Alberta Entry ‘Golden’ In HNIC Anthem Challenge
12/10/2008 04:06
School teacher Colin Oberst takes home $100,000 and half of lifetime royalties
Canadian Gold is the new Hockey Night in Canada anthem.
After 14,871 entries flooded in and thousands of voters cast their ballots for each of the two finalists, a Celtic-themed piece by Beaumont, Alta.'s Colin Oberst was chosen to introduce Canada's longest-running television program
His victory was announced on Saturday's Hockey Night broadcast featuring Toronto hosting Montreal and Vancouver in Calgary.
Toronto teenager Robert Fraser Burke's Sticks to the Ice finished second.
"I'm thrilled that it's an ordinary Canadian whose passion for hockey will be forever associated with the show," said Scott Moore, executive director of CBC Sports. "The process has shown the passion that Canadians have for hockey, Hockey Night in Canada and for music.
"I think it's so appropriate that such a passionate hockey fan is the final winner."
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SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
Congratulations to Beaumont’s Colin Oberst. It’s about time someone from the west, and particularly the Capital Regon, won something of note. It was most sweet to see Oberst’s tune best the tune from the kid from the ‘centre of the universe’.
In addition to his song being the new 'anthem' for CBC's Hockey Night In Canada, Oberst walks away with a cheque for $100,000 and half the lifetime royalties his song generates. Judging by his wife's reaction on TV, she is already quite interested in the $100,000!