A local singer and songwriter has a chance to win the CBC Searchlight 2020. According to the CBC’s website, the Searchlight contest is meant to find Canada’s best-undiscovered talent. Cracking the top 50 by audience votes is 14-year-old Ainsleigh MacInnis from Pembroke for her song “The Hero In You”. MacInnis says she created the song for retired Master Corporal, Mike Trauner who is a decorated Petawawa Veteran who lost both his legs in Afghanistan in 2008. She says he is now training for the 2020 Para-Olympic games in Tokyo.
The top 10 finalists will be announced on Thursday, February 27th. Three artists will be determined by votes, while the other seven will be chosen by CBC Music staff judges. Once the top 10 is announced, a panel of music industry judges will take over to determine a winner of Searchlight 2020, which will be announced on Thursday, March 5th. To listen to MacInnis’s song, follow the link on our website. The deadline for voting is February 25th at 3:00 pm and you can vote once per day on the website for CBC Searchlight here.
LISTEN TO THE SONG HERE: