How to enter:
- Record a video clip or voice note of no longer than 3 minutes.
- Add the following details to the text: Name, surname, ID Number, Own contact number, Name of farm, packhouse or cellar you work for, Position of work, How long you have been working there, Name of nearest town.
- Send your entry via WhatsApp to 082 372 1557
Entries close 16 July 2025
Training week: 14 – 19 September 2025
Finals: Evening of 19 September 2025
Criteria:
- Should be an agricultural worker in the fruit and/or wine industry working on a farm, packhouse, or in a cellar for a total of three months or longer in the past 12 months.
- You may only enter if you are an agricultural worker in one of the following industries: Apple, pear, plum, peach, nectarine, apricot, cherry, citrus, dried fruit (within the deciduous fruit industry, excluding raisins), wine, and table grapes.
- Entrants must be 18 years or older.
- May enter in any South African indigenous language.
- May only enter as a singer – no groups.
- Previous finalists may not enter again.
Competition Rules:
- The entrants will be judged by a panel selected by the sponsors. The decision of the judges is final.
- The judges reserve the right to withhold the award depending on the merit of the entries.
- Only entries related to agricultural workers in the fruit and wine agricultural sectors (farms, packhouses, or cellars) will be accepted.
- Entrants must provide proof of employment.
- Please make sure that you submit all the details requested with your entry.
- By entering this competition, entrants accept the rules and thereby indemnify the sponsors against any liability in the case of injury, death, or any other cause arising from the competition.
- This competition is for amateur musicians only.
- No learners allowed.