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==Contest overview==

There was a great deal of confusion following the 1994 contest. Firstly, the event was not concluded until well into 1995, and then there was no response from the winner, [[Michael Constantinides]], when asked whether he would be willing to organise the next contest. As a result, the competition effectively went into limbo for a year and looked like it might not survive at all until Ace Frehmen and [[Morten Boldt Hansen]] got in touch and revived the event. 

Despite only having taken part once (and not particularly successfully!), [[Martin Faulkner]] from Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom was tasked with organising the 1996 [[Home Composed Song Contest]], assisted by Martin Brook.

It turned out to be the biggest yet. 15 songs were submitted by eight composers in five different countries, and there were debut appearances for Dean Asker of the [[United Kingdom in the Home Composed Song Contest|United Kingdom]], [[T.O.]] from [[Denmark in the Home Composed Song Contest|Denmark]], [[Israel in the Home Composed Song Contest|Israel]]'s Alon Shanni, and Robbert Landegent from the [[Netherlands in the Home Composed Song Contest|Netherlands]]. In a new development this year, a lyric booklet was compiled and sent to all participants.

For the first time, there were enough entries to justify the use of the familiar Eurovision-style "12-10-8..." scoring system. Like in the previous contest in 1994, it was a first-time entrant who claimed victory, albeit from a country that had already tasted HCSC success. After an exciting three-way fight, T.O. took the title in a very close finish, with the two entries by Jasmaynia (representing U.K. Central for the purposes of the contest) occupying second and third positions.

Further down the table, the remaining instrumental entries struggled to convince many jurors of their worth, demonstrating how much the competition - and the technology available to home composers - had developed in just a few short years. Instrumentals would become real rarities from now on, although they occasionally still enjoyed big success.

==Entries and results==

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! Draw
! Country
! Song Title
! Performer
! Composer
! Lyricist
! Position
! Points
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 01
| [[File:uk.png]] [[United Kingdom in the Home Composed Song Contest|United Kingdom North]]
| [[Playing With Dreams]]
| Revelation
| [[Martin Faulkner]], Martin Brook
| n/a
| 11
| 18
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 02
| [[File:ita.png]] [[Italy in the Home Composed Song Contest|Italy]]
| [[The Waiting Game]]
| Fabio Giuntini
| Fabio Giuntini
| n/a
| 12
| 14
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 03
| [[File:uk.png]] [[United Kingdom in the Home Composed Song Contest|United Kingdom Central]]
| [[Future World]]
| Jasmaynia
| Kent Harvey, Dean Asker
| Kent Harvey, Dean Asker
| 3
| 54
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 04
| [[File:den.png]] [[Denmark in the Home Composed Song Contest|Denmark West]]
| Juliet
| [[T.O.]]
| [[T.O.]]
| [[T.O.]]
| 5
| 43
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 05
| [[File:isr.png]] [[Israel in the Home Composed Song Contest|Israel]]
| [[Khi lach et liby]]
| Mizmor Shir
| Alon Shanni
| Alon Shanni
| 15
| 5
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 06
| [[File:den.png]] [[Denmark in the Home Composed Song Contest|Denmark East]]
| [[Till The End Of Time]]
| [[Morten Boldt Hansen]]
| [[Morten Boldt Hansen]]
| [[Morten Boldt Hansen]]
| 6
| 39
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 07
| [[File:uk.png]] [[United Kingdom in the Home Composed Song Contest|United Kingdom South]]
| [[Rosita]]
| Ace Frehmen
| Ace Frehmen
| Ace Frehmen
| 9
| 20
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 08
| [[File:ned.png]] [[Netherlands in the Home Composed Song Contest|Netherlands]]
| [[Liefdesland]]
| Robbert Landegent
| Robbert Landegent
| Robbert Landegent
| 8
| 29
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 09
| [[File:ita.png]] [[Italy in the Home Composed Song Contest|Italy]]
| [[Carried Away (By The Love In Flood)]]
| Fabio Giuntini
| Fabio Giuntini
| Fabio Giuntini
| 7
| 38
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 10
| [[File:uk.png]] [[United Kingdom in the Home Composed Song Contest|United Kingdom North]]
| [[Pingu Up My...]]
| B.G.H.B.
| Ray Holt, [[Martin Faulkner]], Andrew Donaldson
| Ray Holt, [[Martin Faulkner]], Andrew Donaldson
| 13
| 12
|- style="font-weight:bold; background: gold;" 
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 11
| [[File:den.png]] [[Denmark in the Home Composed Song Contest|Denmark West]]
| A New Time Of The Year
| [[T.O.]]
| [[T.O.]]
| [[T.O.]]
| 1
| 58
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 12
| [[File:den.png]] [[Denmark in the Home Composed Song Contest|Denmark East]]
| [[Because Of You (1996)|Because Of You]]
| [[Morten Boldt Hansen]]
| [[Morten Boldt Hansen]]
| [[Morten Boldt Hansen]]
| 4
| 46
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 13
| [[File:uk.png]] [[United Kingdom in the Home Composed Song Contest|United Kingdom South]]
| [[I Heard A Cowboy]]
| Ace Frehmen
| Ace Frehmen
| Ace Frehmen
| 10
| 19
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 14
| [[File:isr.png]] [[Israel in the Home Composed Song Contest|Israel]]
| [[Beyn hapreydot vehamesibot]]
| Mizmor Shir
| Alon Shanni
| Alon Shanni
| 13
| 12
|-
| style="background:#fceecc;" | 15
| [[File:uk.png]] [[United Kingdom in the Home Composed Song Contest|United Kingdom Central]]
| [[Outta Control]]
| Jasmaynia
| Kent Harvey, Dean Asker
| Kent Harvey, Dean Asker
| 2
| 57
|-
|}

