Hamilton's Andre Bisson was the overall winner of the Blues and Roots International Song Contest. He also previously won the Male Artist category. The talented Bluesmen will collect an extra $750 CAD on top of the $250 CAD he earned for the category.
CONGRATS!
Andre's Fan Page posted the following
A big thank you to Blues & Roots Radio and to the Jury around the world who voted for André’s song as the International Song of the Year, this is a great honour as the committee is made up of great music industry professionals. Thank you to all of the musicians who performed on this song and album! Also a Congratulations to Izzy Burns, Jeff Plankenhorn and all of the finalists.
Andre added:
I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your support and congratulations over the past week. I am truly grateful for every like, comment, and share I have received. Also, a huge thank you to Loretta Hale for all the hard work she does to make sure the music gets out to all the right places. It is all of your support and kindness that motivates and inspires me to continue to create and perform the music I love. Thank you!!
The International Song Contest this year was judged by an independent panel of 10 jurors who are currently part of the Worldwide Blues & Roots Radio team, they are all active in their music communities in Canada, USA, Europe and Australia, a number of the jurors sit on regional and national award panels in their respective countries.
Thank you to everyone who submitted their songs to this years contest, we had a record number of entries from around the world, the quality of entries was extremely high making it a difficult task for our jurors.
Category Winners To Be Announced January 25th 2023 - ($250 CAD Cash Prize )
Overall Winner To Be Announced January 30th 2023 - (Annual Award + $250 CAD Category + $750 CAD Overall = Total Cash Prize $1000)
Listed below are the chosen finalists in each category.
The International Song Contest this year was judged by an independent panel of Ten jurors who are currently part of the Worldwide Blues & Roots Radio team, they are all active in their music communities in Canada, USA, Europe and Australia, a number of the jurors sit on regional and national award panels in their respective countries.
Thank you to everyone who submitted their songs to this years contest, we had a record number of entries from around the world, the quality of entries was extremely high making it a difficult task for our jurors.
Listed below are the chosen finalists (25) in each category.
Category winners to be announced January 20th 2022. ($250 CAD Cash Prize )
Overall winner to be announced January 30th 2022 (Annual Award + $1000 CAD Cash Prize)
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