The 17th edition of the OGAE Home Composed Song Contest for amateur composers, lyricists and singers takes place this year, virtually hosted from Hamburg by Stefan Engel, winner of the 2007 edition. The deadline for the submission of the songs is 12th October2008.
The first edition of the OGAE Home Composed Song Contest was in 1991 and since then it has been taking place every year with the exception of 1995. It has seen winners from many countries, with Denmark being the leader with no less than seven victories, the rest of the winners being from Sweden and Germany with 2 victories each, and Cyprus, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Poland (1 victory each).
The rules dictate that all participants must be primarily a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest and an amateur (co-)composer, a (co-)lyricist and / or a (co-) performer of the song submitted. The songs cannot have been released for commercial use (CD or download).
The deadline for the HCSC 08 is12th Octoberand the voting period will take place between 13th of October and will end 31st of October 2008, 23h local time Germany. All participants and the public will be able to vote for their favourite song. It goes without saying that participants cannot vote for their own entry. The winner will be announced on 3rd November via a special voting show video.
For more information visit the contest’s official site, here.
HCSC 2008 multilingual call for songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdfTLiHcatc
You can listen to and download the winner of the HCSC 2008, Warrior of Love by Stefan Engel, Randi Knobloch andTato Gomez here.
