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Back in September, Radio 3 challenged listeners to come up with a cracking new tune to the words of Christina Rossetti's poem, Love Came Down At Christmas.

The competition was judged blind by an expert panel, who whittled almost a thousand entries down to a shortlist of just six.

All week, you have been listening to the carols and voting for your favourites. We asked you to choose the carol that has the catchiest tune – the earworm that has kept you humming all the way through the festive period.

Congratulations to Tamiko Dooley, whose setting of Love Came Down At Christmas will be broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 on Christmas Day 2021.

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition – particularly the remaining five shortlisted composers, whose entries can be heard below.

Thank you also to our incredible panel of judges, our arranger Ken Burton, and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, conducted by Owain Park, who recorded and performed all six shortlisted carols in this year's competition.

A very merry Christmas from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3!

• The final deadline for submissions was 11.59pm on Tuesday 2 November 2021.

• The Radio 3 Carol Competition 2021 was open to non-professional composers in the UK. Anyone could enter, no matter what their level of experience. You didn’t need to have had any special musical training or need to know how to read or write music.

• This year entrants could submit either a written score or a voice recording. If you submitted a recording, please bear in mind that the only people who heard it were our producers.

• We asked entrants to compose a tune for the voice. The tune had to be the same for every verse, so entrants only needed to submit one verse. If you submitted a carol with harmonies and/or accompaniments, or with different tunes for different verses, these elements will not be taken into consideration by the judges.

To find out more, please take a look at the full terms and conditions of entry.