Frenchman named World’s Best Air Guitarist second time in a row

WASHINGTON - A Frenchman has been chosen as the world’s best air guitarist - for the second time in a row.

Sylvain Quimene, performing as Gunther Love, played his way to success in a performance at the 15th Air Guitar World Championship held in Oulu in northern Finland.

Each finalist had to perform twice; once with their own choice of song and the second time with a performance of Jimi Hendrix’s Foxy Lady.

“This is something anyone can do, maybe you can be on stage some day, anyone can be on stage.

Maybe that could be the reason why people like this so much,” Sky News quoted veteran jury member and musician Juha Torvinen as saying.

“Why did I win? I think it’s only the gold pants, you know gold, you are first, next year I will come with a silver pants … for the second. That’s the only reason,” said Quimene when asked why he won again.

The winner was chosen for his or her ability to move around the stage playing the air guitar as realistically as possible. (ANI)