Savio Paul D'sa
Savio Paul D'sa a.k.a. Karaoke King[1][2](Title given by Radio Music and India infoline) (born February 6, 1978) is a Master Of Ceremonies [3] He is the founder and producer of karaoke-world-championships India,[4] a Intellectual Property that was launched in 2011 with many Bollywood celebrities like Javed Jaffrey, Manasi Scott, Raju Singh, Sulaiman Merchant,[5][6] Remo Fernandes, Lesle Lewis, and Sunita Rao[7] Judging the competition. He is also the first person to take Indian Karaoke to International[8] Platform (Karaoke World Championships) Finland.And also is the founder of Alcohol Beverage Tobacco Trade India(ABTT).[9] He is also the first Indian to Judge the Karaoke World Championship USA finale.
Early life
Born in the St. Pius Parish neighborhood of the Mumbai City borough of Mulund, the youngest of six children of Montina Flory D’Sa, a homemaker, and Lawrence Anthony D’Sa, an Naval Officer posted at the Bombay Port Trust, Savio is a Roman Catholic and, as a child, served as an altar boy. D’Sa completed his schooling in St Pius X High School (Mulund West) following which he joined St Xavier College Mumbai after which he pursued his graduation from the University Of Mumbai. During his schooling years he was extremely involved in School and Church Skits and plays. D’Sa was known for his mimicry skills and humor right from his childhood days.
Career
D’Sa started his career working in the field of customer relations at 18 years of age with Birdys By Taj, A Narang Group Of Hotels Elite Bakery in 1997 and then moved on to work with the 1st McDonalds Outlet Launched in the city of Mumbai. With the sudden boom of the IT industry he then chose to switch industry and got employed with Omnitech Computers Ltd. and CMS Computers Pvt Ltd in their customer services department simultaneously DJing and Emceeing for Christian Functions.
Karaoke Journey
D'Sa was invited to be on the judging panel of the karaoke world championship USA grand finale which was held at the live oak music hall at Fortworth Texas in October 2014, alongside a robust panel of seven judges who selected one male and one female from 60 contestant to represent USA at KWC world championship to be held in November 2014 at Stockholm Sweden. The male contestant from KWC USA took 1st Place & the female 2nd contestant from KCW USA took 2nd place at the Karaoke World Championships Finals held at the Globe Arena Stockholm Sweden Nov 2014[10][11][12]
References
- ↑ http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/india-debut-karaoke-world-championships-2011
- ↑ http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/PrintNews.aspx?NewsId=5196047010
- ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1317410/report-toastmasters-ahoy
- ↑ http://www.network2media.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5582:karaoke-world-championships-comes-to-india&catid=9:corporate-briefs&Itemid=10
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axj963cR-hY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DkZdB43b4Q
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWzyk_2_R9U
- ↑ http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/PrintNews.aspx?NewsId=5196047010
- ↑ http://www.afternoondc.in/town-about/high-five/article_87512
- ↑ http://www.kwcusa.com/vip-guests.html
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abcs-karaoke-battle-usa-premiere-222651
- ↑ http://www.gamepazzo.com/media/press-release-game-pazzo-hosts-competition-for-karaoke-world-championship/
External links
- http://www.radioandmusic.com/
- http://kwcindia.com/
- http://www.indiainfoline.com/
- http://www.kwc.fi/
- http://www.apnnews.com/2012/08/01/mcdowells-no-1-karaoke-world-championship-powered-by-nokia-kick-starts-its-second-year-takes-you-to-finland/
- http://www.financialexpress.com/news/corporatesusekaraokebattletobeatstress/87535/0
- http://www.network2media.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5582:karaoke-world-championships-comes-to-india&catid=9:corporate-briefs&Itemid=10
- http://www.afternoondc.in/town-about/high-five/article_87512
- http://www.afternoondc.in/town-about/in-the-groove/article_85486
- http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/1317410/report-toastmasters-ahoy
- http://www.soundbox.co.in/hitting-the-right-notes/