Henrio and John Farrington win the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2020
The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2020 Showcase Final took place online on Saturday 16th January.
At the event streamed live on Liverpool Acoustic’s YouTube channel all ten finalists were interviewed by Operation Lightfoot’s Luke Moore and their songs were performed for the viewers to see.
At the end of the night Henrio was announced as the winner of the Judges’ Award for 2020 with his song The Aventure. You can watch the big reveal and the winning song here.
Those watching the show live were able to vote for the song they enjoyed the most. When voting closed it was revealed that John Farrington had won the Audience Favourite Award with his song Favourite Day.
The money raised from tickets to the Showcase Final when it’s held at LEAF on Bold St is split between Marie Curie Cancer Care and Garston Animal Rescue in memory of Liverpool Acoustic team member Sharon Jones.
This year the online show was free to watch, but Liverpool Acoustic still want to make a contribution to these worthy causes so they’re asking people where possible to make a donation using a JustGiving page.
justgiving.com/crowdfunding/showcasefinal2020
They’re just £25 short of the £200 target, so please help out if you can.
2020 Judges’ Award
- Henrio – The Adventure
- Rachel Burnett – Time
- John Farrington – Favourite Day
2020 Audience Favourite Award
- John Farrington – Favourite Day
- Gary McDonnel (MOEA) – The Winnings
- James Gordon – First We Burn
About the Songwriting Challenge
27 songwriters submitted brand new songs inspired by works of art on display across the Liverpool City Region during the September to October entry period. Judges Stephen Langstaff, Kaya Herstad Carney, Robert Vincent, Jon Lawton and Luke Moore listened to all of the entries and gave each one a score based on lyrics, melody, composition and originality. The points from the judges were added together and the songwriters with the ten highest scores were awarded a place at the Showcase Final.
The winning songwriters receive the following prizes.
- Song professionally recorded by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios
- Songwriting or singing lesson from Kaya Herstad Carney at Parr Street Music School
- Cello lesson or cello arrangement for song recording from Luke Moore