After a tight Dark Horses qualification round held in Oulu, Finland, ten Dark Horses advance to the World Final, which takes place for the 24th time at Rotuaari Square in the heart of the city. Australia´s Alex "Jinja Assassin" Roberts took the first place with 17,6 points, while Japanese Asuko "Sunflower" Tabata was the second with 17,2 points. Former World Champion Kereel Blumenkrants, representing France, who won the title in 2015 representing Russia was placed third. For the first time in years, there is also a Finnish contestant at the World Final. Lassi "Trick Master" Hurskainen secured his ticket to the finals after a solid performance in front of his home audience. His position was 8th.
Altogether 26 Dark Horses took part in the qualifications. First ten will compete tomorrow against National Champions from U.S.A, Japan, United Kingdom, Iceland, Thailand, Australia, France, Germany and Canada, as well as the reigning world air guitar champion Nanami "Seven Seas" Nagura (JPN).
1. Alex "Jinja Assassin" Roberts, Australia, 17,6 points
2. Asuko "Sunflower" Tabata, Japan, 17,2 points
3. Kereel "Guitarantula" Blumenkrants, France, 16,3 points
4. Frederic "French Kiss" Reau, France, 16,3 points
5. Toshio "Shariten KD" Kado, Japan, 16,2 points
6. Valentina "Electric Burrito" Urm, Russia, 16,1 Points
7. Keisuke "Keisuke the Entertainer" Nagatsuka, Japan, 16,1 points
8. Lassi "Trick Master" Hurskainen, Finland, 16,0 Points
9. Will "The WizAIRd of Rockenroll" Herndon, USA, 15,8 points (Won Air off)
10. John J. "Crusher" Healy, USA, 15,8 points (won Air off)
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11. Viet Dung "Airry Houdini" Nguyen, Germany, 15,8 points (lost Air off)
12. Del Kun Dave "G. Tso Raw" Chen, Taiwan, 15,7 points
13. Aapo "Thunderbolt" Rautio, Finland, 15,7 points
14. Taylor "The Red Headed Strange Air - Thrillie Nelson" Fullbright , USA, 15,5 points
15. Jeffrey "The Airtiste" Stiles, USA, 15,3 points
16. Tom "Sgt Wrecker" Hill, Australia, 15,3 points
17. Tyler "Cat Friday" Gardner , Canada, 15,2 points
18. Darrin "Jimmy Dangles" Smith, Australia, 15,2 points
19. Katharina "Viking Aurora" Tomaschek, Germany, 15,2 points
20. Leopold "Cränkenstein" Tomaschek, Germany, 15,2 points
21. Rizwan "Papa Air" Ahsan, USA, 15,1 points
22. Sofia "Salmiakki Tears" Gorya, Russia, 15,0 points
23. Sven "Sven Spandex" Smith, United Kingdom, 14,8 points
24. Jacob "Airlectric Eel" Conger, Thailand, 14,6 points
25. Steffen "STEIFFEN!!! THE HYMNE DESTROYÉR!!!" Heyne, Germany, 14,6 points
26. Steve "Fran Chopin" Ruggiero, France, 14, 5 points
Photos can be found http://bit.do/DarkHorses (C) Juuso Haarala
The 24th Air Guitar World Championships takes place on Friday, 23rd August at 8pm UTC +3 and can be watched via livestream at https://airguitarworldchampionships.com/en/stream/
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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