NOW OPEN FOR SONG ENTRIES
Check out past entrants below
Check out past entrants below
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SUCCESS FOR KATIE Katie Kittermaster won the UKSC at the age of 17 with her song T-Shirt. We were asked to select the UK´s entry in The Commonwealth Song Contest so we chose Katie and it won the entire international event. Media interest, TV, radio and festival appearances followed and Katie was signed to a nationwide tour with celebrity boyband BoyzLife. 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. She now headlines her own sell out concerts in London and she is now a UKSC judge. In 2021 she was 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. Her young age and talent attracted media attention and a photo-feature about her UKSC win in the "The Stage" newspaper 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 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 well known in that country and appeared on many popular TV shows there. Natalie continues to successfully work in music and has become well known for her appearances on the West End stage - especially 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
Neil Fitzpatrick was showcased, interviewed and featured as a subject in the popular Sky TV network television series about songwriters, Tin Pan Alley, after the UKSC recommended him to the producers (we often recommend songwriters for TV, film, events, publishing and music projects). His UKSC winning song was also signed to the world's biggest independent music publishing company The Peers Music Group as part of the same deal, and he is now part of a stable of signed songwriters that includes Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Bjork, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Garth Brooks. In 2019 Neil also joined the UKSC judging panels as one of the judges. His powerful UKSC winning song "Apart" is covered by the British singer Michelle Lawson in this video. |
CHRISTMAS SONG SUCCESS
Leigh Haggerwood´s Christmas Song "My Favourite Time Of Year" was a big favourite with the judges. The UKSC promoted it widely and it quickly became one of the most popular Christmas songs of recent times. The song was signed as the Christmas theme song for the UK television network ITV Television and was soon play-listed on Magic, BBC Radio, VH1, MTV Europe, Bliss, Chart Show TV and more. Over the Christmas period the song played in 140,000 stores worldwide via a deal with Moodmedia. A music video of the song has had so many millions of plays and streams that it has been officially listed as one of the "Top Christmas Songs of All Time" by YouTube. Leigh continues to mention his success in the UKSC in his promotional materials (thank you Leigh!) Watch the video here.
Leigh Haggerwood´s Christmas Song "My Favourite Time Of Year" was a big favourite with the judges. The UKSC promoted it widely and it quickly became one of the most popular Christmas songs of recent times. The song was signed as the Christmas theme song for the UK television network ITV Television and was soon play-listed on Magic, BBC Radio, VH1, MTV Europe, Bliss, Chart Show TV and more. Over the Christmas period the song played in 140,000 stores worldwide via a deal with Moodmedia. A music video of the song has had so many millions of plays and streams that it has been officially listed as one of the "Top Christmas Songs of All Time" by YouTube. Leigh continues to mention his success in the UKSC in his promotional materials (thank you Leigh!) Watch the video here.
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BELLE HUMBLE - GLOBAL CHART SUCCESS Belle Humble first came to our attention when she won the UKSC Pop Category with a simple Pop song called "Try". The judges loved her work and she soon became 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. 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 hugely successful K-pop hit "Russian Roulette" which was a top three hit in South Korea, Japan and the USA and has had over 200 million views on YouTube. |
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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 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 one of the many people in the music industry around the world 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! |
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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, 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 very well known there and is often seen on national TV, heard on the radio and featured in the press in Europe. He told us recently that that "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. She has continued to have great success in the UK and she 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 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 just 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 #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 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.
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, 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 very well known there and is often seen on national TV, heard on the radio and featured in the press in Europe. He told us recently that that "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. She has continued to have great success in the UK and she 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 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 just 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 #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 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.
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