This is a VERY small selection of artists who have had success, signings and publishing deals via the UKSC. This needs updating as there are many missing names here and we will do that when we have more time after the judging for the current event is over.
LUCY THOMAS RELEASES UKSC WINNING SONG
In early 2025, soon after being named as UKSC Overall Winner Award, the song Don't Walk Away by songwriter Chris Broom was officially released by well known UK singer Lucy Thomas. It is available for streaming and download on all major platforms. The official music video of Lucy performing the song can be seen on YouTube (well over 1 million plays for this video alone so far and many more plays on other video channels and streams and downloads on major music platforms). Songwriter Chris Broom says about the UKSC: “This prestigious competition has been a huge source of support and encouragement to me over the last few years and I'm sure a great many songwriters feel the same”
In early 2025, soon after being named as UKSC Overall Winner Award, the song Don't Walk Away by songwriter Chris Broom was officially released by well known UK singer Lucy Thomas. It is available for streaming and download on all major platforms. The official music video of Lucy performing the song can be seen on YouTube (well over 1 million plays for this video alone so far and many more plays on other video channels and streams and downloads on major music platforms). Songwriter Chris Broom says about the UKSC: “This prestigious competition has been a huge source of support and encouragement to me over the last few years and I'm sure a great many songwriters feel the same”
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UK NUMBER 1 ROCK ALBUM FOR THE KUT
The Kut is an all-girl alternative/punk rock band from London, UK, featuring the multi-instrumentalist, solo-artist and songwrter Princess Maha. Winning the UKSC in both the Rock Category and the Music Video category brought them a lot of media attention and they received extensive media coverage from radio stations and music magazines about their win including Kerrang!, Q magazine, BBC Radio, BBC Introducing, Planet Rock and many more. As a result their album GRIT hit Number 1 place in the UK ROCK ALBUMS CHART and this led to a sell out tour with poular Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife. |
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SUCCESS FOR KATIE
Katie Kittermaster won the UKSC at the age of 17. Media interest, TV, radio and festival appearances and tour invitations quickly followed. Katie was signed to a big nationwide tour with celebrity boyband BoyzLife and she was soon invited by Ronan Keating, Scouting For Girls, Kaiser Chiefs, Olly Murs, Jools Holland and Lucy Spraggan to open shows and tour with them. Her UKSC song was chosen as the UK's entry in The Commonwealth Song Contest and won that event. She now headlines her own sell out concerts and more recently she became a UKSC judge for two UKSC events. She is now signed to a major world wide publishing deal with BMG. Katie says: "The UKSC has given me confidence and self belief; thank you xxxx. Your competition really has helped - so feel free to quote away!!! X". Discover more about Katie at katiekittermaster.com |
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PLATINUM ALBUM FOR NATALIE
Natalie won the UK Sonwriting Contest Open category when she was only 11 years old and a feature article about her UKSC win in "The Stage" newspaper was seen by Simon Cowell who immediately signed her to join a group he was launching called Angelis. Her album with Angelis went Platinum for sales of over 500,000 and a Platinum Album Award was presented to her live on national TV. The President of the Phillippines personally presented her with a Special Achievement Award and she became very well known in that country appearing on many popular nationwide TV shows. Natalie has continued to successfully work in music and has appeared regularly on the London West End stage - notably in the 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 DEAL AND TV SERIES FOR NEIL
Following our recommendation to the producers Neil Fitzpatrick was showcased and featured as a subject in the Sky TV network television series about songwriters, Tin Pan Alley, (we often recommend UKSC songwriters for TV, film, events, publishing and music projects). His winning song was signed to the world's biggest independent music publishing company The Peers Music Group and he is now one of a stable of signed songwriters that includes Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Bjork, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Garth Brooks. Since winning Neil has occassionally also joined the UKSC judging panels as one of the judges. His powerful UKSC winning song "Apart" is covered by Michelle Lawson in this video. |
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CHRISTMAS SONG SUCCESS
Leigh Haggerwood´s Christmas Song "My Favourite Time Of Year" was promoted widely by the UKSC and music media and it has had so many plays on major platforms that it is now officially one of the most popular Christmas songs of recent times worldwide. The song was signed as the Christmas theme song for the major UK television network ITV Television and play-listed on Magic, BBC Radio, VH1, MTV Europe, Bliss, Chart Show TV and many more. Over the Christmas period the song plays in over 140,000 stores worldwide via a deal with Moodmedia. A music video of the song was made and has had so many streams (over 25 million on YouTube alone at the time of writing) that it is officially in the "Top Christmas Songs of All Time" on YouTube. Watch the video here. |
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BELLE HUMBLE - GLOBAL CHART SUCCESS
Belle Humble´s career started with winning the UKSC Pop Category and she soon became an extremely successful songwriter and performer with worldwide chart topping hits from Europe to Korea to the USA and many hundreds of millions of YouTube streams for her songs and millions more on other platforms. These days she is also an occassional UKSC judge. Belle´s songwriting and performing credits include the worldwide Freestylers hit "Cracks" (listen to it here on YouTube) and she has written 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 hugely successful K-pop hit "Russian Roulette" which was a top three hit in South Korea, Japan and the USA. This track alone has had over 200 million streams on YouTube plus many millions more on other platforms. |
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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 signed and released worldwide during the Olympic Games by Juno Award winning producer Mel Shaw after he heard the UKSC demo entry. Mel Shaw is a Gold and Platinum album producer, Founding President of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, founder of The Juno Awards, and one of the many people in the music industry who follow the UKSC closely looking for new songs. As soon as he heard the demo entry he asked to contact the writers and he produced a number of covers off the song with international artists. |
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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 UKSC results announcement. The TV network sent a crew to the home of UKSC judge Stuart Epps to interview him about Jaron's win and they both appeared in the nework TV show. Jaron's father Chris said "Thanks heaps UKSC! Thanks to your competition Jaron's getting the recognition he deserves."
