The 15 Song Album collection:

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Dam it AllenB yer beat me too it:cry:
You'll notice I avoided Nollsey. I'm still reeling after he let the auto-tune sing that otherwise awesome song for him. He must have had better things to do that day.


Singers who got their start by winning a national contest while very young

01 - Nessun Dorma - Amira Willighagen (Holland)
02 - Waterloo - ABBA
03 - Like It Like That - Guy Sebastian (Australia)
04 - Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) - Lena Zavaroni
05 - Främling - Carola Häggkvist (Stranger) (Sweden ESC 2013)
06 - Sentimental Journey - Doris Day (won radio station singing contest)
07 - Rockin' In The Free World - Scandal featuring John McEnroe (won the French Open Doubles at 18)
08 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
09 - Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood
10 - Listen With Your Heart - Casey Donovan
 
Singers who got their start by winning a national contest while very young

01 - Nessun Dorma - Amira Willighagen (Holland)
02 - Waterloo - ABBA
03 - Like It Like That - Guy Sebastian (Australia)
04 - Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) - Lena Zavaroni
05 - Främling - Carola Häggkvist (Stranger) (Sweden ESC 2013)
06 - Sentimental Journey - Doris Day (won radio station singing contest)
07 - Rockin' In The Free World - Scandal featuring John McEnroe (won the French Open Doubles at 18)
08 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
09 - Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood
10 - Listen With Your Heart - Casey Donovan
11 - Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton

(Easton came into the public eye in an episode of the first British musical reality television programme The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI records.)
 
Singers who got their start by winning a national contest while very young

01 - Nessun Dorma - Amira Willighagen (Holland)
02 - Waterloo - ABBA
03 - Like It Like That - Guy Sebastian (Australia)
04 - Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) - Lena Zavaroni
05 - Främling - Carola Häggkvist (Stranger) (Sweden ESC 2013)
06 - Sentimental Journey - Doris Day (won radio station singing contest)
07 - Rockin' In The Free World - Scandal featuring John McEnroe (won the French Open Doubles at 18)
08 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
09 - Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood
10 - Listen With Your Heart - Casey Donovan
11 - Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
12 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos (won a scholarship to Johns Hopkins aged 5 - not necessarily a national competition, but this one was always going to be slow....)
 
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Singers who got their start by winning a national contest while very young

01 - Nessun Dorma - Amira Willighagen (Holland)
02 - Waterloo - ABBA
03 - Like It Like That - Guy Sebastian (Australia)
04 - Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) - Lena Zavaroni
05 - Främling - Carola Häggkvist (Stranger) (Sweden ESC 2013)
06 - Sentimental Journey - Doris Day (won radio station singing contest)
07 - Rockin' In The Free World - Scandal featuring John McEnroe (won the French Open Doubles at 18)
08 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
09 - Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood
10 - Listen With Your Heart - Casey Donovan
11 - Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
12 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos (won a scholarship to Johns Hopkins aged 5 - not necessarily a national competition, but this one was always going to be slow....)
13 - Spanish Moon - Little Feat (Lowell George was on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour at age 6 - also not a national competition, but a nationally broadcast show)
 
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Singers who got their start by winning a national contest while very young

01 - Nessun Dorma - Amira Willighagen (Holland)
02 - Waterloo - ABBA
03 - Like It Like That - Guy Sebastian (Australia)
04 - Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) - Lena Zavaroni
05 - Främling - Carola Häggkvist (Stranger) (Sweden ESC 2013)
06 - Sentimental Journey - Doris Day (won radio station singing contest)
07 - Rockin' In The Free World - Scandal featuring John McEnroe (won the French Open Doubles at 18)
08 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
09 - Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood
10 - Listen With Your Heart - Casey Donovan
11 - Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
12 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos (won a scholarship to Johns Hopkins aged 5 - not necessarily a national competition, but this one was always going to be slow....)
13 - Spanish Moon - Little Feat (Lowell George was on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour at age 6 - also not a national competition, but a nationally broadcast show)
14 - Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son - France Galle (won Eurovision aged 17)
 
This is going on forever, so I'll do a second.

Singers who got their start by winning a national contest while very young

01 - Nessun Dorma - Amira Willighagen (Holland)
02 - Waterloo - ABBA
03 - Like It Like That - Guy Sebastian (Australia)
04 - Ma! (He's Making Eyes at Me) - Lena Zavaroni
05 - Främling - Carola Häggkvist (Stranger) (Sweden ESC 2013)
06 - Sentimental Journey - Doris Day (won radio station singing contest)
07 - Rockin' In The Free World - Scandal featuring John McEnroe (won the French Open Doubles at 18)
08 - Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
09 - Jesus Take the Wheel - Carrie Underwood
10 - Listen With Your Heart - Casey Donovan
11 - Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
12 - Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos (won a scholarship to Johns Hopkins aged 5 - not necessarily a national competition, but this one was always going to be slow....)
13 - Spanish Moon - Little Feat (Lowell George was on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour at age 6 - also not a national competition, but a nationally broadcast show)
14 - Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son - France Galle (won Eurovision aged 17)
15 - I Dreamed A Dream - Susan Boyle (Certainly not that young)
 
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Hollywood actors, song title or artist.

01 - (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw - Hatfield And The North
02 - James Dean - Eagles
03 - Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow
04 - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus
05 - Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
06 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner
 
Hollywood actors, song title or artist.

01 - (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw - Hatfield And The North
02 - James Dean - Eagles
03 - Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow
04 - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus
05 - Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
06 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner
07 - Spock Thoughts - Leonard Nimoy
 
Hollywood actors, song title or artist.

01 - (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw - Hatfield And The North
02 - James Dean - Eagles
03 - Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow
04 - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus
05 - Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
06 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner
07 - Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
 
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Hollywood actors, song title or artist.

01 - (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw - Hatfield And The North
02 - James Dean - Eagles
03 - Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow
04 - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus
05 - Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
06 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner
07 - Spock Thoughts - Leonard Nimoy
08 - Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus