Karaoke World Championships
Do you know that karaoke has its own competition that covers contestants across the globe? It’s karaoke world championships!
This competition originated in Finland in 2003 with seven countries. The international karaoke competition features almost thirty countries around the world! It works like any other global competition, where there is a national contest initially held in each competing country, and the winner in each nation will represent their country in the world championships. Talk about how far karaoke has taken you, as far as the entire planet!
The titles to vie are Male Karaoke World Champion and Female Karaoke World Champion. The host country of this world championship has been in the country of its origin, in Finland. But this year is the first time since the birth of the contest that another country other than Finland has hosted the championships. It was held in Thailand last September 2007.
The participating countries in the Karaoke World Championships are Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, and United States Of America.
The champions have had their own chance of fame and recognition as winners of Karaoke World Championships. During the tsunami fundraising concert in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2005, the top five male and female champions were given invitation to sing for the Princess of Thailand. The concert was broadcasted all over Thailand and raised funds for the tsunami victims of that previous year, in 2004. Also, just this April 2007, the winner of the Finnish version of the UK show Pop Idol, Ari Koivunen, happens to be the 2005 Finnish National Karaoke World Champion and the 3rd Place Karaoke World Champion in 2005.
Karaoke World Championships is without a doubt a solid venue for singers’ dreams to come true!