Posted: January 22,
2013
Famed for his super-fast 15-minute meals, TV chef Jamie Oliver yesterday showed just how quick he is in the kitchen by setting a new world record for most chillies chopped in thirty seconds.
In a showdown with his mentor, Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo, Jamie managed to slice and dice 10 chillies in the allotted time, beating his one-time tutor's display by four.
Not be outdone by his former apprentice, Gennaro later made a successful attempt at the Guinness World Records title for most ravioli made in two minutes.
The pasta master managed to fold an impressive 24 parcels, beating the existing record of 22 originally set by his friend and fellow Italian Gino D'Acampo.
The attempts took place at Jamie's east London offices during the launch of Jamie's new YouTube channel Food Tube.
The channel, which launched with a live show yesterday, features recipes from around the world along with Q&A sessions with top chefs and viewers, with more food-based world record bids planned for future shows.
On hand to oversee yesterday's record attempts was official adjudicator Anna Orford, who was joined by Marcus Butler and Alfie Deyes from Guinness World Records: OMG!
Speaking after his supreme display of knife handling, Jamie said: "I've loved Guinness World Records since I was a little kid - loved it, loved it, loved it. You know, I used to watch Record Breakers on TV back in the day so it means a lot to set this record."
Jamie's chilli chopping feat will be available to watch later today on Food Tube, while you'll be able to watch Gennaro's record-breaking ravioli-making master class on The Record Slam show with Marcus and Alfie on Guinness World Records: OMG! next week.
Food Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/jamieoliver
Guinness World Records: OMG! http://www.youtube.com/GWRomg
Posted: January 18,
2013
Petrolheads in Australia were treated to a tyre-frying spectacular earlier this month, with a successful attempt at the world record for the largest simultaneous car tyre burn-out.
Drivers from all corners of Australia descended on Canberra's Exhibition Park for the attempt, with some traveling thousands of kilometres from Western Australia and Northern Queensland to take part.
With this being the first time the record had been attempted, a guideline target of 50 cars was set.
In total 69 cars began the challenge, which clocked up a total output of 35,000 horsepower - (26,000kW), and saw 138 tyres burnt.
Pink, orange and red smoke caused by specially made burnout tyres, engulfed the Exhibition Park, with the billowing clouds visible from the other side of Canberra long after the 30-second attempt had finished.
With one vehicle unable to count towards the final total due to a mechanical failure, once the smoke had cleared the record of 68 cars was confirmed by Guinness World Records official Chris Sheedy in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 10,000 spectators.
Speaking after the attempt, which took six months to prepare, Andy Lopez from event organisers Street Machine Summernats said "At ground level it was just unbelievable. The noise, the smoke, how quickly it erupted, it was just amazing. It's hard to put it into words,"
"We'd really like to thank all the drivers, staff and sponsors for making this incredible event happen. We wouldn't have been able to do have done it without those guys," continued Lopez.
Posted: January 17,
2013
A crowd of thousands turned Seattle into a blizzard of snow balls on Saturday as the US city's downtown area played host to area a record-breaking icy battle.
In the shadow of the iconic Space Needle landmark, 5,834 people helped set a new world record for the largest snowball fight.
More than 30 truckloads of snow were brought in from the nearby neighbourhood of Cascades for the event, which included a snow fort building competition and pub crawl.
The epic battle helped mark Snow Day, a fundraiser for local children's charity The Boys and Girls Clubs of King County.
Each participant threw at least one snowball during the attempt, which beat the previous world record of 5,387 at a 2010 snowball fight in South Korea.
Posted: January 17,
2013
Record-breakers in the news today
All of Boeing's flagship 787 Dreamliner airplanes have been grounded following safety concerns.
The US Federal Aviation
Authority (FAA) today issued instructions to temporarily take the
planes out of service while safety checks are carried out, with the
plane's lithium ion batteries are the focus of
concern.
Launched in April 2004 and, by
the time of its roll out on 8 June 2007, the Dreamliner had set a
record for the fastest
selling airliner with 677 sold.
By September 2010, 846
aircraft, valued at US$164 billion, had been ordered by 56
customers making it the most successful launch of an
airliner.
Lance Armstrong is expected to reveal his involvement in doping as
a professional cyclist in an TV interview with Oprah Winfrey set to
be broadcast on Friday.
