Today: Pacific Break 2024 Song Submissions Close

The song submission window for the 2024 edition of Pacific Break closes today,

The search for the best original talent in the Pacific and Timor-Leste reaches its next stage today, as song submissions close for Pacific Break 2024. Song submissions have been open for nearly two months, with unsigned talent from across the Pacific region invited to apply to take part.

The jury that will determine the winner of the 2024 edition is as follows:

• Ngaiire – Papua New Guinea born Australian musician
• Hau Latukefu – ABC Radio Australia presenter
• Sose Fuamoli – ABC Radio Australia presenter
• Rick Howe – ABC Radio Australia presenter

The winner receives an all-expenses paid trip to perform at WOMADelaide. The contest has launched the careers of singers across the Pacific region opening up performances and concerts. The winner will be revealed on October 2 on ABC Radio Australia’s Nesia Daily.

The competition is open to original and unsigned artists from across the Pacific. The contest is open to singers from:

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
• Easter Island
•  Federated States of Micronesia
•  Fiji
•  French Polynesia
•  Guam
•  Kiribati
•  Marshall Islands
•  Nauru
•  New Caledonia
•  Niue
•  Northern Mariana Islands
•  Palau
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Pitcairn Islands
• Rotuma
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
• 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
•  Tokelau
•  Tonga
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu
•  Wallis and Futuna

Pacific Break is the largest music competition in the Pacific region, it is open to unsigned artists living in the Pacific and Timor-Leste. The contest is organised by ABC Pacific and has been held since 2008, it returned in 2022. The past winners are:

• 2008 – Vanuatu – 26 Roots – “Broken Promises”
• 2009 – Papua New Guinea – Emmanuel Mailau – “Children”
• 2010 – Solomon Islands – III Kings – “You Alone Me Magnify”
• 2011 – Fiji – BSQ – “Rue Ele Ele remix”
• 2012 – Cook Islands – Jaik Berg – “My Oh My”
• 2022 – Papua New Guinea – Danielle – “Fight”
• 2023 – Fiji – Ju Ben – “Sema Mai”

Image Source: ABC Australia