Great job to all of the contest entries. Gemini Sun Records has picked the winners (and it was a close contest!)
First Place - $250 Cash and Signed/Framed Photo and DVD
Second Place - $100 Cash and DVD
Honorable Mention - Opera #2 Vitas Scarf
Spoof - $100 Cash & DVD
Winners should contact tiffany@yovia.com to claim your prize!
This is just a reminder: if you haven’t submitted your YouTube entry/video URL for the Sing Like Vitas contest, you only have a few days left!
The contest closest for new entries on August 1st and winners will be announced September 1st.
For more details visit the main contest page.
Don’t forget to vote for our entries, too! You can continue to vote through September 1st at the contest entries page.
Amazing news for Vitas fans everywhere! Vitas will perform Opera 2 at the opening ceremony for the aquatic sports at this year’s Beijing Olympics! He will be performing in Qingdao.
The date for the ceremony is August 9th, 2008.
If details about the performance emerge we will post them here as we happily count down the days to this awesome opportunity for Vitas.
Have you heard Vitas on your radio yet? If you live in NY, CT, MA, ME, PA, AR, FL, KY, TX, IN, MI, MO, OH, WI, CA, CO, WY, NJ, MS, NC, TN, IA, NE, AK, ID, NM, WA, or Belarus you may have!
The hot regions in America have been the Midwest and the East.
So far Vitas’s most popular songs on radio have been A Kiss as Long as Eternity, Mother, Cranes Crying, and The Star.
Keep listening!
Vitas is currently leading the MyMusicLists.com poll for “Best Singer of All Time”–beating artists like Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Celion Dion, John Lennon, Freddy Mercury, and Sarah Brightman!
Want to keep him on top? Visit the poll and cast your vote. Leave a comment too, if you wish!
Don’t forget: the “Sing Like Vitas” contest is still open for entries! You could win $250 cash and lots of awesome Vitas items!
Click here for more information. Good luck!
Vitas USA has tipped us off that fans are currently in the throes of the annual celebration of Vitas’s upcoming birthday (February 19th).
Each year his loyal fans collect birthday wishes and post them on a designated web page. For the second year this includes English-speaking fans as well!
If you’d like to participate, create your birthday tribute in any format (simple messages, poems, videos, artwork, etc.) and e-mail it to smile@vitas.com.ru by 2/10. For those who want their messages displayed on the English page, e-mail your contributions to vitasfan@vitasusa.com.
Exciting news for U.S. fans! A new Vitas television commercial will be launched on February 6th, advertising his CD/DVD and further exposing him to the United States!
The commercial will air on 100 channels, including Oxygen and The Lifestyle Channel. Look for it in the Atlanta, GA area.
Chinese Google has tallied their #1 search terms for 2007, and Vitas topped the charts for “Western Celebrities” for the year!
That means he was Googled more times than people like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton!
Here’s the top 10 list:
We at VitasVitas.com and Gemini Sun Records are pleased and excited to announce a fantastic contest for Vitas fans everywhere:
Can you sing like renowned Russian singer Vitas?
We’re accepting videos of fans trying to sing like Vitas. Whether you’re hitting his high notes or making a creative interpretation of his music, we want to see it! It’s easy to enter your video and totally free.
More info, rules, and entry form here.
You can also see existing entries here. Be sure to watch & vote.
You can win up to $250 US!!
Please pass the contest URL around to all your friends, Vitas web sites, fan forums, etc. (URL is http://www.vitasvitas.com/contest.html )
We look forward to seeing your entries!