The former cyclist, 41, recorded the interview with Winfrey in his home city of Austin, Texas after being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and being labelled a "serial cheat" by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) last year.
Winfrey holds the record for
the highest annual earnings for a television
personality (female), having earned an estimated $275
million (£186 million) Between June 2009 and June 2010 thanks to
her magazine, her radio contract, her production company Harpo and
the debut of the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Staying with cycling, it was
announced today that next year's Tour de France will feature a
stage that visits the London 2012 Olympic Park and ends on the Mall
along with two opening stages in Yorkshire.
Britain boasts the reigning Tour
de France champion, with Team Sky rider Sir Bradley Wiggins the
holder of the record for being the first cyclist to
win the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same
year.
Finally, an amateur prospector
in Australia has left experts dumbfounded after unearthing
a gold nugget weighing a monstrous 5.5kg (177 ounces) worth almost
£200,000 ($320,000).
Using a handheld metal detector, the unidentified man found the "incredibly rare" nugget lying 60cm underground on Wednesday while examining area of land in the town of Ballarat in Victoria.
The largest gold nugget ever discovered is the Holtermann Nugget, which weighed 235.14 kg. It was found on 19 October 1872 in the Beyers & Holtermann Star of Hope Mine, Hill End, NSW, Australia. The nugget was crushed soon after its discovery and 82.11 kg of gold was extracted from it.
Posted: January 10,
2013
You'd be forgiven for thinking a giant has left some luggage behind - but despite appearances, that's not an enormous suitcase in St. Petersburg, Russia, but the record-breaking new look of the KareliaBusiness Hotel.
This makeover has earnt the hotel a Guinness World Records achievement for the largest 3d painting, with the suitcase imagery covering a total area of 15,682 m² (168,800 ft²) - more than two football pitches.
Guinness World Records adjudicator Jack Brockbank paid a special visit to the hotel on December 4 2012, and after a careful measuring process, was happy to confirm it had set a new Guinness World Records title.
"We had a lot of ideas for how to transform our facade," explains Commercial Director NV Ovechkina, "We tried images of a yellow submarine, an accordion, and books, among many others. But then we came across the idea of a suitcase, which clearly corresponds with tourism and trips."
The painting of the hotel was undertaken by local young artists, and required the use of over 10,000 litres of paint - almost twice the volume of the largest cup of lemonade!
The project's aims were to support mural art, and to strengthen the cultural status of the city of St. Petersburg. The end result, two volumetric suitcases, is a combination of creativity, and a nod to the building's purpose as a business hotel.
"I hope that today our hotel will become one of the major tourist destinations of the city," said General manager AL Putyakov, "Tourists from Russia and across the world will want to visit this work of art!"
Posted: January 9,
2013
Guinness World Records, can today reveal some of the latest and greatest gaming achievements ito feature n the new Guinness World Records 2013 Gamer's Edition, which is out today.
Incredible new feats recognised in the best-selling videogame series include the Largest Collection of Videogame Memorabilia, Highest Margin of Victory against the Computer on FIFA, Highest Earning Call of Duty Player and the Smallest Arcade Machine.
31-year-old Brett Martin from Colorado, USA, is recognised for having the world's Largest Collection of Videogame Memorabilia,with 8,030 items of merchandise.
Brett, a web designer, was given his first item (a Mario figurine) by his parents when he was just 8 years-old, however he only started collecting 12 years ago when he "discovered eBay".
In that period he has amassed a collection worth in excess of $100k. Brett, who is married with children, says: "Many of my friends know I'm a gamer, but I guess after this they'll realise just how passionate and obsessed I am!"
On the other end of the scale is the world's Smallest Arcade Machine, which stands at just 124 x 52 x 60 mm (4.88 x 2.05 x 2.36 in).
The ultimate geek's toy has been created by 30-year-old Mark Slevinsky. The Computer Engineer from Alberta, Canada took six months to design and build the fully playable device.
The next challenge for Mark is fatherhood - "My wife and I are expecting our first child (a son) any day now - he'll be the right size to play the arcade machine!"
Twenty-one-year-old Will Johnson from Arkansas, USA, has gone one step further and turned his passion into a hugely lucrative career.
