2004 New Cambria National Song Contest

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2004 National Song Contest
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Date: 4 December 2004
Presenters: Travis Egan
Darcy Hiller
Venue: Brock Carter Memorial Arena, Arvant
Submissions: 486
Director: Jay Stone
Commentators: Adam Portnoy (English, Radio only)
Eve Grosvenor (French, TV & Radio)
Viewing figures: ~1,024,500
Voting: 50% Jury; 50% Televote
Televotes cast: 82,298
Interval act: Medley from Les Misérables
Winner: NightSong performed by Kyle Mason
 • 2005 ►

The 2004 New Cambria National Song Contest was the first edition of New Cambria Television's popular annual music competition. It consisted of three Semi-Final rounds broadcast on Saturday evenings between 6 November and 20 November; a Wild-Card semi-final on 27 November, and a Grand Final gala held on 4 December. A total of 486 songs were submitted. Twenty-six-year-old Kyle Mason of Downey won the contest with the song "NightSong."

Format

According to the rules, songwriters, composers and performers were required to be citizens of New Cambria. The maximum song length was set at three minutes, thirty seconds. No more than three people could share credit for composing the song, and no more than three people could share credit for writing the lyrics. A maximum of four performers were allowed on stage.

The open submissions period ended on 10 September, and a total of 486 songs were received. From the 486 submissions, a panel of judges selected 96 songs to present to the contest's organizers. The 96 shortlisted songs were then handed to a fifteen-person jury of music professionals, NCT staff and other members of the public ranging from teens to fifties. The 24 songs that were selected to appear in the Semi-Finals were presented to the public on 1 October, and assigned starting positions in the Semi-Finals by draw later that same day.

The three highest-scoring songs in each Semi-Final automatically qualified for the Grand Final gala on 4 December. In addition, the fourth- and fifth-placed songs in each Semi-Final were selected to compete in the Wild Card Semi-Final on 27 November. The highest scoring song in the Wild Card Semi-Final joined the nine qualified songs in the Grand Final.

In each event, half of the total score came from a panel of ten jurors, and the other half came from telephone voting. The juries were composed of musicians, singers, NCT personnel and fans. For the 2004 contest, the window of time during which viewers could vote was five minutes, and a maximum number of votes per telephone number was ten. The charge for casting a vote was 10c. NCT entertainment correspondents Travis Egan and Darcy Hiller hosted the events. And the prize money awarded to the winners was set at ₤120,000, to be divided equally amongst the composer(s), songwriter(s) and performer(s).

Grand Final Gala

The Grand Final was broadcast at 8:00pm on 4 December, from the Brock Carter Memorial Arena in Arvant, St. George's County. Following the voting period and preceding the announcement of the results, members of the Southport production of Les Misérables performed a medley of songs from the show as an interval act.

In the Grand Final, the ten-member jury panel ranked the songs, and awarded them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 points, with the favourite receiving 10 points. The jury panel included American comedienne Amy Sedaris and Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morisstte.

The telephone and SMS votes were totaled and assigned the weight of 10 individual juror's votes. The songs received 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 points, with the highest-ranking song receiving 100 points. A total of 82,298 valid votes were cast..

Results

Song Performer Jury Televote Score Rank
01 You and Me Lee Ristau 55 20 75 9
02 You're Wrong Hillary Williams 63 60 123 4
03 Just a Mystery Marcus Kinney 26 10 36 10
04 Remember Over Street 50 40 90 7
05 NightSong Kyle Mason 67 100 167 1
06 Open Doors Clinton Barnum 52 30 82 8
07 Promises Brian Trask 62 80 142 3
08 Steal a Moment Gretchen Carlson 64 90 154 2
09 Tear Down the Walls Rush of Pain 51 70 121 5
10 Your Voice Kendra Hoisington 60 50 110 6

Jury Scoresheet

Song J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J10 Total
1 You And Me 5 10 2 4 3 4 5 8 7 7 55
2 You're Wrong 7 6 10 6 7 7 3 2 6 9 63
3 Just A Mystery 3 3 1 2 4 1 2 7 2 1 26
4 Remember 2 9 8 3 1 5 1 6 9 6 50
5 NightSong 9 4 5 9 9 10 6 5 5 5 67
6 Open Doors 6 2 3 10 10 6 8 1 3 3 52
7 Promises 10 8 6 7 6 9 4 3 1 8 62
8 Steal A Moment 1 1 4 8 8 3 10 9 10 10 64
9 Tear Down The Walls 4 7 9 1 5 2 9 4 8 2 51
10 Your Voice 8 5 7 5 2 8 7 10 4 4 60

Televoting

Song Votes Points
1 You And Me 2,785 20
2 You're Wrong 9,348 60
3 Just A Mystery 2,266 10
4 Remember 5,114 40
5 NightSong 17,763 100
6 Open Doors 4,556 30
7 Promises 10,584 80
8 Steal A Moment 12,687 90
9 Tear Down The Walls 9,916 70
10 Your Voice 7,279 50

Semi-Finals

See Article: 2004 New Cambria National Song Contest Semi-Finals
Semi-Final One Semi-Final Two Semi-Final Three
Your Voice When Love Was Easy The Season
Breathe Dreamers Can't Stop Now
You're Wrong Open Doors NightSong
You And Me Nothing To Lose Promises
The Game Set Me Free Just A Mystery
Forever And Ever Chances What Have I Done?
Easy Way Out Steal A Moment Tear Down The Walls
We Came So Close Remember I Would Stay
Colors key: Qualified to Grand Final; Wild Card Semi-Final; Eliminated

Wild Card Semi-Final

Wild Card Semi-Final
We Came So Close
Promises
Forever And Ever
Nothing To Lose
What Have I Done?
Set Me Free
Colors key: Qualified to Grand Final; Eliminated


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