▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
Join the international online competition for musicians & producers now and win over €32,000 in cash and prizes.
▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
Join the international online competition for musicians & producers now and win over €32,000 in cash and prizes.
The voting ends in
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Join the 11th HOFA Song Contest now!
The HOFA Song Contest is an international online competition for musicians and music producers. Convince the HOFA jury of your skills and collect votes in the public voting. There is no fee to participate!
NEW: You now have the option to enter with a music video.
Present your song worldwide
The contest is open to artists from every genre. We will make your talent heard and provide you with a stage for your music. The prize money of €6,000 will go to the winners of the five main categories and the music video award. You also get the chance to win attractive non-cash prizes from our sponsors.
Listen, vote, and leave a comment
This is a public contest, so your song will be heard by fans and music lovers from all over the world. Each and everyone is invited to cast their votes and leave comments.
About HOFA
Founded more than 35 years ago as a recording studio, HOFA divided into the following areas of music production and audio engineering:
HOFA-College
Online academy for audio engineering & music production – learn more ›
HOFA-Akustik
The patent remedy for optimum room acoustics – learn more ›
HOFA-Plugins
Intelligent audio plugins for PC & Mac – learn more ›
HOFA-Media
The best choice for your CD & vinyl duplication – learn more ›
HOFA-Studios
Recording, mixing & mastering studios – learn more ›
Win over €32,000 in cash and prizes!
There will be a main prize of €1,000 donated by HOFA in each of the five categories. We are also awarding €1,000 in prize money for the best music video. In addition to the main prizes, a lot of attractive special prizes will be awarded – we are very happy about the support from our sponsors!
Contest timeline
The contest starts
JUN 1, 2026
Closing date
AUG 8, 2026
Start of jury voting
AUG 10, 2026
End of public voting
AUG 20, 2026
The winners are announced
AUG 24, 2026
Terms and conditions
Any solo artist, band, project etc. can participate with one of their original songs. Remixes and cover versions are excluded. Every participant can upload their song until August 8.
The musical genre of your song is not relevant, because there are several main categories in each of which winners will be determined. These are the available categories:
- Pop
- Rock & Heavy
- Electronic Music
- Hip-Hop / Soul / R’n’B
- Traditional & Miscellaneous
Songs
New comments
Blaffy at 09.08.2026 12:13 about Astronaut`s Last Breath. by UncleJ.:
Great video. Nice track. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎊🎊Way to go🎉🎉🎉 you have my vote. Great tune to vibe...
Facor at 09.08.2026 12:09 about Calling by NMLS:
richtig angenehm das Ding - sehr schön! 1+ von mir
Facor at 09.08.2026 12:06 about Love Has Gone by IMSi:
Ballert und macht gute Laune - Top! 1+ von mir
Facor at 09.08.2026 12:05 about Omgivet by dereksnape:
listen and you immediately get relaxed - nice! +1 from me
PhiloFat at 09.08.2026 11:22 about Cry Of The Earth by Tex:
danke für dein Kommentar - freut mich das gefällt - Stimme wurde mit Vocoder von Cubase "veredelt" 😊 dein Song und Play ist echt entspannend, einer der wenigen Songs die ich...
14095 at 09.08.2026 11:14 about 4 Fun(k) by 14095:
no programming, no KI
AmiraZ-world at 09.08.2026 11:12 about Lux requiem Aeternam by AmiraZ-world:
Thanks so much for your words, Milad.
Eveleanah at 09.08.2026 11:12 about Nocturne for Orchestra (In Memory of Mom) by Traffic In My Head:
Love that this one is for your mom. I love personal and emotional songs. Vote!!! I also wrote one for my daughter if you want to take look.
Eveleanah at 09.08.2026 11:10 about Hymne aller Frauen by paulspirsch@t-online.de:
Leider fehlt hier die KI Kennzeichnung. Ein power Song für Frauen ist so wichtig und richtig, aber bitte kennzeichnen.
Eveleanah at 09.08.2026 11:07 about LOSLASSEN by Heike235:
Bei KI generierten Songs bin ich leider schnell raus. Da kann die Idee noch so gut sein.