche (United Kingdom), Oliver Osbaldeston (United Kingdom), Robert McKinzie Johnston and Laura Louise Johnston (United Kingdom), Bloom de Wilde de Ligny (United Kingdom), Steve Martin (United Kingdom), Cerys Eless (United Kingdom), Richard Murray (United Kingdom), Samuel John Dawson, Rosaleen Mary Amrit Bans (United Kingdom), Peter Daniel (United Kingdom), Winifried Amoaku, Francis Kibinda, Simon Schoovaerts (United Kingdom), Helen Gustafson (Gibraltar), Melanie and John Reid (New Zealand), Eric Thompson (New Zealand), Anna Saxton, Sammie Constantine, Sarah Bodle and Liam Quinn (New Zealand), Adrian Lang and Shirley Goines (New Zealand), Christopher Justin (New Zealand), Marina Bloom and Michael Davis (New Zealand), Adrian Lang and Mike Hallett (New Zealand), Ben Miller and Emma Cutajar (Malta), Krista Sujak (Malta), Paula Manoli-Gray (Cyprus), Georgia Kombou (Cyprus), Anna Surodina (Cyprus).
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART
The 2022/2023 Commonwealth Song Contest was administered by the UK Songwriting Contest (UKSC) drawing on international song entries from the UKSC, the music platform SubmitMySong.com, MusicAid FM and the Song Copyright Organisation (SCO). Since 2018 over 20,000 songs have been submitted to the Commonwealth Song Contest for consideration. We extend a huge congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in this major international music event. All songs entered into the UK Songwriting Contest will continue to receive automatic and free entry into the next Commonwealth Song Contest which is now open for entries.
Happy Songwriting and Good Luck.
To have your songs considered for the next Commonwealth Song Contest click here
I Need Love
Julie Carter
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MAURITIUS
Full Moon Jamming
Lou Jones
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BARBADOS
Valley Lessons
Elizabeth Best
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Honest
Christopher Jaggasar (Mark Robin)
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JAMAICA
Righteous Warfare
Lashana Stephenson
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SOUTH AFRICA
Rusted
Lillia Lessev
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INDIA
Looking Up To Heaven
Glenn Valles
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KENYA
Thorns
Nahash Munene Mwathi
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SRI LANKA
Wake Up Mom
Yenuli Binara
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PAKISTAN
Here Once More
Ahmad Mobeen
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DOMINICA
Running back to you
Joy Stoute
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MOZAMBIQUE
Crazy love
Pedro Barbosa
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BAHAMAS
Turn Your Love Switch On
George Christopher Fox
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NIGERIA
No Other Name
Solomon Johnson
SPECIAL MENTIONS
The following compilation of special mentions draws from the songs submitted to the Commonwealth Song Contest during a four-year period (2018-2022). This list, albeit extensive, acknowledges only a small selection of the many thousands of talented artists who took part in the contest. We express our gratitude to all the participants, including the countless skilled songwriters who are not explicitly mentioned in the list below.
