WINNERS (2025-2026)
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Zella Benko
Pop Winner Katie Hardyman
Instrumental Winner Paul Robinson
Singer-Songwriter Winner Jackie Hird
Lyrics Only Winner Cormac Thompson, Henry Maybury
Unsigned Winner Theo van Kraay
Rock / Indie Winner Linda Sabili
Christian / Faith Winner Cormac Thompson
Music Video Winner Chris Broom
Ballads and Show Songs Winner Kevin Flournoy
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Ryan Martinez & Stacy Holden
AC Category Winner Justin Stretch
Classical & Crossover Winner André Berlin
Non-English Language Winner John Payten
Open / All Genres Winner Edward & Alex Alexogiannopoulos
Acoustic / Folk Winner Mick Walsh
Jazz / Blues Winner Darrell G Cress
Country Winner Tony Olson & Art Michel
Christmas Songs Winner Samantha Elin
Retro Winner Elisabeth Roberts
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FEATURED SONGS AND SONGWRITERS
2025-26 Music Video Winner
Cormac says about this song: "This is my first original song that’s been properly produced and mastered. It all started after Henry (the co-writer) came to my school to give a talk about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Just before I got there I found out one of my best friends had died suddenly. We later learned it was a brain haemorrhage, but at the time no one really knew what had happened.
I ended up writing the song really quickly with Henry — the first version was quite dark because of the headspace I was in. Later on I changed some of the lyrics to make the message less bleak, more hopeful. For example, the last line became “Waiting to Rise” instead of “Lost in the Tide.”
I ended up writing the song really quickly with Henry — the first version was quite dark because of the headspace I was in. Later on I changed some of the lyrics to make the message less bleak, more hopeful. For example, the last line became “Waiting to Rise” instead of “Lost in the Tide.”
Olympic Games Theme 2024
The winner of the Olympic Games Theme Song for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was Be Brave, Be Bold. This inspirational song was submitted to the UKSC by the songwriting team of Matt Glickstein, Karen Mitchell and James Kocian. The track was released with vocals by Clayton Jones and became popular after promotion from the UKSC with many plays on various platforms with almost 100,000 of these on the UKSC YouTube channel alone. The UKSC Olympic Theme Song category was held to tie in with the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and the UKSC created this video below to accompany the song's release. READ MORE HERE...
How To Write A Song
This creative song was written by a talented new songwriter named Benjamin Burke who submitted it to the UKSC judgung panels in 2024. The outstanding song is about, as the title suggests, "How To Write A Song", and the judges had no hesitation in awarding it the winning position in the Adult Contemporary (AC) Category of the 2024 UKSC event. Hear other ourstanding entries and Winners at The UK Songwriting Contest website. All 2024 Finalists are also listed there.
