The organizers made a surprise announcement when not 8 but 12 songs were selected for the finals of the AmBank Cipta Lagu Competition. Amongst the songs which made it to the finals compositions by Salman Shariff, Neves (dari Kumpulan Pretty Ugly), Ismail Nawab, Loo See Luan, Jimmy Fong, Vijayanathan, Alfred Teo.

According to the organizers, the jury had the difficult task to select only 8 songs as all the 20 songs in the semi-finals held on 11 November were of high quality. As a result, a last-minute decision was made to increase the final songs to 12. The panel jury comprise En Anuar Dahlan (Head Jury), En Johari Teh, Mr Johami Chelliah, Ms Helan Yap and En Azam Dungun.