Shobha tops in Canadian Radio Star contest

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Singer/songwriter Shobha is on a winning streak.

The Scarborough resident in no longer just the Toronto winner for the Canadian Radio Star contest - she's the national winner.

Shobha was named the winner after the showcase featuring all 11 regional finalists at the Drake Hotel in Toronto on March 8.

Having recently relocated from Halifax, the artist (who prefers to be identified as just Shobha) was confused at first as to who the winner was.

They said the songwriter of the year is Halifax's Shobha, she recounted days after the concert, but all she heard was Halifax and thought the winner was the regional winner from Nova Scotia.

"I totally didn't get it until every else reacted," she said, the news still not feeling entirely real to her. "All I could say was 'thank you' and "oh my gosh'."

The winning song, Always On Your Feet, was dropped off at the Toronto radio station sponsoring the contest just 15 minutes before the deadline.

"We got it in just in time and I'm glad we did," she said in a previous interview.

She describes her music as "pop with an edge." A mix of pop/soul/urban/acoustic.

As the grand prize winner $10,000, studio equipment, 30 hours of mixing and mastering time, a complete website design, one-year web hosting and customized enhanced CD package, $5,000 national radio promotion package and one free digital radio station upload to any format of choice by RDR MUSIC GROUP in conjunction with DMDS

"I don't know if it's totally sunk in," she said.

Shobha was planning a small tour for later this year, but now she can tie it to radio promotion of her song and go to more cities.

"(The win) helps me to do more that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise," she said.