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Kendrick Kemp moves into Talent Finals at Mr. World
Mar 18, 2010 - 3:28:38 PM

Kendrick and the other contestants on the Sports Challenge Muju Mountain climb. Kendrick is seated far left in front of the banner. Photo courtesy of Miss Bahamas World

South Korea - Mr World sports challengers faced the Muju Mountain climb in treacherous conditions. They set off early in the gondola which took them 1522m above sea level. When they got to the top of the mountain in the cable car they faced a steep climb to the peak with icy rocks and rugged terrain to navigate. The teams showed fantastic work rate to reach the top and even more to get down the slippery slopes. The hungry contestants came back for lunch before heading out again for the second stage of the Sports with the Paintball and ATV challenge.

Talent Finals took place today at Gyeongju and Kendrick performed traditional dance, whereupon the Mr. World Facebook page said, " Bahamas steps on stage performing a high energy, high tempo dance routine, and the crowd is really enjoying this ."

Here were the Talent Finalists:

Bahamas, Kendrick Kemp - traditional dance
Belgium, Willem Vermuyten - playing the piano
Cyprus, Christos Christodoulides - bartending
Czech Rep, Josef Karas - singing
England, Andreas Kattou - singing
Honduras, Carlos Ortega - hip-hop dance
Hong Kong China, Wesley Lee - ala Michael Jackson
India, Inder Bajwa - Bollywood dance
Ireland, Kamal Ibrahim - singing
Japan, Hareruya Konno - sword dance
Kazakhstan, Roman Mironov - warrior dance
Kenya, Lwanda Kotengo - traditional dance
Korea, Ji-kwang Yoo - singing
Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie - monologue
Russia, Sergey Kolenchikov - fitness dance
South Africa, Jaco de Bruyn - singing
Swaziland, Phakeme Dlamimi - rap
Thailand, Rattasart Rungsirithip - playing the guitar
United States, Ivan Rusilko - playing the guitar
Venezuela, Jose Flores - perform magic tricks

RESULTS of the Talent Show:

The top 6 were RUSSIA, BELGIUM, VENEZUELA, KENYA, KOREA and SOUTH AFRICA.

Winner: Korea

2nd Place: Belgium

3rd Place: Russia

Bahamian Kendrick Kemp

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