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The Karaoke World Championships is one of the most inclusive world-wide talent competitions. 2011 saw another exciting year of participants from around the world competing for the male and female titles in Killarney Ireland. This year the gold medals were ultimately awarded to Marc Hatem from Lebanon and Cassandra Jopp from the U.S.A.
MeAndMic.com is proud to be the part of the KWC in a number of ways. We are the official licensee for the KWC in Canada and are hosting a number of events leading to the Canadian National Karaoke Championship.
MeAndMic.com is also working with KWC partner countries to bring online competition for the first time to the KWC. Coming Soon MeAndMic.com members will be able to register online to compete with winners moving on to regional and national championships in their respective countries.
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KWC 2011 in Killarney Ireland
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The 2011 Karaoke World Championships was another amazing event, this year in beautiful Killarney Ireland. The top Male and Female singers in the world are represented their individual countries in three days of heated competition!
Thursday September 8th - Thursday was a day for celebration with the grand opening of the Karaoke World Championships 2011. The opening ceremony featured a magical performance from the Internationally renowned musician Liam O’Connor and unforgettable performances from last year’s champions. Each performer set the tone for a very tough competition, performing their first songs.
Friday September 9th - The game was definitely on! Each competitor performed their second song and it was clear the judges would have their work cut out for them. While they deliberated, Static Movement and Beauella kept the crowd entertained, and at the end of the night the hosts announced the top 20 lucky finalists who would continue on to the third round on Saturday.
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The TOP 20
After two incredible days of competition the 20 top were selected:
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FEMALE:
- Alina Shestaeva, RUSSIA
- Monica Misawa, BRASIL
- Megha Girish, INDIA
- Jerrica Santos, CANADA
- Laura Lenahan, IRELAND
- Xue Song, CHINA
- Lyda Shyla, PHILIPPINES
- Estefania Gralla, SPAIN
- Cassandra Jopp, USA
- Viktoriia Pakhtusova, UKRAINE
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MALE:
- Joel Cruz, PHILIPPINES
- Josh Acholl, USA
- Riki James, NEW ZEALAND
- Renato Chibana, BRASIL
- Dominik Reinweber, AUSTRIA
- Carl Malone, IRELAND
- Toni Laaksonen, FINLAND
- Vladimir Pak, RUSSIA
- Marc Hatem, LEBANON
- Aden Billy, AUSTRALIA
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The 2011 KWC Champions!
Saturday September 10th - The elimination rounds continued, and the best in the world continued to blow the crowd away until the five best women and five best men were left standing. From those ten singers, two were chosen as the new Karaoke World Champions for 2011.
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FEMALE:
1ST PLACE: Cassandra Jopp, USA
2ND PLACE: Estefania Gralla, SPAIN
3RD PLACE: Jerrica Santos, CANADA
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MALE:
1ST PLACE: Marc Hatem, LEBANON
2ND PLACE: Joel Cruz, PHILIPPINES
3RD PLACE: Vladimir Pak, RUSSIA
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2011 Canadian National Karaoke Championships
The road to Kilarney Ireland and the 2011 Karaoke World Championships rolled fast and furious through Canada with 20 of the country’s best all competing to represent. 3 rounds of competition saw the 12 Female and 8 Male competitors cut down to a final 3 in each category. In a surprise twist to the evening, the Fan Favorite vote from the audience came to a tie. The crowd called for a “sing off”, but the judges opted to allow both a Male and Female to compete in the final round.
When the smoke cleared Trevor Dunn was awarded the Top Male Canadian Champion, and Jerrica Santos the Top Female Grand Champion. Both competitors will go on to represent Canada at the Karaoke World Championships in Ireland.
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Compete Live
The foundation of the KWC is live competition and MeAndMic.com wants to help you find live competition venue's near you.
The KWC has had over 32 countries participating, and as we move forward MeAndMic.com wants to help you find information for all of the member countries. Coming soon we will add links to other country sites as well as list their events, and help to add online competition to their selection process.
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MeAndMic.com is the host for the KWC in Canada. Click the
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Compete Online
Contest is complete, go to the Contest Page for results.
MeAndMic.com members from across Canada can also compete online to win prizes as well as an invitation to the Canadian National Karaoke Championships in Vancouver this July 21st.
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Thanks to all competitors, good luck at the nationals. Check the contest page for results.
Check back in the Fall for the new online season!
ON NOW! Until Tuesday, June 28, 2011, competitors can enter and submit two recordings for judgement.
The results will be announced Thursday, June 30, 2011 and the top 3 male and female competitors can move on to compete at the nationals.
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Click the GO button to enter as well as review the rules and regulations.
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Other Countries
Find out more from some of the other KWC Country Partners
Is your host information missing or inaccurate? Please let us know admin@meandmic.com
Interested in acquiring a KWC Country license? Contact the KWC for more information: www.kwc.fi/organization