UKSC Entrants
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PLATINUM ALBUM AND WEST END SHOW FOR NATALIE
Natalie won the UK Sonwriting Contest Open category when she was only 11 years old. Her young age and talent attracted media attention and a large photo-feature about her UKSC win appeared in the "The Stage" newspaper. This article, along with other media coverage, was seen by many in the music industry including Simon Cowell who signed her to join a young singing group he was launching called Angelis. Her album with Angelis sold well and she was presented with a Platinum Album for sales of over 500,000 copies live on UK national TV. The President of her native Phillippines personally presented her with a Special Achievement Award and she became well known in that country and was invited to appear on popular TV shows there. Now in her twenties Natalie continues to successfully work in music, she became a UKSC judge and she was recently appearing in the London West End production of Miss Saigon. She says: ""I'm so proud of my UK Songwriting Contest win. Doing well in the contest gave me confidence in my writing and I would recommend it to anyone." |
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MAJOR PUBLISHING, TV AND BIG SALES FOR UKSC WINNER
The media and music industry were quick to take notice of Neil Fitzpatrick´s UKSC winning song and he received a lot of attention. On our recommendation he was chosen by the producers to feature in a national TV series (we are often asked to recommend songwriters and songs for TV projects) and the song was then signed to a major publishing deal with the world's biggest independent music publishing company, The Peers Music Group who have an elite group of signed songwriters that includes Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Bjork, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Garth Brooks... and now our own Neil Fitzpatrick. Sales of Neil's UKSC winning song (performed by Michelle Lawson) have already raised over $100,000 to date for the charity Cancer Research UK - a cause close to his heart to which Neil has been donating proceeds. Neil was widely featured in the media after his UKSC win and many of you may have seen him when he was featured in the popular Sky TV series about songwriters, Tin Pan Alley. Neil recently joined the UKSC judging panels in 2019 as one of our esteemed judges. His powerful UKSC winning song was covered by singer Michelle Lawson in this video. |
CHRISTMAS SONG SUCCESS
Leigh Haggerwood wrote the UKSC winning Christmas Song "My Favourite Time Of Year". It was a great favourite with the judges and it quickly became one of the most popular Christmas songs of recent times when it was used as the theme song for the Text Santa 24 hour nationwide TV broadcast on ITV Television. It soon became even more popular and was play-listed on Magic, BBC Radio, VH1, MTV Europe, Bliss and Chart Show TV. Over the Christmas period it played in 140,000 stores via Moodmedia. A music video of the song has also been made and it has had over 4 million views on YouTube to date.
Leigh continues to mention his success in the UKSC in his promotions materials (thanks Leigh! ;))
Watch the video here.
Leigh Haggerwood wrote the UKSC winning Christmas Song "My Favourite Time Of Year". It was a great favourite with the judges and it quickly became one of the most popular Christmas songs of recent times when it was used as the theme song for the Text Santa 24 hour nationwide TV broadcast on ITV Television. It soon became even more popular and was play-listed on Magic, BBC Radio, VH1, MTV Europe, Bliss and Chart Show TV. Over the Christmas period it played in 140,000 stores via Moodmedia. A music video of the song has also been made and it has had over 4 million views on YouTube to date.
Leigh continues to mention his success in the UKSC in his promotions materials (thanks Leigh! ;))
Watch the video here.
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BELLE HUMBLE - GLOBAL CHART SUCCESS Belle Humble first came to out attention when she won the UKSC Pop Category with a simple Pop song called "Try". She is now a UKSC judge and a mega successful songwriter and performer with chart topping worldwide hits from Europe to Korea to the USA and hundreds of millions of YouTube views for her songs. As a past UK Songwriting Contest Winner Belle knows exactly how it feels to be an entrant. Belle´s songwriting and performing credits and successes include the massive worldwide Freestylers hit "Cracks"(listen to it here on YouTube)and she has written songs for Paloma Faith, Alexandra Burke, Joe McElderry, Orange Mobile, BBC dramas, the Hilary Duff movie ‘Beauty and the Briefcase’ and the hit US TV show ‘In the Deep End’. She also wrote the massively successful K-pop hit "Russian Roulette" which was a top three hit in South Korea, Japan and the USA and has had an incredible 200 million views on YouTube. |
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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC GAMES RELEASE
Olympic Theme Song Winner "When You Ride A Dream", written by the USA songwriting team of Marv Conan and Brian Muni, was released worldwide during the Olympic Games by Juno Award winning producer Mel Shaw who heard the demo of the song in the contest. Mel Shaw is a Gold and Platinum album producer, Founding President of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and he is one of the many people in the music industry worldwide who follow this contest closely each year looking for new songs. As soon as he heard the demo entry he asked to contact the writers and produced a number of covers with international artists. If you enter the UK Songwriting Contest you never know who will be watching and who may decide to work with you! |
IN BRIEF...
