Dublin student karaoke contest launched

Xbox have launched a rock 'n' roll karaoke competition aimed at college and university students in and around Dublin.

The karaoke contest, Songs of Praise, kicked off last night at the Village on Wicklow Street. There are nights for larger colleges, and an event open to all colleges at the Village next Sunday, December 2.

The overall winner will receive a Gibson electric guitar worth over €2,000. While each of the seven heat winners will walk away with an Xbox 360 package worth over €1,000, including a console, Guitar Hero III, and other games.

There are six other dates between now the finals at the Button Factory (formally the Temple Bar Music Centre) on December 6. These include nights for NUI Maynooth, DCU, UCD, DIT, and TCD. 

The karaoke addicts will be given a rest with Phantom FM’s DJ Sinead NiMhordha playing sets between karaoke stints. The Xbox 360 game Guitar Hero III – in which user play the game using a guitar – is also on playable at the nights.

The Songs of Praise karaoke night is a regular on Sundays at the Village; the Dubliner called it “Dublin's best Karaoke Night,” the Irish Times said it was “Dublin's most successful and only credible Karaoke”, while the Guardian said “now firmly established as the city's place to go on the Lord's Day”.

The dates in full are: Tuesday November 27 at the NUI Maynooth SU Bar; Wednesday November 28 at the DCU SU Bar; Thursday November 29 at the UCD SU Bar; Sunday December 2 at the Village; Tuesday December 4 at the Odeon for DIT; Wednesday December 5 at Radio City for Trinity College; and the finals on Thursday December 6 at the Button Factory.

Free tickets to the event can be got via getpraiseatxbox360.com.