The Perfect Pitch

A small re-cap of the days before KWC 2009 actually started, in pictures:

The first ones to arrive to Finland were Michael Bates, male champion from 2008 and Loveless Johnson III, the producer of the live broadcast from this year’s event.

After that we headed towards Helsinki to Sonic Pump Studios, where Erkka Korhonen (the producer of the album) and some of the guys from band were recording instrumentals for Michael’s upcoming album:

The party officially started when KWC Ireland arrived with the rest of the Irish supporters. Along with the Irish, everyone from the international KWC family headed towards Heinola (the town where the first Karaoke World Championships took place back in 2003) to Cronin’s Cafe & Guesthouse for some karaoke!:

Karaoke World Championships 2009 was scheduled to start on Friday in Lahti Hall, but the launch party was held in Hotel Alex Park on Thursday. Earlier on Thursday the whole KWC family was invited to Lahti Town Hall for a greet & meet cocktail event. The night continued at the hotel:

First pictures from Saturday’s final are now ready and uploaded to KWC.fi. Stay tuned for Friday and some special galleries.

For the pictures, click here.

So the party has officially started, the first ones are already in Finland! The reigning champion, Michael Bates arrived to Finland on Sunday and Loveless Johnsson, the man bringing you KWC Live, arrived on Tuesday.

We got straight to business and headed towards Helsinki to Sonic Pump Studios, where Erkka Korhonen (the producer) was recording instrumentals for Michael’s upcoming album.

Now its time for Saturday and the final ceremonies, enjoy!

See the full gallery here. (stay tuned for more, only about half of the photos have been published)

Some picks:

See the full gallery here.