Originating in Finland in 2003 with 7 countries, the Karaoke World Championships are an international karaoke competition, featuring approximately 30 countries worldwide. ^[1]

USA holds 5 gold medals in the solo adult category. Australia, Panama, Lebanon and UK are tied for the second most solo golds, with three each.

National trials are conducted every year in most participating countries, with the winners competing in the international finals for the title of Karaoke World Champion. Singers from countries without a Nation Partner may enter through global video heats instead, going to represent countries who would otherwise not have a presence in the Worlds Finals.

In 2003-2017 KWC had separate categories for male and female contestants. The 2016 competition introduced the Duet category and in 2018 gender categories were removed. Extra categories in KWC have included KWC Juniors (2017) and Champions Round (2018).

Finland was the host country for the international finals from 2003 until 2005. In 2006, the finals were held aboard the M/S Galaxy whilst cruising the Baltic Sea from Helsinki to Estonia return. Thailand was the first country to host the finals outside of Finland in September, 2007. In 2008, the event returned to Finland, and was twice consecutively in Lahti Hall.^[1]

In December 2005, the top 5 male & female champions of that year were invited to perform for the Princess of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand in the 'KWC Lights Up The Night' tsunami fundraising concert. The black tie concert was televised throughout Thailand and raised money for the 2004 tsunami victims.^[1]

On April 6, 2007, Norwegian National Karaoke World Champion 2005 & 3rd place Karaoke World Champion 2005, Aina Gundersen, Idols,^[2] the Finnish version of the UK hit, Pop Idol.

The 2010 World Championships took place in Moscow, Russia between 23 September and 25 September at Forum Center.

The 2011 World Championships took place in Killarney, Ireland between 8 September and 10 September at INEC, Gleneagle.

The 2012 World Championships took place in Lappeenranta, Finland between 28 November and 1 December at Holiday Club Saimaa

The 2013 World Championships took place in Lappeenranta, Finland between 21 November and 23 November at Holiday Club Saimaa

The 2014 World Championships took place in Stockholm, Sweden between 13 November and 15 November at Solidaritet Arena

The 2015 World Championships took place in Singapore between 20 November and 22 November at the Boutique on Orchard Road with a record number of 31 countries participating.

The 2016 World Championships took place in Vancouver, Canada between 1 November and 6 November at Edgewater Casino

The 2017 World Championships took place in Helsinki, Finland between 14 November and 18 November at Telakka Pavilion.

The 2018 World Championships took place in Helsinki, Finland between 19 December and 21 December at Apollo.

The 2019 World Championships took place in Tokyo, Japan between 27 November and 29 November at Kanda Myoujin Shrine Hall.

The 2020 World Championships was conducted as an online competition ^[3] due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was held between 2 November and 7 November.

The 2021 World Championship was again an online competition held between 13 and 27 November.

The 2022 World Championships took place in Nes Kulturhus in Årnes, Norway, between 8 and 13 August.

The 2023 World Championships took place in Panama City, Panama, between 6 and 11 November.

The 2024 World Championships will be held in Logomo in Turku, Finland, between 7 and 12 October.

Results of the Solo Singers - Karaoke World Championships 2023

R/O	Country	Artist	Round 1+2	Round 3	Round 4	Place
1	France	Oscar Hanrath Garcia	127			33.
2	Kazakhstan	Alisher	147	72		22.
3	Panama	Anabella Iriza	147	85	132	8.
4	Finland	Saana-Eveliina Mannerlaakso	138			28.
5	Denmark	Jan Flemming Christensen	128			32.
6	Brazil	Filipe Anacleto	160	84		14.
7	Germany	Kristian Nikou	120			37.
8	Panama	Paula De Macedo	136	77		21.
9	Colombia	Isabel Cristina Contreras Tordecilla	130			31.
10	Ukraine	Polina Topalova	148	78		19.
11	Australia	Harlem Calleja	133			30.
12	USA	Talon Lewis	164	89	120	10.
13	Philippines	Marian Gel Pesigan	167	81		16.
14	Ireland	Steven Kelly	112			40.
15	Costa Rica	Audiel Moises Cerdas Cordero	144	82		15.
16	Canada	Renee Thompson	150	86	128	9.
17	Nigeria	Preye Stephanie Emberru				DNP
18	Sweden	Carl Hanzie Hansson	117			38.
19	Faroe Islands	Eva Hjelm Aanesen	121			36.
20	Norway	Natalia Marín	141			25.
21	Mexico	Luis Villanueva	158	88	134	5.
22	United Kingdom	Ellie Butler	169	90	146	1.
23	Panama	Anabell Del Carmen Avila Medina	161	85		11.
24	Sweden	Monica Lofgren	124			34.
25	Colombia	Christian Tapia	140			26.
26	Denmark	Linda Maria Csösz-Erdei	142			23.
27	Panama	Yassuri Martínez	173	81		16.
28	Norway	Kjetil André Johannessen	154	85		11.
29	Philippines	Rafaella Joy Berso	172	85	150	2.
30	USA	Mico Mauleon	163	88	130	7.
31	Canada	Susan Attard	149	86	136	5.
32	Faroe Islands	Edvin H. Niclasen	136			29.
33	Kazakhstan	Zarina	147	93	136	3.
34	Kenya	Godfrey Kanyua				DNP
35	France	Maëva Bocque	139			27.
36	Iceland	Hannes Þórður Hafstein Þorvaldsson	124			35.
37	Finland	Hanna Kanasuo	142	78		20.
38	Costa Rica	Denia Mairena Ponces	117			38.
39	Mexico	Diego Mendoza Martínez	173	88	136	4.
40	Chile	Jairo Quezada	148	80		18.
41	Belgium	Felipe De Souza Ferraz	142			24.
42	Brazil	Sara Braz	155	85		11.
43	Nigeria	Kessy Doris Mbonu				DNP

• Karaoke World Championships Official Webpage
• Karaoke World Championships List of Countries