Kuwait: 'Voice of Mangalore'-Hunt for Konkani Singing Talent in Gulf
by WIlson Saldanha, Shirthady - Kuwait
Daijiworld Media Network - Kuwait
Kuwait, Mar 5: The concept of the famous TV reality show 'American Idol'
captured the imagination of people across the world after creating waves in the
United States. Sony TV's Indian Idol too attracted millions of Indians spread
world-wide and slowly the concept is crossing boundaries of regions and
languages.
Though the Mangalorean community does not have an international TV channel to
get Mangalorean talents from worldwide, there are two brains from Kuwait
working hard to realize the dream of finding the golden voice of Mangalore.
Lawrence Pinto and Louis Rodrigues
Lawrence Pinto, known to be the undisputed leader of Konkani community in
Kuwait, an able organiser and leader along with Louis Rodrigues, who is
well-known for his clever organising skills have come together to discover
singing talents.
As this initiative is on experimental basis, the entry is restricted to talents
of the Gulf states only.
Professional singers will not be allowed to participate.
'The main purpose of this show is to give importance to and boost our mother
tongue Konkani. There are many singing talents sprinkled all over GCC who do
not get a right break to showcase their talents. This competition will open the
doors to bring out their talents.' said Lawrence Pinto while speaking to
Daijiworld in Kuwait
'We are planning to have the competitions in Bahrain, Muscat, UAE, Doha and
Kuwait. We will be choosing sponsors in the relevant countries. These sponsors
will take care of the auditions and preliminary rounds and each country will
select 12 semi-finalists. The auditions and preliminary rounds will be judged
by the relevant country judges. The semi-final round of each country will be
judged by three judges arriving from Mangalore. They are Wilfy Remimbus along
with his wife Meena, Melwin Peris and Joel Periera. They will be accompanied by
five musicians and one compere. These judges/musicians will conduct the
semi-finals and choose two finalists for the grand finale in Kuwait,' Louis
Rodrigues said.
'The judges and musicians will also entertain the audience with their music and
singing during semi-finals in other countries and in Kuwait during the grand
finale,' he added.
Entire travel expenses of semi-finalists will be borne by the respective
country's organizers.
There will be three winners of this competition and they will be rewarded as
follows:-
1st winner Rs 1,00,000.00
2nd winner Rs 50,000.00
3rd winner Rs 25,000.00
The tentative schedule is as follows:
October 2, 2008: Semifinal in Muscat
October 3, 2008: Semifinal in Dubai
October 9, 2008: Semifinal in Bahrain
October 10, 2008: Semifinal in Qatar
October 16, 2008: Semifinal in Kuwait
October 17, 2008: Grand finale in Kuwait.
Note: Efforts are being made to bring two talents from Saudi Arabia too.
Interested organizers may communicate with Lawrence Pinto or Louis Rodrigues
Daijiworld will be associated with the event organizers and publish details
from time to time.
Online registration along with rules and regulations of the event will be
available on Daijiworld soon.
For further details, contact:
Lawrence Pinto: 00965-9803755
Louis Rodrigues: 00965-6561184
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