Karaoke World Championships 2008

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who will be going to Moscow to represent
Ireland at the karaoke world championships in Russia
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WITH MASSIVE GIVE-AWAYS AT THE ALL IRELAND
KARAOKE FINAL ON 31st JULY & 1st AUGUST

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World Karaoke Championships
Confirmed for Killarney

September 2011

It was announced today that The World Karaoke Championships will take place in the INEC, Gleneagle, Killarney in September 2011.

The announcement was made when Heidi Moijanen, Director of Foreign Affairs, Karaoke World Championships Organisation, travelled to Kerry from Helsinki to finalise the contract with Patrick O'Donoghue, Managing Director of the INEC.

In excess of 25 countries are expected to participate in the Championships which will take place from September 8 th to 10 th 2011. National trials are conducted in each participating country with the winners competing in the International finals for the titles of male and female Karaoke World Champions. The participants, along with their families, supporters and karaoke enthusiasts from all over the world are expected to converge on Killarney for the event.

The National trials in the US are expected to attract huge international attention this year with television network ABC set to broadcast the event. The 2010 Championship will take place in Moscow , Russia in September.

The INEC, Gleneagle, Killarney in association with Karaoke Ireland , The Kerry Convention Bureau and Fáilte Ireland supported Killarney's bid to host the 2011 Championships.

Ann Marie Campell and Liz Cosgrove, official Irish partners of the Karaoke World Championships, put Killarney forward as the host destination.

“We have travelled to numerous World Karaoke Championships and always wished that Ireland would some day host the Championships and having viewed what Killarney and the INEC has on offer we immediately recognised Killarney's potential to host such an event.

“Killarney's world renowned natural beauty combined with its world class facilities and tradition of welcoming visitors for hundreds of years means that we know our thousands of Global Karaoke friends can look forward to the best of welcomes in Killarney,” said Ann Marie Campbell.

“Also, the fact that so many people can stay on site at the INEC, in the official event accommodation, was a major factor taken into consideration when choosing the INEC venue,” said Liz Cosgrove.

Local organisers are already working with Kerry Convention Bureau and Fáilte Ireland on a festival programme for the event. In the meantime Karaoke Ireland will hold its first ever Karaoke Festival in Portlaoise later this year.

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A wonderful evening of meeting all Ireland's KWC county partners & The Magnet Festival committee.

A big Thank You to the Heritage Hotel and all the guests and singers who made the event a memorable one...

THE MIDLANDS SWITCHED ON FESTIVAL DATES
JULY 29th 30th 31st & 1st AUGUST 2010

The Road to Moscow Russia has begun!!
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Hightlights from 2009

KWC TEAM IRELAND 2009
Cork crooner and Ireland 's paddypower.com Karaoke Champion Adrian Kenny wowed the world and made Karaoke history last night when he was crowned the 2009 Karaoke World Champion.

Adrian saw off competition from 32 other countries on the world stage in Lahti Finland . The Cork man blew everyone away with his stunning rendition of "Hallelujah", "Fairytale", " I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again " & "Purple Rain" over the weekend. As well as walking away with the gold medal Trophy and €3000 from his Irish sponsors Paddy Power plus cash prize also from KWC Organisation, Adrian will jet back out to Finland over the next few months to record his debut single & album which will be promoted all over Europe.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “What a fantastic result for Ireland and a brilliant achievement for Adrian. We might not win the Eurovision any more but we're world champions when it comes to Karaoke! Adrian was absolutely phenomenal and this win could be just the start of things
to come for him career wise.”

Paddy Power are so proud of Adrian that they've even begun taking bets on him topping the charts.
It's just 6/1 that Adrian tops the Irish charts and 33/1 he reaches the top spot on the UK charts.

Dubliner Jennifer Ward, the paddypower.com Irish Karaoke Queen didn't disappoint either, finishing 4th in the female category plus she won the Audience vote and received a top of the range Karaoke system.

Jennifer sang "If I were a Boy", "I Just Wanna Make Love To You", "At Last" & "Listen" and gave great performances throughout the competition. Also Jennifer will feature on October 7th on RTE's "Off The Rails" whose team dressed & groomed her for the Championships.

Over 60 Irish supporters flew to Finland for the event and it was a fantastic trip had by all from the moment we arrived in Finland.On Wednesday we were taken to Heinola where the karaoke world championships began and Irish run hotel "Cronins" run by Stephen & Marika Cronin gave us a great welcome party with Karaoke buffet etc

On Thursday we had the KWC Cocktail meet & greet party in Lahti City Hall a wonderful experience for our singers to meet the competitors from all over the world. This is a competition not only for music but also for friendships to be made and that certainly happened as we made some great friends who each and everyone of us will keep contact with. Friday it was competition time and the excitment began this year it was bigger than ever as www.karaokeuniverse.net (USA partners) Cindy & Loveless broadcasted it to the whole world via internet so all the friends and family that could not attend were watching us from home.

To them we are eternally grateful as they brought the contest to a new level with over half a million hits on the Friday to dounble that on the Saturday Saturday was the longest but again the most exciting of the trip as it was eliminating rounds and the talent was fantastic .We are so proud Jennifer & Adrian got to sing their 4 songs that they rehearsed for the competiton and the roar of the crowd when they reached the top 5 .....

Congratulations to Jennifer who won the hearts of eveyone by winning the audience vote in Lahti Hall and Congratulations to Adrian who is now the male 2009 World Karaoke Champion....

We would like to thank KWC Finland for putting on for the 6th year a fantastic venue sound and for bringing this fantastic competition into the lives of amateur singers who they have given a global platform to. Our Thanks to the management and staff of the Alex Park Hotel .... To all or supporters who joined us and gave our singers inspiration, also to all the KWC Partners who made us feel so welcome and we are looking forward to KWC 2010.

A final Thank You to www.paddypowerbingo.com Paddy Power who have been sponsoring this event for the past five years and the Paddy Power team Conor McIntyre, Sharon Mchugh & Will Byrne, who are always on hand to assist us with KWC Ireland.

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FINLAND HERE WE COME!!!

Clondalkin local and stay at home mum Jennifer Ward wowed the crowds and the judges with a spectacular rendition of Beyonce’s ‘If I were A Boy’, while Adrian Kenny, from Mayfield, Cork, blew everyone away with Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’. Both winners will now go on to represent Ireland at the Karaoke World Championships in Finland later this year, and bookie Paddy Power is already rating them to win the World’s! Adrian is 6/1 to bring the gold home while Jennifer is 8/1.

Sharon McHugh, one of this year’s Karaoke judges and spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “The standard was very high at this year’s Irish Karaoke Final, in particular the men. It was almost impossible to pick a winner as three or four stood out as different class. On behalf of Paddy Power, I wish both Jennifer and Adrian the very best of luck in Finland in September!”

Amongst the judges at this year’s paddypowerbingo.com Irish Karaoke Championships were Giorgio Ricci from Roland Europe Eurovision star Sinead Mulvey and former Eurovision arranger and producer and all round talented musician Frank McNamara. The Karaoke World Championships (KWC) takes place on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September in Lahti, Finland.

BEST OF LUCK TO OUR
OUR IRISH CHAMPIONS !

EUROVISION STAR SINEAD MULVEY LAUNCHES IRISH KARAOKE BID

Eurovision star Sinead Mulvey was at the Red Cow Hotel in Clondalkin to launch this year's paddypowerbingo.com Irish Karaoke Championship Finals which take place this bank holiday weekend.

It'll be microphones at the ready when over sixty karaoke kings and queens from all over Ireland will take centre stage for the chance to represent Ireland at the Karaoke World Championships in September. Thirty female finalists will compete on Saturday 30th May while thirty male finalists will compete the next day on Sunday 31st.

Former Eurovision arranger and producer and all round talented musician Frank McNamara and Eurovision star Sinead Mulvey will be amongst the judges on this year's panel. The successful karaoke king and queen will then jet off to Finland on the 11th September to represent Ireland at the Karaoke World Championships.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “ Ireland might not be having much luck at the Eurovision lately but the Karaoke World Championships are still all to sing for. The standard is really high this year but with judges like Sinead Mulvey and Frank McNamara on the panel we're bound to have the winning combination!”

HEATS HAVE NOW BEGUN ALL OVER IRELAND
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TEAM IRELAND 2008 in FINLAND