UPDATE: The results are out! We would like to thank all entrants that entered, sponsors and judges. Congratulations to Winners of the 2009 competition, here is the list:

 

OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

Dancing Through Life - Sarah Lonsert, Jonathan George, & Jami Templeton; Mission Viejo, CA

OVERALL 2nd PRIZE:
End of War - Eric Colville; Ipswich, MA


OVERALL 3rd PRIZE:
Papagaio - Anne Simoni; BRAZIL

 

FIRST PRIZES IN EACH CATEGORY:
1st Prize - LATIN
Fruto Prohibido - Ariel Queupumil; Guadalajara, SPAIN

1st Prize - LYRICS
End of War - Eric Colville; Ipswich, MA

1st Prize - R&B
Red Light - Celeste Scalone & Enpho (Iyobosa Ighedosa) ; Sherman Oaks, CA

1st Prize - DANCE/ELECTRONICA
Dancing Through Life - Sarah Lonsert, Jami Templeton & Jonathan George; Mission Viejo, CA

1st Prize - FOLK
Bullets To Bite - Melissa Greener; Austin, TX

1st Prize - COUNTRY
You and I - Kyler England; Los Angeles, CA

1st Prize - ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
I'm Not - Carla Cappa; Blue Bell, PA

1st Prize - POP
Good Boy - Nicole Morier & Fabien Waltman; Los Angeles, CA

1st Prize - HIP-HOP/RAP
Strange Kinda Love - Ashley J. Llorens, Monique Harcum, Steven Boel & SoulStice; Columbia, MD

1st Prize - WORLD
Papagaio - Anne Simoni; BRAZIL

1st Prize - INSTRUMENTAL
The Pursuit - Eduardo de la Iglesia Nieto; Madrid, SPAIN

1st Prize - JAZZ
Your Eyes - Vanessa Moodley; Durban, SOUTH AFRICA

1st Prize - GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
Every Time - Tom Poulter & Angela Flynn; NSW, AUSTRALIA

1st Prize - NOVELTY/COMEDY
The Starbucks of County Down - Greg Trafidlo, Neal Phillips & John Seay; Salem, VA

1st Prize - CHILDREN
Tallest Tree - Jeremy Hendrickson; Visalia, CA

 

Honorable Mention Awards
1. Vamo Ya - Peter Torsiello & Liliana de Leon; Mesa, AZ
2. Beautiful Life - Claire Ulanoff, Will Hopkins; Nashville, TN
3. Anyway U Want - Nichole C. Minor aka Alias; Washington D.C.
4. This is My Life - Andrea Benham; Bloomfield, NJ
5. The Peddler - Maria Dunn; Edmonton, CANADA
6. Hurricane - (Mandee Radford) Alathea; Unicoi, TN
7. The Runner - Jesse Terry/Fred Wilhelm; Nashville, TN
8. Bait Shack - (Whitelaw, Lewis & Lewis ) Jimi Whitelaw; Gallatin, TN
9. Hard To Smile - ORBO & The Longshots; Os, NORWAY
10. Waiting - Jonathan Ferreri & Chris Upton; Nashvile, TN
11. Guitar - Carsten Lindberg, Joachim Svare, J. Belle & Jayden; Loa Angeles, CA
12. Eye for an Eye - Rebecca Wolfers & Dirtywings; Queensland, AUSTRALIA
13. Vai-e-Vem - Luiz Simas; New York, NY
14. Reason For Me To Smile - Helle Hansen & Ole Kibsgaard; Copenhagen, DENMARK
15. Where There Are Dreams - Jen Waters & Bob Farrell; Toluca Lake, CA
16. What I Do With Your Time - (Anadara Arnold and Stephanie Lewis) Anadara; Nashville, TN
17. I've Done It - Brent Lillie & Paul Harris; Queensland, AUSTRALIA
18. Jubilation - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Kensington, MD
19. Woman In The Dark - Dewi Puspita; Bali, INDONESIA
20. Hypnotized - Beezy; Commerce City, CO

 

 

LIST OF FINALISTS:

Category/Song Title             Songwriter(s) name(s)

 

