George Axon and Aidan Mason were named the winner of the Toronto Song Contest, this evening and awarded the grand prize of $5,000. Listen to "Love to Live in Toronto" by George Axon and Aidan Mason.

The live finale performance took place at the CNE, where all 10 finalists performed their original songs. Listen to the top ten finalists' songs.

About 20,771 votes were submitted online by Torontonians in support of their favourite song, which made up 20 per cent of the final decision. The remaining votes were cast by celebrity judges, Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone; co-host of CP24 Breakfast Matte Babel; Etalk reporter Traci Melchor; and Managing Director of North By Northeast Music & Film Festival and Conference (NXNE) Andy McLean.

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• Finalists
• Electronic Media kit
• Photo gallery

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Finalists

The top ten finalists in the Toronto Song Contest are…

• My City’s Alive by Major Music Productions(ft. Terrance Cross)
• Love to Live in Toronto by George Axon and Aidan Mason
• The Toronto Song by Mr. Leverty & the TDSB All-Stars
• City Glow by Shobha
• A World in OneCity by Kevin “MAK” Watson
• Electrify Toronto by Lynzie Kent (ft. Maya Chilton and Constant Bernard)
• T.Ode by Abdominal and the Obliques (ft. Notes to Self)       
• One Hundred & Seventy Five by the Bradleys
• Toronto is My Home by Matt Hutch
• The Toronto We Know by Lynn Harrison and David Leask

Hear their songs!

 

Electronic Media Kit

• Launch advisory (PDF - 124 KB)
• Launch news release (PDF - 240 KB)
• Lyrics (PDF - 161 KB)
• Finalists’ biographies (PDF - 344 KB)
• Finalists' photos (To download - "Right-click" and "Save Target As")
  • Preliminary judges (.zip file - 2.7 MB)
    
  • Celebrity judges (.zip file - 1.9 MB)
  • Finalists (.zip file - 4.4 MB)
• Celebrity judges biographies (PDF - 186 KB)
• Preliminary judges biographies (PDF - 171 KB)