Raldene 'Loaded Eagle' Dyer wins 2019 Festival Song Competition with 'Big Up Jamaica'. (Gleaner photo)
Raldene 'Loaded Eagle' Dyer is the 2019 winner of the JCDC Jamaica Festival Song Competition.
His winning song, Big Up Jamaica, will become the soundtrack for Jamaica's 57th Anniversary of Independence, which is being celebrated under the theme, One Nation, One People.
In addition to winning the competition and the $1 million cash award, Dyer, took home the award for Writer of the Winning Song, which also carried a $1 million cash award.
Dyer also as won sectional prizes for Best Performance and Best Vocalist, which carry a cash award of $300,000 each.
Second place in the competition and its cash award of $400,000 went to Alero 'Alley Bless' Perrier with her song Queen Jamaica.
Third place and a $250,000 cash award went to Jerome 'Jay Smith' Smith for his song Embassy Appointment.
Smith also won the sectional award for Most Popular on Social Media, which earned him a cash award of $300,000.
The 2019 Jamaica Festival Song Competition's free Grand Final concert was held on Saturday at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston.
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