Guitar Idol Explained

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.
• 2010 The competition was postponed due to issues with obtaining a venue for the live final.
• 2011 (Guitar Idol III) Don Alder from Canada.
• 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

External links

• • Guitar Idol, Lick Library
• jamtrackcentral.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guitar Idol Launch. 2009-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090524151726/http://www.planetnotion.com/news/all_out_guitar_launches_guitar_idol_2009.html. 2009-05-24. dead.
2. Web site: John O'Groat Journal.
3. Web site: licklibrary . LickLibrary.com's Guitar Idol channel . 2009-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216172259/http://www.licklibrary.com/Channels/Guitar-Idol/ . 2009-02-16 . dead .
4. Web site: Phil Short – Rock Fusion Guitarist. philshort.com.