Winners of the Commonwealth Video Contest

The Best Commonwealth Video accolade went to Youth of the World by Samantha Khan, a 17-year-old girl from Trinidad and Tobago:

Click to veiw the winning entry.

and the Best Commonwealth Band/Artist was won by a group of singers from the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga for their Good to be Young musical video:

Click to veiw the winning entry.

As part of their prize, the winners are set to be invited to visit Marlborough House, headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, United Kingdom, to help mark International Youth Day on 12 August 2010.

Organisers from the Commonwealth Secretariat noted that the judging was very close, but that the best entries – ranging from videos of music, singing, dancing and poetry to monologues about child poverty, youth empowerment, or climate change – were marked by their “charm, ingenuity and regard for Commonwealth values”.