Poorva Gairola from the Doon valley has made her hometown as well as Uttarakhand proud by winning the India Finale of the Karaoke World Championship 2015 and will now be representing India at Singapore from November 20 to 22 at the Karaoke World Championship. It will be held at The Boutique on Orchard Road
Thousands of people participated in the event from across the nation at the India finale in Mumbai on November 4. After successfully clearing all four rounds (Venue trials, Venue finale, City finale & India finale), Poorva won the finale.
She will now compete against 30 other participating countries for the title of Karaoke World Champion (KWC). KWC,which started in Finland in 2003, is a platform which features the talent of participants from 30 countries. The Male Champion: from India is Clynton Fernandes.
Poorva was brought up in Dehradun and completed her schooling from St Judes in 2007. She then went on to pursue her Bachelors in Business Administration in the year 2013 after which she completed her MA in Communication in the year 2012 from Doon University.
She was also part of a Documentary on Blue Music which was also featured on VH1.
National trials are conducted in each participating country every year with the winners competing in the international finals for the titles of male and female Karaoke World Champions. Finland was the host country for the international finals from 2003 till 2005.
In 2006, the finals were held aboard the M/S Galaxy whilst cruising the Baltic Sea from Helsinki to Estonia return. Thailand was the first country to host the finals outside of Finland in September, 2007.
In 2008, the event returned to Finland.