LATIN
Tu Nombre - Diego Giraldo
Fruto Prohibido - Ariel Queupumil
24 Horas - Ariel Queupumil
You Got Me Hot - - Ariel Queupumil
Esto Es Pa Ti - Ariel Queupumil
Morenita Chula - Jorge H Troncoso Jr
Vamo Ya - Peter Torsiello
Sin ser poeta - Ezequiel
No Te Confundas - Tony Succar
Quince Primaveras - Ezequiel Suarez & Enrique Mancebo

 

LYRICS
Beautiful Life - Claire Ulanoff, Will Hopkins
Throw It On The Heap - Helle Hansen
You're A Snack - Helle Hansen
No Shot Gun Love - Tulani Loi
Imagine Me - Sylvia Greif
A Call For Peace - Amal Shaya Hatoum
You In Every Story - Bobby Peace
Winter Begins...- Pat Mattingly
It's Not Enough - Pat Mattingly
End of War - Eric Colville

 

R&B
Every Night - Crystal Anderson
Red Light - Celeste Scalone
My Regret - Banky Wellington
Lifeline - Nate Landers
Another Lonely Night - Danny Stringer Jr & Cheyenne Womack
Rain - Matt Palmer
Anyway You want - Alias
Dear Lover - (Klyrik) Kris Evans
Speaking From My Heart - Sherman Green
Is It Too Soon - Danieln Kushnir

DANCE/ELECTRONICA
You're Free - Jon Georg
This is My Life - Andrea Benham
This is The Way - Ariel Queupumil
Dragon Skies - Jim William Mooney
Days Of Power - Sylvia Greif
Diva (Infinite Beat Remix) - (Brian Harris, Michael Wickstrom & Jean Mc Clain) Psychedelic Records
Seduction - Twaang
Mark, Set, Go - Sarah Lonsert and Deborah Gibson
Dancing Through Life - Sarah Lonsert, Jonathan George & Jami Templeton
Fusillade - (Nic Gorissen) Bignic

FOLK
Hurricane - (Mandee Radford) Alathea
Leaving Dogtown - Dale Boyle
A Place to Go - David LaMotte & Deanna LaMotte
What Were You Thinking - Ember Swift
Boundless Place - Demetris Soteriou
Love and Dust - Pamela Means
How To Fix A Broken Heart - Heather Combs
End of War - Eric Colville
Bullets To Bite - Melissa Greener
The Peddler - Maria Dunn
Red Shoes - Edie Carey

COUNTRY 
Backwards - Marc Kuchner
Sweet Ride - John Langan & Chuck Smith
The Runner - Jesse Terry/Fred Wilhelm
What You've Been Missing - Jesse Terry/Dan Murph
Bait Shack - (Whitelaw, Lewis & Lewis ) Jimi Whitelaw
You and I - Kyler England
Is It Too Soon - Fiona Kernaghan & Trina Harmon
Your Son - Chris Heers
Love Symptoms - William Stroud
What You Took From Me - Inglath Cooper & Gabe Stalnaker
Some Things You Don't Throw Away - Claire Ulanoff, Will Hopkins, Ellen Britton

ROCK ALTERNATIVE 
Ghost in My Heart - Larry May, Jimmy Santis & Hugh Colocott
Too Alive - Jeff McGall
I'm Not - Carla Cappa
Waiting - Jonathan Ferreri & Chris Upton
The Episode - David Marean & The Last Pop Band
Hard To Smile - ORBO & The Longshots
With One Word (House of Cards) - Alana Grace & Michael Hunter Ochs
Walking On Broadway - Mark Kano
Fire In Your Hands - Jesse Dold
Coelacanth - Brandon Patton

POP 
Will You Be Mine - Francesca de Valence
Good Boy - Nicole Morier & Fabien Waltman
Tell Me Why - Brian Alexander
Peace of Mind - Hannah McNeil & Rob Higgins
Guitar - Carsten Lindberg, Joachim Svare, J. Belle & Jayden
Take it Off - Carsten Lindberg, Drew R Scott, Joachim Svare & J. Belle
Catch Me if You Can - Jennifer Allison, Stars Go Dim & Joey Avalos
Love Gone Mad - Love Gone Mad  - Jennifer Allison, Stars Go Dim & Joey Avalos
Seven Wonders - Ryan Martinez
Eye for an Eye - (Rebecca Wolfers) Dirtywings 

