UPDATE: And the winner is …
June 23, 2025
Drumroll, please: Our jury has made its decision – are you ready? 🙌 It’s time to reveal the winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Contest… TILAR! 🎉
Congratulations, TILAR! A dream is coming true – you’ll be performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival! We wish you unforgettable and magical moments on stage. Here’s the final ranking:
🥇 1st Place: TILAR (Performance slot, travel & accommodation covered, plus Shure equipment worth €7,000 AND an artist fee of €3,000)
TILAR
🥈 2nd Place: MOLASS (Shure equipment worth €5,000)
MOLASS
🥉 3rd Place: Butter Bread (Shure equipment worth €3,000)
Butter Bread
Our jury selected the winning act from the top 3 finalists. This year’s jury featured renowned experts from the music scene:
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Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy)
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Julia Hofer (Bass Queen, Thomann)
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Arthur Dubois (Musician & Content Creator)
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Jack Drury (A&R Shure)
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Anna Cazzaniga & Pauline Louis (Montreux Jazz Festival Booking)
A huge thank-you to our jury for your support and expertise!
We also extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners Shure and the Montreux Jazz Festival.
And once again, much love to all the bands who applied – thank you for being part of this journey. ❤️ We received so many incredible submissions full of potential – just wow!
To TILAR and everyone heading to the Montreux Jazz Festival: Enjoy the festival and have a fantastic time! 🤘
You voted, and here are our Top 3 favorites!
*** UPDATE ***
June 10, 2005
Huge thanks to our amazing community for all your votes! Below are the Top 3 from this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival Contest – give it up for them! 🎉 Did your favorite make the cut?
What an incredible lineup of bands! We’re super excited to see who takes the crown. Now, the official jury voting begins: Over the next few weeks, they’ll be deciding who gets to play at the Montreux Jazz Festival. 🎸
We’ll announce the winning band right here on June 23rd, and their dream will come true. ✨ Stay tuned!
Your Voting Top 3
Butter Bread
MOLASS
TILAR
And here are the seven other awesome bands that originally qualified for the Top 10 voting – what a fantastic achievement, big props to them too!
The 7 Other Community-Voted Bands
Gabriela Fleitas & Tacuarepo
Gabriela Fleitas & Tacuarepo on Instagram
Year of the Dog
Diana Ezerex
Monotape
Christoball
RAH + The Ruffcats
RAH + The Ruffcats on Instagram
Extra Sauce
A chance to take the stage at the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival – who wouldn’t dream of that? We teamed up with Shure and the Montreux Jazz Festival to offer this one-of-a-kind opportunity. 🎵
🎤✨The application phase is now closed – and all we can say is: WOW! We received an overwhelming number of submissions. Thank you so much to everyone who took part. The range and quality of entries blew us away. A big digital hug to all of you! ❤️ We’re thrilled to support bands and their passion.
That made choosing finalists all the more difficult. But now the Top 10 is set – and it’s your turn to vote for your favorite. Support your pick by casting your vote now.
The 3 bands with the most votes will then move on to our jury voting. The jury will select the winning band.
Voting is open until June 8, 2025. Thank you for being part of this journey!
Cast your vote for the Top 10 here! 👇👇👇
Quick Menu
MOLASS | Gabriela Fleitas & Tacuarepo | Butter Bread | Year of the Dog | Diana Ezerex
Monotape | Christoball | TILAR | RAH + The Ruffcats | Extra Sauce
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MOLASS
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Gabriela Fleitas & Tacuarepo
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TILAR
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RAH + The Ruffcats
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