We have our finalists!

The time has come! We’ve crunched the numbers, allocating 50% to the public and 50% to the judges.

Firstly, here are the top songs from the public vote

Secondly, here are the top songs from our judges’ scoring

… which, when brought together, gives us our 12 finalists …

… and here they are …

Stroud Song Contest Finalists 2024

(ordered by aggregate scores)

Consequences – Brian Wilcox
Make it Right – Jake Shaw
GL5 – Bro
Rad Attitude – Layman
See Me Now – Careful Spider
AMEN – Rain
Explorer – Vegetarians & Carnivores
Further – Lo-Hi-Lo
Father – Mike McSweeney & Sharon Baker
Survivors – George Lunn
Raw Emotion – Ellis Watson
The Woods – Griz-O

Runners up:

We also have five runners up, who we might be asking to join the final in the event that any of the above 12 are unable to be there …

It’s All About You – Frostbiter
Bike – Floyd May
Sky Fall Down – Ocean Minded
Smoke Screen – Mr. Marko’s Outer Space Emporium
Coming home to your love – Hank Sidebottom and The Hell Razors

A HUGE THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who took part in the contest this year. Every song, whether it made the final or not, was heard and loved by someone.
Your songs made this summer a little brighter.

We would also like to thank everyone who took the time to vote in the public poll and, of course, give a huge thank you to our excellent judges who gave their care and attention to every song, helping us ensure fair results.