Will, known on the gaming circuit as "BigTymer", has become the Highest-Earning Call of Duty Player.
Between 2009 and 2012 the First Person Shooter Pro made $135,000 (£83,000) from winning four different Call of Duty titles on the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit.
Will says that "it's perfect to have solid proof that I am the best in the world at a craft I've spent years working on".
However, despite his fame and fortune the American admits that he may have to cut down the amount he plays games "or I risk losing my girlfriend!"
British talent is also recognised in the videogames almanac.
Fifteen-year-old Jacob Gaby from Bushey, this year achieved theHighest Margin of Victory on FIFA.
Soccer-mad Jacob was challenged by his brother to see how many goals he could score against the computer. By half-time he had scored over 100 goals, and by the full-time whistle he had set a new record winning 189-0 playing as Barcelona FC against Fulham FC. Jacob, who spends around seven hours a week playing FIFA, says: "It's incredible to have the record, but I can't let it go to my head - I've got my school exams coming up!"
Welshman Jann Mardenborough is another to be recognised. Aged 19 he became the Youngest GT Academy Winner.
He won the initiative set up by Nissan and PlayStation to bring together the best gamers and give them a chance to drive a professional racing car.
Jann has since got his international racing licence and drives for Nissan in the Blancpain Endurance Series.
Other incredible feats recognised in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition this year include Canada's Chris Gloyd and Timothy Bell who achieved the Longest Gaming Marathon. The pair lasted an eye-watering 120 hours and 7 minutes on the Resistance series.
85-year-old John Bates from Wisconsin, USA, proves that age is no factor in gaming as he is recorded as having achieved over 14,000 perfect games on Wii Sports Bowling, making him the Oldest Gaming Record Holder.
Interesting trivia also comes thick and fast in the new book too. South Korea makes it into the book for being the First Country to Ban In-Game Sales.
In the summer of 2012 South Korea made virtual item sales illegal.
The fine for breaking this new law was set at 50 million South Korean won (£28,000).
Gamer's Edition Writer, Kevin Lynch, says: "It's been a fantastic year for gaming, with incredible records broken by players from all walks of life. Gaming is a hugely important part of popular culture and this year's Gamer's Edition reflects that".
As well as records, Gamer's Edition 2013 is full of interesting features including Comic Books and Gaming, looking at the relationship between the two mediums; The Top 50 Videogame Villains Of All Time, as voted by over 6,000 gamers;
Celebrity Gamers, find out what the stars play at home; and of course, a comprehensive Twin Galaxies Scoreboard that allows you to see how you compare with the best in the gaming world.
Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 is out now - for more information and where to buy the book click here.
Posted: January 9,
2013
Thirty-one-year-old Brett Martin from Colorado, USA has been recognised by Guinness World Records for having the world's Largest Collection of Videogame Memorabilia,with 8,030 items of merchandise.
Brett, a web designer, was given his first item (a Mario figurine) by his parents when he was just 8 years-old, however he only started collecting 12 years ago when he "discovered eBay".
In that period he has amassed a collection worth in excess of $100k.
Brett, who is married with children, says: "Many of my friends know I'm a gamer, but I guess after this they'll realise just how passionate and obsessed I am!"
Brett's achievement is one of hundreads of new videogaming records which have made it into Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013 which is out now.
Posted: January 3,
2013
Dubai has earned something of a reputation for attracting visitors looking to live the high life. Already home to the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (2,717 feet), Dubai now also lays claim to having the world's tallest hotel after the JW Marriott Marquis was confirmed as the new title holder.
Standing an impressive 355 meters (1,165 feet) tall from mast top to ground level, the hotel is just 26 meters (85 feet) shorter than the Empire State Building of New York City.
Construction on the building started in February 2008 and was finally completed in January 2012. Sporting a post modern architectural style, the entire hotel complex is spread across 3,750,000 square feet.
Owned by The Emirate Group and run by the Marriott International Group the hotel consists of 77 floors with an antenna spire on the roof. The hotel has 684 rooms and 120 suites. It also boasts retail stores and outlets, a spa and health centre, plus nine restaurants and five lounges and bars.
The hotel's Guinness World Records certificate was received by the general manager of JW Marriott Marquis, Rupprecht Queitsch along with Ashok Korgaonkar, M.D of Archgroup Consultants, the architectural design firm of the hotel.
"We are excited and delighted to be officially recognized as the world's tallest hotel. Dubai is a city of superlatives and the JW Marriott Marquis is an outstanding addition its iconic skyline," Queitsch told reporters. "This Guinness World Record will help us to put Dubai on the global business destination map,"
The two-towered JW Marriott Marquis opened its first tower to customers in November, with its second tower expected to open in 2014.
Posted: December 20,
2012
New landmark for online video crossed as PSY's "Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to be viewed more than 1 billion times on YouTube, the world's largest video sharing site.
A new landmark for online video was crossed this afternoon, as the music video for PSY's "Gangnam Style" became the first video to be viewed more than 1 billion times on YouTube, the world's largest video sharing site.
The billionth view came just 159 days after the video was first uploaded on 15th July this year, capping off a remarkable year for the Korean pop superstar.
Along the way to the billion viewer mark, Psy has also earned two other Guinness World Records achievements; most watched video online, and most "liked" video online.
Record-breaking success has been a long time coming for PSY (real name: Park Jae-sang) - while "Gangnam Style" may be the first many of us in the west will have heard of him, the single actually comes from his 6th studio album and 11 years after the release of his debut, "PSY from the PSYcho World!" in his native South Korea.
One billion views of the catchy 4 minute, 13 second song is equivalent to 8017 years of total viewing time, or around 119 human lifetimes.
Posted: December 5,
2012
Stars from the world of sport, media and art are set to take part in an attempt to break the world record for the largest swimwear parade in Australia this Friday.
The parade, which is set to begin at Martin Place, Sydney at 12 noon, forms part of the annual Strut the Streets event which raises money for the charity Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), which aims to improve education for indigenous children.
A host of Australian personalities are set to take part in the attempt, including ABC 702's Adam Spencer, former dual international Wendell Sailor and NITV anchor Natalie Ahmat.
Representatives from the HSBC Waratahs, Fox Sports, Bondi Rescue and Bangarra Dance Theatre have also pledged to march through Martin Place.
The current world record stands at 603 people, achieved in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2010.
Speaking ahead of the event, AIME CEO Jack Manning Bancroft said: "This is the fourth year that we've run Strut the Streets and we're shooting for 604 people to break the Guinness World Records title for the Largest swimwear parade. There's a whole lot of people out there who want to show the world that we'll go to any length to see the day when every Indigenous kid finishes school at the same rate as every Australian kid," Mr Manning Bancroft said.
Posted: December 20,
2012
While many children and parents around the world will no doubt be pulling their hair out trying to build model train tracks on Christmas morning, spare a thought for the makers of this amazing construction.
Assembled by Thomas & Friends Team in Shanghai, China last month, the incredible structure in the video below set a new world record for longest plastic toy train track.
Measuring an incredible 2.888 kilometers, the track was composed of 13,769 individual sections of plastic toy train track, forming a total of seven layers of track.
The attempt, which was organised by toy makers Mattel, was capped off with a toy version of Thomas the Tank Engine making the lengthy journey from the beginning to the very end of the track, with Thomas reaching the end of the line in a time of four hours 59 minutes 58 seconds.
The new record-setting track covers approximately 200 square metres, with the total length of the track measuring six times the height of Shanghai's Oriental Pearl TV Tower, and 20 per cent longer than the previous world record set in Odaiba, Japan.
Posted: December 18, 2012
The second and final part of a unique documentary which takes a look behind the scenes at Guinness World Records, airs tonight on UK TV.
For Inside Guinness World Records, director Olivia Lichtenstein was given unparalleled access to document in detail the day-to-day life of the company.
Tonight's episode features another set of incredible record holders - from Zeus, a Great Dane from Michigan who is the world's tallest dog, to Ashrita Furman- holder of the title for most current Guinness World Records held at the same time by an individual.
We also get to meet Wilma Conner, the oldest competitive female bodybuilder, Pauline Potter, the world's heaviest woman, and daredevil grandad Tom Lackey, the world's oldest wing walker.
Posted: December 10, 2012
Later this week on 13
December, the "Record Pizza Men" of NIPfood enterprise will attempt
to create "OTTAVIA", the largest round pizza in the
world.