 

HIP-HOP/RAP
The One & Only - Joe Fife & Johnny Lewis
Concept - Bust The Wall
Strange Kinda Love - (Ashley J. Llorens, Monique Harcum, Steven Boel) SoulStice
Athletes & Frat Boys - (Demetrius Doss) El Prezidino
That's just life - (David Lee Adrian Stewart) LHA
Wonderful Life - (Ron Gossard, Pete Culican, Fred Showacre) FreQuency
Hypnotized - Beezy
Break Down - Daniel Kushnir
Born To Ball - (Cooper McGill and Wil Guice) Cooper McGill
A D H D (Rock Out) - DeanAnthony Ramos & M. Hurts

 

WORLD
Amor - Jaime Wilensky
Raices - Jaime Wilensky
A Month of Sundays - Robespierre
Pode ir (You can go) - Cacala Carvalho & Emerson Mardhine
Sem querer - Cacala Carvalho & Arthur Maia
Liyana (It's raining) - Vanessa Moodley
Tell Me - Christine Vaindirlis
Vai-e-Vem - Luiz Simas
1,000 stars - Leni Stern
Papagaio - Anne Simoni  

 

INSTRUMENTAL
Woman In The Dark - Dewi Puspita
La That's You - Sava Ljubicic
The Water - Paul Donnelly
Sorrento - Dave Clarke & Shearwater Bluegrass Band
Fade to Black - Jason Cullimore
The Pursuit - Eduardo de la Iglesia Nieto
Still - Shao Suan Low
Daydream - Shao Ying Low
Living Emotion - Giacomo Graziani
Ma Ma - Choi Kwok Ming

 

JAZZ
For Good (Is Such A Long Time) - Helle Hansen
Reason For Me To Smile - Helle Hansen & Ole Kibsgaard
You're A Snack (Not A Meal) - Helle Hansen
Do You - Jason Wellington Black
Red Dress - David Brehm - good
All The Love I Feel - Gwen Greenway
Be With Me - Dannielle DeAndrea & Otis Hayes
A Minor Thing - Charles Davis & Roberta Donnay
Your Eyes - Vanessa Moodley
People Stuff - Harmonious Wail
Promise Me the Moon - Jeannie Tanner

 

GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
Where There Are Dreams - Jen Waters & Bob Farrell
Philippians Lullaby - Sigi Koefod
Say - Gino Torres
Your Return - Chad Cox
What I Do With Your Time - (Anadara Arnold and Stephanie Lewis) Anadara
Emmanuel (God Is With Us) - (Michelle Black, Ryan Black & Matt Hooper) Ascending Rain
Most Of All - (Kevin Kunz & Mary Kunz) Step-Of-Faith
This Life - Katie Miner
One Foot In - Brenda Frank
Every Time - Tom Poulter 

 

NOVELTY/COMEDY
The Starbucks of County Down - Greg Trafidlo
Tea Time - Ronnie Cohen
Holey Ship - Sherri Gough
If You Give the Devil a Ride - Sherri Gough
Living Off Of My Friends - J.W. McClure
Leonardo You Give Me Agita - John Visconti
Let's Get Back Together - Bob Ricci
Beth Isbell - The Dildo Song
Huevos Rancheros - Mark Stepakoff
I've Done It - Brent Lillie & Paul Harris

 

CHILDREN
Close Your Eyes - Brian Klecker
The Noah Song - Sherri Gough
Bad, Bad, Bad...Good, Good, Good - Sherri Gough
Tallest Tree - Jeremy Hendrickson
Back to School - Marla Lewis
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - Matthew Murphy,
WHEN I GROW UP - (Martie Echito, Hai Muradian, Ken McSpadden) THE HAPPY CROWD
Super Strong Bones - (Keren Alexander) Go Seek
Kheng Kheng Crocodile - Donna Lisa and Ted Brancato
Jubilation - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Hip-Hop Humpty Dumpty - Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer & Christylez Bacon

 

 

ENTRANTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF SONGS PLACED IN THE FINALS

Helle Hansen	(Denmark)	5 Songs
Ariel Queupumil	(Spain)	5 songs