Media Release
Bahrain, Mar 17: Karnataka Social Club-Bahrain in its endeavor to promote and encourage the youngsters of the club to be in touch with their native language Konkani, held ‘Konkan Idol 2018’, a Konkani singing competition. The contest was divided into three age groups so that children between 5 and 18 could compete with others around the same age.
The contest was initiated last year with 20 contestants. This year’s edition saw an increase in the number of contestants. As many as 24 contestants sang to the tunes of popular Konkani singers like late Wilfy Remimbus and also of Veena, Meena and Vishwas Remimbus.
The trio of judges Sidney Correa, Teena D’Souza and Sushma D’Souza, all former participants of Gulf Voice of Mangalore (Bahrain edition), acknowledged the fact that though not all could win this time, all had the necessary talent to win in the next edition.
In the 5-8 years category, the top honours went to Evan Sequeira, Aliyana Pereira, and Roville Sequeir. The age group of 8-12 saw two young girls Alvita Pereira and Delisha Fernandes respectively as the winner and runner-up.
The senior age group 12-18 saw two budding teenagers Orville Sequeira and Lareena Quadros winning the honours.
Prizes were given to all the winners by president Sunil D’Souza and all who participated were given gifts by general secretary Vinay Sequeira.