Karaoke kings and queens called to Kerry

What do you mean you didn’t know the World Karaoke Championships are at the INEC from tonight? Where the Tina Turner have been?

Sep 8th 2011, 3:27 PM 1,094 Views 3 Comments

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PUB SINGERS, HAIRBRUSH-WIELDING divas: Your country needs you. Right now.

The World Karaoke Championships 2011 are taking place in Killarney’s INEC tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. It’s the ninth year of the contest – last year’s was held in Moscow and the previous one in Lahti, Finland. We just want to see the interval acts - this year’s line-up includes Liam O’Connor (“fastest fingers in the world” – Guinness Book of Records 2008), Halo (“one of Ireland’s hottest girl bands”) and the Lizards of Oz.

According to Paddy Power, one of the sponsors, Ireland has a stab at winning. Carl Malone and Paul Blake were in second and fourth place respectively in the odds (at 7/2 and 4/1) yesterday while Laura Lenihan has an 8/1 chance of taking home the female singer prize, and Sharon Webb is at 12/1.

What would be your winning karaoke turn? Tell us in the comments below.

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Karaoke kings and queens called to Kerry