AUSTRALIA
Australian winner Jaron Natoli was featured and seen by millions on the prime time TV show Today Tonight in Australia within days of the contest results announcement. The TV network also sent a crew to the home of UKSC judge Stuart Epps to interview him about Jaron's win (Stuart is well known for his work with Elton John, Robbie Williams and Oasis among many others) and they both appeared in the TV show. Jaron's father Chris said "Thanks heaps UKSC! Thanks to your competition Jaron's getting the recognition he deserves."
CANADA
Canadian winner Alysha Brilla won a co-writing prize with the number one hit songwriter Mark Cawley after he spotted her in the UKSC and chose her as a co-writing partner. She received a lot of publicity for her UKSC win and was soon nominated for a Juno Award which she won in 2015.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Instrumental winner Tomas Kympl has had massive media coverage in his native Czech Republic following his UKSC 2016 success. He is now well known there and is often seen on national TV, heard on the radio and featured in the press there. He told us recently that that "the UKSC has changed my life".
CANADA
The song "Sempre Vicino" was an Open Category winner. After its success in the UKSC the song was covered and released in Canada and worldwide by the famous classical crossover group "The Canadian Tenors".
UK
Natalie Chua was signed by Simon Cowell after her UK Songwriting Contest win when she was ony 12 years old. She has since received a Platinum Disc Award for sales of over 500,000 and is now a UKSC judge.
AUSTRALIA
Lyrics Only Winner Susan Muranty was mentored by top songwriter Mark Cawley after her win as part of her prize package. She is still working with him and recently flew over to Nashville to record with him there. She was invited to take part in a UKSC Awards Show as one of the awards presenters (see the video on YouTube).
EUROPE AND WORDWIDE
The Rock Category winning song "Danger Deep Water" by Jason Flinter was selected to open and launch LABEL EXPO, the International Awards Show in Brussels. Jason was also asked to write more music for the Capetown, Mexico and Chicago shows. "All thanks to the UKSC" he says.
UK
Finalist songwriter Sally James from the UK was interviewed about her success in the UKSC on national prime time BBC TELEVISION and had her finalist song played to millions of television viewers. BBC Television and BBC Radio have always been great supporters of the UKSC.
UK
Winner Emma Fitzsimons was mentored by Sting's producer, Grammy Award winner and UKSC judge Marc "Kipper" Eldridge. She received offers from a number of labels, received a professional recording and production studio package and a professional music video shoot as part of her UKSC contest prizes and even became the subject of tweets by Perez Hilton and Calvin Harris. Her YouTube videos now have over almost two million views.
USA
Pop Category winning track "I've Already Won", by US songwriter Debra Gussin, was featured in the NBC Network Prime Time TV Drama "The Event" after its success in the contest.
UK
Category winner "Bloody Good Christmas" was released as a Christmas single and quickly reached #2 in The Amazon Download Charts following its success in the contest. This song was a firm favourite of top international producer, musical director and UKSC judge Richard Niles who desrcibed it as "bloody brilliant!".
AUSTRALIA
Australian winner Alison Hams appeared live on Australian National Television on the popular show "Good Morning Australia" and performed her UK Songwriting Contest winning song "Second Fiddle" to millions of prime time TV viewers when the contest results were announced.
UK
Pop Winner Ken Brown teamed up with well known producer Stuart Epps who worked with him to produce a stunning remix of his winning song "What Love Is". Stuart Epps (who has worked closely with Elton John, Oasis, Robbie WIlliams and many other famous names) was so impressed with this song when he heard it as a UKSC judge that he immediately contacted the writer to collaborate and produce a new improved version.
There are many more international TV appearances, national and international radio plays and play-listings, publishing deal offers, press coverage, web coverage, recordings, signings etc etc. Too many to list here. If any past entrants have stories to tell please contact us and let us know.
AUSTRALIA
Australian winner Jaron Natoli was featured and seen by millions on the prime time TV show Today Tonight in Australia within days of the contest results announcement. The TV network also sent a crew to the home of UKSC judge Stuart Epps to interview him about Jaron's win (Stuart is well known for his work with Elton John, Robbie Williams and Oasis among many others) and they both appeared in the TV show. Jaron's father Chris said "Thanks heaps UKSC! Thanks to your competition Jaron's getting the recognition he deserves."
CANADA
Canadian winner Alysha Brilla won a co-writing prize with the number one hit songwriter Mark Cawley after he spotted her in the UKSC and chose her as a co-writing partner. She received a lot of publicity for her UKSC win and was soon nominated for a Juno Award which she won in 2015.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Instrumental winner Tomas Kympl has had massive media coverage in his native Czech Republic following his UKSC 2016 success. He is now well known there and is often seen on national TV, heard on the radio and featured in the press there. He told us recently that that "the UKSC has changed my life".
CANADA
The song "Sempre Vicino" was an Open Category winner. After its success in the UKSC the song was covered and released in Canada and worldwide by the famous classical crossover group "The Canadian Tenors".
UK
Natalie Chua was signed by Simon Cowell after her UK Songwriting Contest win when she was ony 12 years old. She has since received a Platinum Disc Award for sales of over 500,000 and is now a UKSC judge.
AUSTRALIA
Lyrics Only Winner Susan Muranty was mentored by top songwriter Mark Cawley after her win as part of her prize package. She is still working with him and recently flew over to Nashville to record with him there. She was invited to take part in a UKSC Awards Show as one of the awards presenters (see the video on YouTube).
EUROPE AND WORDWIDE
The Rock Category winning song "Danger Deep Water" by Jason Flinter was selected to open and launch LABEL EXPO, the International Awards Show in Brussels. Jason was also asked to write more music for the Capetown, Mexico and Chicago shows. "All thanks to the UKSC" he says.
UK
Finalist songwriter Sally James from the UK was interviewed about her success in the UKSC on national prime time BBC TELEVISION and had her finalist song played to millions of television viewers. BBC Television and BBC Radio have always been great supporters of the UKSC.
UK
Winner Emma Fitzsimons was mentored by Sting's producer, Grammy Award winner and UKSC judge Marc "Kipper" Eldridge. She received offers from a number of labels, received a professional recording and production studio package and a professional music video shoot as part of her UKSC contest prizes and even became the subject of tweets by Perez Hilton and Calvin Harris. Her YouTube videos now have over almost two million views.
USA
Pop Category winning track "I've Already Won", by US songwriter Debra Gussin, was featured in the NBC Network Prime Time TV Drama "The Event" after its success in the contest.
UK
Category winner "Bloody Good Christmas" was released as a Christmas single and quickly reached #2 in The Amazon Download Charts following its success in the contest. This song was a firm favourite of top international producer, musical director and UKSC judge Richard Niles who desrcibed it as "bloody brilliant!".
AUSTRALIA
Australian winner Alison Hams appeared live on Australian National Television on the popular show "Good Morning Australia" and performed her UK Songwriting Contest winning song "Second Fiddle" to millions of prime time TV viewers when the contest results were announced.
UK
Pop Winner Ken Brown teamed up with well known producer Stuart Epps who worked with him to produce a stunning remix of his winning song "What Love Is". Stuart Epps (who has worked closely with Elton John, Oasis, Robbie WIlliams and many other famous names) was so impressed with this song when he heard it as a UKSC judge that he immediately contacted the writer to collaborate and produce a new improved version.
There are many more international TV appearances, national and international radio plays and play-listings, publishing deal offers, press coverage, web coverage, recordings, signings etc etc. Too many to list here. If any past entrants have stories to tell please contact us and let us know.
