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The 2009 edition received support from Australia, which provided a cheque for SI$30,000. The Australian High Commission in Honiara also arranged for Kelvin Fahey, President of Hardrush Music, to "work with finalists on song writing and marketing". Fahey would also provide the competition's winner with a recording contract, for a CD to be distributed in the Solomon Islands and in Australia. The Solomon Times described this as "a huge opportunity to put Solomon Islands music on a world stage".
The winner was Jeddy Dyer, performing his self-composed song "Say No". The following year, he travelled to Australia to record his début album at Woodhead Studios.
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