Altogether 20 Dark Horses battled over the last spots in the Air Guitar World Championships Final in Oulu, Northern Finland on Thursday 28 August. The highest scores were given to Japanese Keisuke ‘Keisuke The Ninja’ Nagatsuka who took over the first place with his Asian fury. The second best scores were given to Doug ‘The Thunder’ Stroock (US) and the third spot was taken over by Del-Kun Dave ”G. Tso Money” Chen (TW).
Dark Horses Qualifiying Round, Top Eight Contestants:
1. Keisuke "Keisuke the Ninja" Nagatsuka (JP) 18,0
2. Doug "The Thunder" Stroock (US) 17,8
3. Del-Kun Dave "G. Tso Money" Chen (TW) 17,4
4. Rob "Windhammer" Weychert (US) 17,3
4. Marquina "Marteeka" Iliev (US) 17,3
4. Guy "The Bandit" Thompson (UK) 17,3
7. Corentin "Airgus" Fermont (BE) 17,1
8. Daniel "Moredrive" Oldemeier (DE) 16,7 (16,8)
The honorary jury included Artistic Director of Oulu Music Video Festival, Otto Kylmälä, singer of the flamenco band Bajo Cero & producer of the Jojo - Oulu Dance Centre Anna Murtola and Neondad guitarist and esteemed Air Guitar model Jarkko Halunen, and two National Championships' organizers of the AGWC Network: Aline ”The Devil’s Niece” Westphal from Germany and Dan ”Björn Türoque” Crane from the United States.
High quality photos of the Qualification winners can be found on Media Gallery at http://www.airguitarworldchampionships.com/en/press/media-gallery/
Air Guitar World Champion Will Be Crowned on Friday
The four-day festival culminates in the World Final on Friday when the world’s best air guitarists battle over the victory at Rotuaari square. The Final is also streamed live online to the international audience starting at www.kaleva.fi/ilmakitara at 7.40 p.m.
In addition to the skilful finalists, the evening will be starred by Huutajat, a choir that scream instead of singing, Ukrainian-Russian Air Guitar Duet, Finnish pop band Ukkosmaine and the Rainbow Lockers dance group. The Final is hosted by the American Air Guitar Guru Dan ’Björn Türoque’ Crane. The stage will also be taken over by two former World Champions, Justin ‘Nordic Thunder’ Howard (US) and Aline ‘The Devil’s Niece’ Westphal (DE).
www.airguitarworldchampionships.com
For more information contact:
Susanna Kyllönen
Producer / Air Guitar World Championships
tel. + 358 44 328 0563 / susanna(at)airnestprod.com
The purpose of the Air Guitar World Championships is to promote world peace. According to the ideology of the Air Guitar, wars would end, climate change stop and all bad things disappear, if all the people in the world played the Air Guitar. This is why the whole universe is invited to play the Air Guitar for the world peace at the end of the competition.
For Peace, From Oulu.
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