Breakfast Anthems - The Winner!

So here we are then. From near on 100 entries, Christian and the team picked the five finalists The Ladyboys, Captain Grumblewart & His Band Of Pirates, Julian Bing, Charles & Audrey and Batteries Not Included and let you - the listeners - vote for the ultimate winner.

And vote you did. Big style. We had thousands of texts and Brian from the Breakfast Show  has been up all night, counting and re-counting the figures using his abacus, his calculator watch, some smarties with numbers biro-ed on them, fridge magnets, an old D90 cassette tape recording of The Count from Sesame Street and quite possibly his fingers and toes.

You could say that all the five finalists were winners just for getting this far. You could say that there's no such thing as losing because in the greater scheme of things as long as you're creating beautiful music that feeds your mind and soul then you're always a winner. You could say that, but you'd probably be talking b*****ks.

So we are proud to announce that 'Mornin' Monkey' by The Ladyboys stormed to the finish line and crossed the tape first with the most votes. So they win.  Congratulations to the band -  Gareth Cornick, Paul Shakespeare and Chariya Janthong, who have won the trip for six to Los Angeles with our wonderful friends at British Airways, to stay for seven full days at the famed and luxurious Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. Which is a top notch prize we reckon.

But seriously now folks, we cannot express our thanks enough. It sounds like, a cliche but the standard was incredibly high and we listened to every single entry. This kind of thing proves how cool our listeners really are. Can you imagine any other Breakfast Show pulling something like this off? I think not. So thank you all.

WINNER

The Ladyboys [listen]

'Mornin' Monkey' by The Ladyboys (actually Gareth Cornick, Paul Shakespeare and Chariya Janthong) was always a big favourite of the show and in the end it triumphed. Great tune, wonderful vocals and smashing lyrics - 'Would you like a cup of tea.... Or toast?' We warned you that this shit was fly (and quite possibly dope as well) and we were right.