UK
When Michael Ward won the Miscellaneous Category with his classical crossover piece "Rimpianto" he was interviewed by the BBC and was featured widely in the press. He was personally contacted by Marcello Giordani, the famous tenor from Sicily, who asked if he could record the song, and Three British Tenors asked permission to include the song in future concerts. Italian tenor Dominic Natoli performed this UKSC winning song live on BBC Radio 2's popular "Friday Night is Music Night" programme and it was later recorded and released by the UK tenor Jon Christos.
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, and won! a Juno Award.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Instrumental winner Tomas Kympl has had widespread media coverage and attention in his native Czech Republic following his UKSC success. He is now well known and is often seen on national TV, heard on the radio and featured in the press in Europe. He says: "the UKSC has changed my life".
CANADA
The semi classical song "Sempre Vicino" was one of the first Open Category winners in the UKSC. After its success in the UKSC the song was covered and released in Canada and also 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 a well know name on the West End stage. Katie Kittermaster was signed for nationwide tours with BoyzLife and Ronan Keating after her song T-Shirt won the contest.
AUSTRALIA
Lyrics Only Winner Susan Muranty was mentored by hit songwriter Mark Cawley after her win as part of her prize package. She worked with him and flew over to Nashville to record with him and other musicians there. She has appeared in UKSC Awards Shows as one of the awards presenters and is now part of our judging panels.
EUROPE AND WORDWIDE
The Rock Category winning song "Danger Deep Water" by Jason Flinter was selected by producers to open and launch the big LABEL EXPO event, an International Awards Show in Brussels. After the success in Brussels Jason was then asked to write more music for the other similar events and shows in Capetown, Mexico and Chicago. "All thanks to the UKSC" he says.
UK
Finalist songwriter Sally James from the UK was one of many interviewed about her success in the UKSC on national prime time BBC TELEVISION and she had her finalist song played live 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, double Grammy and Emmy 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 she became the subject of tweets by prominant figures like Perez Hilton and Calvin Harris.
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 the top of 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 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. Far too many to list here. If you are a past entrants and have stories to tell please contact us and let us know and we may promote this.
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 UKSC results announcement. The TV network sent a crew to the home of UKSC judge Stuart Epps to interview him about Jaron's win and they both appeared in the nework TV show. Jaron's father Chris said "Thanks heaps UKSC! Thanks to your competition Jaron's getting the recognition he deserves."
UK
When Michael Ward won the Miscellaneous Category with his classical crossover piece "Rimpianto" he was interviewed by the BBC and was featured widely in the press. He was personally contacted by Marcello Giordani, the famous tenor from Sicily, who asked if he could record the song, and Three British Tenors asked permission to include the song in future concerts. Italian tenor Dominic Natoli performed this UKSC winning song live on BBC Radio 2's popular "Friday Night is Music Night" programme and it was later recorded and released by the UK tenor Jon Christos.
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, and won! a Juno Award.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Instrumental winner Tomas Kympl has had widespread media coverage and attention in his native Czech Republic following his UKSC success. He is now well known and is often seen on national TV, heard on the radio and featured in the press in Europe. He says: "the UKSC has changed my life".
CANADA
The semi classical song "Sempre Vicino" was one of the first Open Category winners in the UKSC. After its success in the UKSC the song was covered and released in Canada and also 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 a well know name on the West End stage. Katie Kittermaster was signed for nationwide tours with BoyzLife and Ronan Keating after her song T-Shirt won the contest.
AUSTRALIA
Lyrics Only Winner Susan Muranty was mentored by hit songwriter Mark Cawley after her win as part of her prize package. She worked with him and flew over to Nashville to record with him and other musicians there. She has appeared in UKSC Awards Shows as one of the awards presenters and is now part of our judging panels.
EUROPE AND WORDWIDE
The Rock Category winning song "Danger Deep Water" by Jason Flinter was selected by producers to open and launch the big LABEL EXPO event, an International Awards Show in Brussels. After the success in Brussels Jason was then asked to write more music for the other similar events and shows in Capetown, Mexico and Chicago. "All thanks to the UKSC" he says.
UK
Finalist songwriter Sally James from the UK was one of many interviewed about her success in the UKSC on national prime time BBC TELEVISION and she had her finalist song played live 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, double Grammy and Emmy 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 she became the subject of tweets by prominant figures like Perez Hilton and Calvin Harris.
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 the top of 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 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. Far too many to list here. If you are a past entrants and have stories to tell please contact us and let us know and we may promote this.
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