Si Min Tan (Singapore), Brinal Chua (Singapore), Low Shao Ying (Singapore), Amanda Natalie Chen (Singapore), Grace E. Phillips (Barbados), Lyia Meta (Malaysia), Basil Martin (South Africa), Kristel Birkholtz (South Africa), Boipelo (South Africa), D.C. Lonmon and L. Bastos (South Africa), Shao Suan Low (Singapore), Jason Thomas (South Africa), Petronel Baard (South Africa), Aishwarya Yeramilli (India), Mohammed-Kolo Mohammed (Nigeria), Daniel James “Legendaryel" (Nigeria), Ahmad Mobeen (Pakistan), Patrissia Rolle (Dominica), Democrito Manyissa (Mozambique), Saskia Griffith (Guyana), Katie Futher (Canada), Rosanne Baker Thornley (Canada), Francine Honey and Paul Wong (Canada), Steven Hardy (Canada), Elizabeth Rutendo Shingai Chada (Canada), Stromer Hills (Canada), Alex O'Brien (Canada), Ricky Chen (Canada), Scott Cook (Canada), Steven Hardy (Canada), Lucy LeBlanc, Joanne Stacey and Dennis Keith Lambert (Canada), Catie Futhey (Canada), Christie Forde (Canada), Francine Honey (Canada), Mary Cole Grimley (Canada), Sofia Kay (Canada), Duff Kelly (Canada), Rosanne Baker Thornley and Mikalyn Hay (Canada), JoJo Worthington (Canada), JC (Canada), Mark Cassidy and Lara Goulding (Canada), Brose and Belanger (Canada), Allister Bradley (Canada), Reid Jamieson and Carolyn Victoria Mill (Canada), Jimi Whitelaw and Dan Demay (Canada), Emma Lamontagne, Robyn Dell'Unto and Shobha Lee (Canada), Brant Pethick and Jaylene Johnson (Canada), James Brose (Canada), JC & Konah (Canada), Trent Jean-Michel (Australia), Katie Hardyman (Australia), Anirban Banerjee (Australia), Damien Hosken & Stacy Hogan (Australia), Phil Murray (Australia), Annabelle Jarvis (Australia), Karen Law and Murray Law (Australia), Spencer Kelly (Australia), Jolie Waterhouse (Australia), Dylan Cattanach (Australia), Damien Hosken (Australia), Rebecca Milne, Annalise Feilding, Jonah Widdis and Sebastian Smith - Band name 'Detour' (Australia), Con Piliouras (Australia), Jaron Natoli and Chris Natoli (Australia), Castle Hughes (Australia), Natasha Duarte (Australia), Mathan Sathy (Australia), Roze Burke (Australia), Violeta Bozanic (Australia), Angus Brill Reed (Australia), Karen Law (Australia), Jacques M. Gentil (Australia), Ann Ammar and Vince Pace (Australia), Bree Rusev (Australia), Anthony O'Connell (Australia), Karen Guymer (Australia), Leea Nanos, Michael Paynter and Michael Delorenzis (Australia), Marian J Go Sam (Australia), Ian Dencker (Australia), Jon Seccombe (Australia), Katie Hardyman and Mick Evans (Australia), Fiona Price (Australia), Aideen Rose King (Australia), Tony King (Australia), Sally Harris (Australia), Jazzy Dale (Australia), Leea Nanos and Frank Dixon (Australia), Kay Bell and James Shipstone (Australia), Susan Muranty (Australia), Kay Bell (Australia), Oliver Price, Jason Levi Batchelor and Thomas Greenwood (United Kingdom), Oliver Price, Stefano Ritteri, Joseph Baxter, Andrew Clovey and Thomas Greenwood (United Kingdom), Mark Evans (United Kingdom), Alan Burke (United Kingdom), Reg Meuross, Robert Greenfield, Lynda Hayes and Peter Thoms (United Kingdom), Robert Greenfield (United Kingdom), Linda Ronald (United Kingdom), Jamie Wiltshire and Beth Dalton (United Kingdom), Keseniyah (United Kingdom), Barbara Kay-Smith (United Kingdom), Zoe-Blu Shantos and Tom Widdicombe (United Kingdom), Simon McSweeney (United Kingdom), Dave G (United Kingdom), Jon Woodburn (United Kingdom), Maria Manuel (United Kingdom), Dylan Brierley (United Kingdom), Nigel Moden (United Kingdom), Tom Leadbetter (United Kingdom), Andy Lavery (United Kingdom), Rowena Neilson (United Kingdom), Alex Birnie (United Kingdom), James Di Mambro (United Kingdom), Chris Broom (United Kingdom), Maxine Brooks (United Kingdom), Ed Blunt (United Kingdom), Vereign (United Kingdom), Tom Wells (United Kingdom), Rebecca Hurn (United Kingdom), Adriana Lee (United Kingdom), Angie Lendon (United Kingdom), Katharine Timoney (United Kingdom), Trevor Heyliger (United Kingdom), Alex Woburn (United Kingdom), Matth.U (United Kingdom), Carl Harris (United Kingdom), Carol Chalk (United Kingdom), Bob Bentley (United Kingdom), John Mooney (United Kingdom), ELATRASI (United Kingdom), Mohini Sule Pathak (United Kingdom), Raymond Shaw (United Kingdom), Kerrie Fuller (United Kingdom), Roger Godden and Michael Redden (United Kingdom), Dan Winterburn (United Kingdom), Josh Moir (United Kingdom), Paul Henry (United Kingdom), Jordan Bradley (United Kingdom) Phil Danter and Eléa May (United Kingdom), Giles Pedlar and Tom Wilson (United Kingdom), Steve McGuire (United Kingdom), Scott McKnight (United Kingdom), Roy Turner (United Kingdom), REEBZ (United Kingdom), Chris Stokes (United Kingdom), Kenny Fisher (United Kingdom), Samuel John Dawson, Rosaleen Mary Amrit Bans (United Kingdom), Rebecca Brothwell (United Kingdom), Kalila Shields (United Kingdom), Holly Berry (United Kingdom), Lydia Lewinson (United Kingdom), John Schofield (United Kingdom), Rich Alden (United Kingdom), Dennis Higgins (United Kingdom), Miriam Grey, Corinne Josias and Phil Thornalley (United Kingdom), River Hopkins (United Kingdom), Soli Vive (United Kingdom), Carolyn Oakley and Ben Matravers (United Kingdom), Anthony Alexander Shiels (United Kingdom), Craig Parker, Adam Parker and Bobby Garland the 3rd (United Kingdom), Matthew Wright (United Kingdom), Franco (United Kingdom), Mark Boothroyd (United Kingdom), Tyler McKinnon (United Kingdom), Paul James and Ben Mason (United Kingdom), Sandra-Mae Lux and Alan D. Marriott ( United Kingdom), Yazzy and Adam Rust (United Kingdom), Emlyn John Samuel (United Kingdom), Jerome Anthony (United Kingdom), Florie Namir (United Kingdom), David Burn, Hugh Colocott and Jimmy Santis, Peter Lewis and Tony Hume (United Kingdom), Andy Shaw, Matt Powney and Andy Cook (United Kingdom), Ian Janco and Phil Cook (United Kingdom), Benjamin Till (United Kingdom), Eleftherios (United Kingdom), Peter Lewis, Tony Hume and Alexandra Parkinson (United Kingdom), Tim Crew (United Kingdom), Luna Musiq and Jack Bowden (United Kingdom), Pete Fegredo (United Kingdom), Jack J Tustin (United Kingdom), The Kut (United Kingdom), Mick Evans and Lorenz Grey (United Kingdom), Xurbulentt (United Kingdom), Amanda Roche (United Kingdom), Oliver Osbaldeston (United Kingdom), Robert McKinzie Johnston and Laura Louise Johnston (United Kingdom), Bloom de Wilde de Ligny (United Kingdom), Steve Martin (United Kingdom), Cerys Eless (United Kingdom), Richard Murray (United Kingdom), Samuel John Dawson, Rosaleen Mary Amrit Bans (United Kingdom), Peter Daniel (United Kingdom), Winifried Amoaku, Francis Kibinda, Simon Schoovaerts (United Kingdom), Helen Gustafson (Gibraltar), Melanie and John Reid (New Zealand), Eric Thompson (New Zealand), Anna Saxton, Sammie Constantine, Sarah Bodle and Liam Quinn (New Zealand), Adrian Lang and Shirley Goines (New Zealand), Christopher Justin (New Zealand), Marina Bloom and Michael Davis (New Zealand), Adrian Lang and Mike Hallett (New Zealand), Ben Miller and Emma Cutajar (Malta), Krista Sujak (Malta), Paula Manoli-Gray (Cyprus), Georgia Kombou (Cyprus), Anna Surodina (Cyprus).
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART
The 2022/2023 Commonwealth Song Contest was administered by the UK Songwriting Contest (UKSC) drawing on international song entries from the UKSC, the music platform SubmitMySong.com, MusicAid FM and the Song Copyright Organisation (SCO). Since 2018 over 20,000 songs have been submitted to the Commonwealth Song Contest for consideration. We extend a huge congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in this major international music event. All songs entered into the UK Songwriting Contest will continue to receive automatic and free entry into the next Commonwealth Song Contest which is now open for entries.
Happy Songwriting and Good Luck.
To have your songs considered for the next Commonwealth Song Contest click here
The Commonwealth Nations
Pacific
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Soloman Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Kiribati
Europe
UK, Malta, Cyprus
Asia
India, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalem, Sri Lanka
Africa
Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
The Americas
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