Pacific Break is back for 2025. Here's how to enter
Entries for this year's Pacific Break, the Pacific's biggest music competition, will open on June 27 and we're looking for the best original and unsigned talent from across the Pacific.
Have you got what it takes to be this year's winner and go on an all-expenses-paid trip to perform at the WOMADelaide Festival, Australia's largest international music festival?
All you have to do is submit your original track by Monday, August 25 2025 and be a citizen or resident of any Pacific island nation* who is not signed with a major record label.
Want your music played on ABC Radio Australia and ABC Pacific socials?
Be sure to tune in to Nesia Daily on ABC Radio Australia and follow ABC Pacific's Facebook and Instagram accounts. Our team will be selecting Pacific Break entries to play on Nesia Daily's Soundcheck segment and will feature them on ABC Pacific social media throughout the competition.
Ten finalists will be announced on air and ABC Pacific in September. The overall winner will be revealed on Nesia Daily on Wednesday, October 16, 2025, so make sure to tune in!
There are several ways you can listen – live via internet streaming or FM radio, as well as on-demand audio and podcast downloads. Check your local FM frequency here.
How to enter Pacific Break 2024:
Submit your original track(s) in one of three ways;
1. Complete the Online Entry Form.
2. Get in touch with our Pacific Break team via WhatsApp.
3. Email your song and details to pacificbreak@abc.net.au
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For details about how we handle the personal information we collect when you enter competitions, see the ABC Privacy Collection Statement.
*"Pacific Island Nation" means any one of the following countries: American Samoa; Cooks Islands; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Northern Marianas; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Pitcairn Islands; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Timor-Leste, Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Wallis and Fortuna; Rotuma; Easter Island.
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