Guitar Idol

Guitar Idol is an international online talent competition for unknown guitarists. The guitarists compete through 3 online heats and one online knock-out round, for a chance to fill 12 places to play at the London International Music Show. The competition has been running since 2008.^[1] The competition was postponed in 2010 due to the London International Music Show not having sufficient funds to go ahead with it that year.

Winners

2008 Gustavo Guerra from Brazil.^[2]^[3]
2009 Jack Thammarat from Thailand.^[3]
2010 The competition was postponed due to issues with obtaining a venue for the live final.
2011 (Guitar Idol III) Don Alder from Canada.^[3]
2014 (Guitar Idol IV) Andre Nieri from Brazil.
2016 (Guitar Idol VI) Phil Short.
2018 (Guitar Idol VII) Paulo Romão Zorba from Brazil.

^[4] from UK

References

^ "Guitar Idol Launch". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "John O'Groat Journal".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "LickLibrary.com's Guitar Idol channel". licklibrary. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
^ "Phil Short – Rock Fusion Guitarist". philshort.com.

External links

Official website
Guitar Idol, Lick Library
jamtrackcentral.com

[1] "Guitar Idol Launch". Archived from the original on 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

[journal-2] "John O'Groat Journal".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[guitaridol-3] "LickLibrary.com's Guitar Idol channel". licklibrary. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-02-24.

[4] "Phil Short – Rock Fusion Guitarist". philshort.com.

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