Christopher Horst

Home, Impersonating Elvis and Closer to home have all made the semi-final of the UK Songwriting Contest 2009 in the adult contemporary category.

They all received a Len Goodman-style 'seven' from the judging panel of music industry experts. According to the contest website, a score of seven indicates the song was "one of the stronger songs in the contest" and "a borderline finalist". And a semi-final position means the song was in the top 23 per cent of the 6,000 songs in the contest. Only the winning song in each category scores 10.

I also entered Impersonating Elvis into the pop category where it also reached the semi-final, but this time with a score of six. This has confirmed my thinking that adult contemporary is the right category for my songs.

Last year, Dolphins and Tonight, tomorrow both scored seven and reached the same stage of the competition in the adult contemporary category, with I learned to disco in San Francisco and Dance me scoring five and being commended entries.

In both years, around 6,000 songs were entered into the competition.