GEMS Education reveals UAE’s best child singer in the sixth edition of Best of the Best

Press release

Published December 16th, 2014 - 10:55 GMT

Al Bawaba

GEMS Education, the world’s leading provider of quality education, announced the winner of its sixth edition of Best of the Best singing competition.

Opened to students aged 9 to 12 years old who performed in English, over 2000 young singers came from across the UAE sang everything from country music to jazz, pop, classical and semi-classical, rap and blues.

The finalists met for the final audition at GEMS Modern Academy and performed in front of a panel of judges, parents and teachers.

It was a very close competition, but in the end it was 11 year old Parvathy Nair from Our Own English High School, Dubai who was declared The Best of the Best Junior Champion. In her last audition alongside 14 other finalists, Parvathy performed spectacularly and won the AED 10,000 first place prize.

Commenting on the competition Kevin Oliver, Cultural Coordinator for GEMS Education said: “Year on year, we are on the search of young talent who can sing and perform. This is our sixth season of Best of the Best and we have come across some amazing talent. We encourage all children who love and have the talent to sing to come forward and take part in next year’s competition.”

Background Information

GEMS Education

In 1959, two teachers, KS Varkey and his wife Mariamma, arrived in Dubai.

At the time, Dubai was a burgeoning trade centre on the Arabian Gulf. The Varkey family had left Kerala, India to seek a better life for their family. What they found was a real need to educate children arriving in the city from around the world.

Their son, Sunny, added a visionary’s ambition to a practitioner's experience. From simple roots in a family of teachers, GEMS Education, is today an international company with schools and education services across the Middle East. We still share the same mission - to provide a quality education to everyone.