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Watch the best of Crooners Against Corona

Archie Henderson

The organisers of The Musical Comedy Awards recently organised a competition in which musical comedians were challenged to create a unique video take on the current coronavirus/lockdown situation.

You can see the top 10 entries, as selected by the judges, below.

The organisers say: "Our mini-competition Crooners Against Corona has been a huge success and we've been thrilled with the response and the quality of the entries! It has been very tough to narrow it down to 10 songs and we've even had to leave out a few people that we love, including a few award-winning artists :-(

"As for the winner, Jazz Emu's song Lockdown Lover absolutely blew us away. It's a funk monster, a sensationally slick + sexy song that cast a spell on us like a wizard in a bedroom cupboard. You better watch it (and all of these ten videos) to see what the fuss is about!

"Thanks again to all who've entered such brilliant videos - we are truly grateful for the huge laughs in this difficult time!"

Jazz Emu (Archie Henderson) - Lockdown Lover

And here are the other finalists, in alphabetical order:

Abigail Carter-Simpson - COVID-19

Barra MacConmara - Self-Isolation

Dave Bibby - The Lockdown Blues

Giants - We'll Party Again

Hannah Warman - Lock It Down

Jegard - Stay Inside

Just These Please - When You've Been in Lockdown Too Long

Lauren Osborn - The Lockdown-Tiger Song

Louis Burgess - Self-Isolate with Me


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Published: Monday 11th May 2020

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