==Scoreboard==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
| rowspan=2 |
! colspan=10 | '''Juries'''
|-
! [[File:ukn.png]]
! [[File:ita.png]]
! [[File:ukc.png]]
! [[File:denw.png]]
! [[File:isr.png]]
! [[File:dene.png]]
! [[File:uks.png]]
! [[File:ned.png]]
! Total
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Playing With Dreams
| style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 4 || 1 || 1 || 3 ||  || 7 || 2 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 18
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | The Waiting Game
|  || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 2 ||  || 4 ||  || 8 ||  || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 14
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Future World
| 8 || 8 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 10 || 8 || 6 || 6 || 8 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 54
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Juliet
| 3 ||  || '''12''' || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 7 || 5 || '''12''' || 4 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 43
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Khi lach et liby
| 5 ||  ||  ||  || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | ||  ||  ||  || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 5
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Till The End Of Time
| 2 || 6 || 5 || '''12''' || 2 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | ||  || '''12''' || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 39
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Rosita
|  || 7 || 3 || 6 ||  || 3 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 1 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 20
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Liefdesland
| 4 || 2 || 7 || 3 || 5 || 4 || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 29
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Carried Away
| 1 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 6 || 7 || 6 || 10 || 5 || 3 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 38
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Pingu Up My...
| style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 5 || 4 ||  ||  || 1 || 2 ||  || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 12
|- style="background:gold;"
| style="text-align:left; background:gold;" | '''A New Time Of The Year'''
| 6 || 1 || 10 || style="text-align:left; background:gold;" | || '''12''' || '''12''' || 10 || 7 || style="text-align:right; background:gold;" | '''58'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Because Of You
| 10 || 10 || 8 || 8 || 1 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 3 || 6 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 46
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | I Heard A Cowboy
| 7 || 3 ||  || 2 ||  || 7 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | ||  || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 19
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Beyn hapreydot vehamesibot
|  ||  ||  || 4 || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 2 || 1 || 5 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 12
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#f2f2f2;" | Outta Control
| '''12''' || '''12''' || style="text-align:left; background:#fceecc;" | || 5 || 10 || 8 ||  || 10 || style="text-align:right; background:#f2f2f2;" | 57
|-
|}

==Media==

<center>
'''HCSC 1996 winner: Tony Søgaard Olsen - A New Time Of The Year'''<br />[[HCSC and Privacy|Song removed at composer's request]]
<br />
'''Recap of all HCSC 1996 songs in draw order'''<br /><html5media>http://www.homecomposed.net/archive/1996/1996medl.mp3</html5media>
</center>

<center>'''The host'''<br />[[File:1996host.jpg|center|border|Martin Faulkner]]</center>

<br />{{HCSC}}