The top 12 finalists of the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition will go head to head on stage for the last time at the competition’s virtual Grand Final, this Thursday, July 22, beginning at 8:30 p.m.
The live show will be broadcast locally on TVJ and will be live-streamed on the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s website – www.jcdc.gov.jm, Facebook - Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, and Youtube - JCDC Jamaica1 pages.
The Grand Final will be hosted by renowned comedian and “Mr. Festival” ambassador Christopher Johnny Daley, and will first feature all 12 of the competition’s finalists performing their vibrant and patriotic 2021 Festival Songs, followed by the announcement of the Ultimate 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Winner.
“The Festival Song competition is charged with finding a unifying and patriotic song that encapsulates the Independence spirit, and will drive Jamaicans across the world to celebrate the black, green and gold with pride; and there is no doubt that all of this year’s 12 Festival songs are doing just that,” Said Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange.
“The songs cover every genre of Jamaican music, from the classic Mento, to Reggae, Dancehall and even Ska and Rocksteady, and each and every one carries its own body-rocking, feel-good flavor. We want Jamaicans both at home and abroad to tune in this Thursday at 8:30 pm to see the top 12 finalists give their all during their final performance for the competition, before the ultimate 2021 Festival Song Winner is announced!” Minister Grange continued.
The public can vote for their favourite Festival Song before the close of voting on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. by texting or calling the respective vote numbers, which are available on JCDC social media pages; while persons in the diaspora, as well as those at home can vote through the Reggae Jamaica mobile application (App.). Persons may also re-watch the Presentation Show, as well as the music videos for all 12 Festival songs on the JCDC’s Youtube page.
All 12 songs are also available for public listening through the international music platforms: Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer, Youtube Music and Spotify, while snippets of the songs can also be found on the JCDC’s website.
The 2021 Festival Song Finalists and their songs are:
- DB (Kevaughn Scott) - Love Jamaica My Land
- Dez-I Boyd (Desmond Boyd) – Rumba Box
- Father Reece (Lloyd Reece) – Jamaicans Talawah
- Grub Cooper (Fab 5) – Unwind
- Candy (Kimiela Isaacs) – Birthday Bash JA
- Lutan Fyah (Anthony Martin) – Jah Mek Yah
- Tamo J (Dwight Allen) – Real Talk (Jamrock)
- Reggae Maxx (Errol Graham) – Sweet Jamaica
- Pessoa (Everton Pessoa) – Celebration (Wet Sugar)
- Althea Hewitt (Althea Hewitt) – Jamaica Nice
- Stacious (Stacey Scarlett Bryan) – Jamaican Spirit
- I-Octane (I-Octane) – Land We Love
This 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition is sponsored by the CHASE Fund, Digicel, Shirley, Radio Jamaica/ TVJ, IRIE FM, Suncity 104 FM, CPTC and the Jamaica Observer.
