| Universe
talent Prague 2001 In the
year 2001 the 3rd International Music Festival UNIVERSETALENT PRAGUE
2001 took place in Prague, Czech republic. The Gala Finale evening
took place on the 24th November in the Cinema Hall of the PYRAMIDA
hotel, where all participants were accommodated. Competition started
at 19:00 o'clock and during the whole finale evening performed 16
finalists from all around the world. Eight female and eight male
singers were selected from 126 applicants.
As the guest performed young only fourteen years
old ALICE KONEČNÁ from Zlín. She is going to perform as Ofelie
in the Czech famous musical Hamlet. The other guests were THE
BACKWARDS group - the winners of the Beatlefest 98 in New
York.
The
winners were:
The Best Singer
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1st prize -
Jimbo (Ireland)
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2nd prize
Lawrence
Gray (Malta)
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3rd prize
Edwin
Williamson (Ireland)
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The Best Song
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Audience Award
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Journalist Award
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Jimbo (Ireland)
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Jay Day
(Finland)
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Melis Sökmen
(Turkey)
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| Fidof Award |
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| Anna Khachatryan (Armenia) |
Participants:
| Name |
Age |
Country |
| Anna
Khachatryan |
21 |
Armenia |
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| Sylvyia
Nikolova |
23 |
Bulgaria |
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| Jay
Day |
36 |
Finland |
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| Stefan
Mitrov |
28 |
Bulgaria |
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| Lawrence
Gray |
26 |
Malta |
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| Jimbo |
31 |
Ireland |
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| Debbie
Scerri |
32 |
Malta |
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| Ivana
Šáriová |
24 |
Slovak
Republic |
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| Andraž
Hribar |
26 |
Slovenia |
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| Boris
Režak |
25 |
Bosna-Hercegovina |
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| Duo
Doppler |
35,
38 |
Israel |
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| Alina |
16 |
Germany |
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| Edwin
Williamson |
33 |
Ireland |
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| Irena
Kousalová |
21 |
Czech
Republic |
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| Melis
Sökmen |
37 |
Turkey |
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| Lenka
Zobačová |
17 |
Czech
Republic |
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The
jury members:
| name |
country |
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| Luděk Malár |
Czech Republic |
President od Universetalent
Prague festival |
| PhDr. Miloš Skalka |
Czech Republic |
Journalist, DJ, Speaker of the
Jury |
| Michael Jay |
USA |
Composer, awarded by Grammy
for Celine Dion album |
| Vašo Patejdl |
Slovak Republic |
Singer and composer |
| Ande Päiväläinen |
Finland |
Owner and managing director of
Taurus Music |
| Norman Hamilton |
Malta |
Founder of the first privat
radio in Malta and the owner of the travel agency |
| Stefan Elefteriu |
Romania |
Composer, cooperation with
Michael Cretu and founder
of group Enigma |
| Maire Maloney |
Ireland |
Founder of Cavan Festival |
| Charlo Bonnici |
Malta |
Director of the International
Festival of Maltese Song |
| Serhat
Hacipasalioglu |
Turkey |
TV producer and founder of the
dance school in Istanbul |
| Dono Tsvetkov |
Bulgaria |
He studied opera and is the
director of the International festival Discovery |
| Zaruhi Petrosyan |
Armenia |
Theatre director, she co-operates
with many famous armenian singers |
| Giorgio Pretti |
USA |
Brazilian singer and composer
living in USA, he sold more than 300.000 albums in Korea |
The Journalist
jury:
| name |
country |
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| Radim Smetana |
Czech Republic |
Czech Television |
| Zuzana Stresnakova |
Czech Republic |
Plus 7 dni
magazine |
| Tomas Stanislavcik |
Czech Republic |
Sezona magazine |
| Vladimír Sysel |
Czech Republic |
Blesk daily |
| Vladimír Bár |
Czech Republic |
Musical script
editor of Česky Rozhlas 1 - Radiozurnal |
The winners Awards:
• 1st Prize - The Best Singer: 2.500,- USD,
statuette (symbol of Universetalent contest) and a diploma
• 2st Prize - The Best Singer: diploma
• 3st Prize - The Best Singer: diploma
• 1st Prize - The Best Song: 1.500,- USD, statuette and a diploma
All contestants
were handed over by commemorative plaques.
| Photogallery
(click
to picture for a detail) |
Anna
Khachatryan
(Armenia) |
Melis
Sökmen (Turkey)
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Due
Tyson Hoile (Israel) |
Andraž
Hribar (Slovenia) |
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Jay
Day (Finland) |
Jimbo
(Ireland)
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Jimbo (Ireland)
1st Prize - The Best Singer
and The Best Song |
From the ride side:
Jimbo, Luděk Malár (chairman of the jury)
Michael Jay (jury member) |
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The Finale Song
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Edwin Williamson (Ireland)
3rd prize Best Singer |
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Jay Day (Finland)
Audience Award |
Anna Khachatryan (Armenia)
FIFOF
Award |
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Melis Sökmen (Turkey)
winner of the
Journalist Award |
Gala finale party
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The young talent of EMP Agency
Alice
Konečná (Czech Republic) |
The
Backwards
main guest of the festival |
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