Kirill \”Guitarantula\” Blumenkrants won the twenty-fifth live competition.
The air guitars roared their thunderous air guitar tracks in Oulu on Friday after a two-year break. The world championship was organized virtually during the corona, but now the global air guitar family got to meet live.
– Air guitar playing has been a world peace event since its founding in 1996. Our ideology is that if everyone played the air guitar, no one would be able to hold a gun.
He had not yet seen his winning performance on tape, but he said he hoped that the fun was passed on.
– We want to have fun on stage and send the positive energy we produce to the audience and people who watch us live. Unfortunately, the stream cannot capture the true essence of air guitar.
Blumenkrants was also number one in 2015. At that time, he represented his native Russia, but now the contestants who made it to the finals from the black horse qualifiers all performed under the flag of peace.
– I have made really good friends here and I hope that we will keep the Air Guitar World Championships alive for as long as we can. Especially now, in these dark times, Blomenkrants said.
Finnish representation in the final for a long time
This year’s air guitar competition was the twenty-fifth, if only the on-site championships in Oulu are included. The Oulu Rotuaari also saw a long break from the racing frenzy due to the enthusiasm of the 3,500-strong audience, according to the organizers’ estimate.
Out of them, the only one who made it to the second round of the final was \”Pink Lightning\ that is, tubetta player and musician Miska Haakana, who ended up finishing eighth.
_What thoughts did the story evoke? You can participate in a discussion about air guitar playing at Yle Tunnus until Sunday 28 August. until 11 p.m._