"I would like to thank you and the British Council for inviting me to participate as a judge in the IYMEY competition. I was immensely impressed with the people we interviewed, with their presentations, their professionalism, their innovation, their will, their enthusiasm, their ability to get things done under very difficult circumstances, their lateral thinking and most of all with their love of music and their vision for what music can achieve in this world.

I feel sure that every one of them will succeed in their chosen path.

The music business is not at the moment in the best of health. But with people like your contestants I am sure that it will revive.

It was a privilege to attend, and I gained insight into the circumstances surrounding the markets in each of the territories represented and came away knowing that I gained much more than I gave. To choose one contestant out of so many displaying such high qualities and abilities was not easy but there has to be a winner."

Chris Morrison
Judge - IYMEY 2007