The Pacific’s biggest music competition, ABC Radio Australia’s Pacific Break, is now open for artists from across the Pacific and Timor-Leste.
The search has begun for the Pacific and Timor-Leste’s best original, unsigned talent with entries now open until midnight Sunday 25 August.
The top prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to perform in 2025 at WOMADelaide – Australia’s largest international music festival. The winning artist or group will be revealed on ABC Radio Australia’s flagship daily morning program Nesia Daily on Wednesday 2 October.
The 2024 competition launched with a live concert on Wailoaloa Beach in Fiji featuring performances from Pacific Break stars including 2023 winner Ju Ben (Fiji), 2022 winner Danielle (Papua New Guinea) and 2019 winner Sprigga Mek (Papua New Guinea) as well as 2023 finalists Bibao and Lonna (Solomon Islands), Ratu (Fiji) and Oni (Fiji).
ABC Radio Australia’s resident reggae DJ and Island Music presenter Rick Howe also performed a DJ set at the launch, which was hosted by ABC Radio Australia music host and Pacific Break judge, Sose Fuamoli, and ABC Australia’s The Pacific presenter Johnson Raela.
The judging panel for this year’s competition sees the return of Papua New Guinean-born Australian new soul diva Ngaiire as well as ABC Radio Australia music presenters Sose Fuamoli (Sista Sounds and On The Record) and Rick Howe (Island Music) and hip-hop artist and ABC Radio Australia host Hau Latukefu (In The Fale) with WOMADelaide Associate Director Annette Tripodi.
For more information about Pacific Break’s 2024 judges, click here.
HOW TO ENTER
Artists from the Pacific or Timor-Leste can submit their original track(s) one of three ways:
- 1.Complete the Online Entry Form, available at https://pacificbreak.typeform.com/entryform
- 2.Contact us via Whatsapp +61 447 310 986 and send through your songs and info
- 3.Complete and send the Email Entry Form to pacificbreak@abc.net.au and include your music files as an attachment.
For more information about Pacific Break, including competition details and terms and conditions, visit www.abc.net.au/pacificbreak
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