Nanami 'Seven Seas' Nagura from Japan performs during the Air Guitar World Championships final in Oulu, Finland, August 24, 2018. Her prize was a hand-carved guitar called the Flying Finn.“I’m really, really happy, I can not believe it now!” she said after the contest.Nagura was one of the seven performers who had entered the final through qualifiers in other parts of the world. The other eight finalists qualified through a “dark horse” round that took place in the host city the night before.This year’s oldest participant Bob Wagner, known as “Mr. Bob”, traveled from Canada to celebrate his 75th birthday on stage at the dark horse contest.“I believe it’s their desire to perform and to vent their artistic visions...The Japanese take this quite seriously, training to their heart’s content. It’s a combination of drive to compete and artistic delivery,” assistant producer Anssi Ikonen said.

Source: Egypt Today August 25, 2018 06:11 UTC