The 100% gluten-free pizza is
set to be 40 metres in diameter with over 9,000 kg of gluten-free
flour.
It will take more than 48
continuous hours and 5 gluten-free specialized chefs to prepare
OTTAVIA. Record Pizza Men's team (www.recordpizzamen.it) is
composed of event creator Dovilio Nardi, Andrea Mannocchi, Matteo
and Marco Nardi, and Matteo Giannotte.
The chefs will attempt to break
the record set in South Africa in 1990 by Norwood Pick'n Pay
hypermarket. That pizza (which was made with gluten) was 37.4
metres in diameter, containing 4,500 kg of flour.
"Pizza, which is the most
important dish of Italian cooking worldwide, has very old origins
as it has more than 3,000 years history," said chef and event
organizer Dovilio Nardi. "In ancient Egypt people already used to
celebrate Pharaoh's birthday with a flat bread made of flour,
seasoned with aromatic herbs."
"OTTAVIA", a word of Roman
origin for "eighth son", was named as an homage to the first
Roman emperor Octavian Augustus, who represented an epoch-making
change in the history of Rome and brought the Empire into a period
of economic and cultural unrest.
OTTAVIA will be gluten-free in
order to bring awareness to celiac disease, the most frequent food
intolerance worldwide. According to recent data coming from the
2011 report of the Italian Department of Health, there are
currently over 135,000 people officially diagnosed with celiac
disease in Italy and the number of diagnoses are growing
rapidly.
The pizza-making event will be
held on the 13 December at 16:30 in Padiglione 12 of Nuova Fiera di
Roma - Via Portuense n. 1645.
Posted: December 7, 2012
Adjudicator Louise
Toms reports on a festive record attempt success in
Lapland.
Earlier this week, I had the
pleasure of travelling to a magical place that I had never been to
before-the official hometown of Santa Claus-Rovaniemi in Lapland,
Finland. I was here to verify the record for the longest wish list
to Santa.
The record attempt was organised by MINI and involved 8 new MINI Paceman cars departing from Milan, Italy, collecting wishes for Santa along the way.
They passed through 8 cities along the route, such as Munich, Copenhagen and Stockholm, before finally arriving at Rovaniemi in Finland 3,500 km later. The MINI team were to personally deliver these wishes to Santa's office, in the hopes that everyone that had been good this year would receive their gifts as requested….
Upon arriving in Lapland, I was struck at first by the temperature…I knew it would be cold, but at -22°C I knew I would those thermals would be more than needed!
I was taken to Nivavaara Primary School to see the scroll and to verify that the wishes were in accordance with the guidelines.
The MINI team had constructed the scroll on two giant wheels, which enabled me to check the spreadsheet data against the numbered wishes. I was amazed to see a whopping 25, 318 people had each written 3 wishes to Santa, which were assembled on one by one on one long scroll, using environmentally friendly paper. Furthermore, even more special to me was the fact that these wishes had come from 30 different countries around the world, as far as Ecuador, Cape Verde and Ghana!
It took one hour and 40 mins for the scroll to be unrolled, counted and rolled back up again, a valiant effort for 160kgs worth of paper! Included in the wishes were some interesting notions, such as world peace, free food for monkeys and some requests for a personal, 365 day a year exclusive Santa service!
In total, the wish list measured 3, 978.5 metres, and made every other wish list I had seen look like a sticky note.
In order to achieve the record and for MINI to keep their promise to the thousands of people who had sent their Christmas wishes to Santa, the list had to be physically delivered to Santa. So off it went, driven in a MINI naturally, to Santa's office, in Santa Claus' village. He was presented with the scroll outside with his helper elves and a white reindeer present-Rudolph was not there, as he was resting for the big night to come, but his place was taken by Prancer, as he is second in command of Santa's elite reindeer team.
This was a new Guinness World Records title and in order to set this, MINI needed to collect a minimum of 71,500 wishes. So I was more than happy to announce on behalf of Guinness World Records that MINI had successfully achieved this wonderful feat with a grand total of 75, 954 wishes!
Congratulations to MINI and to everyone that participated in this incredible festive event. One thing is for sure - Santa promised he will be reading each and every one of these wishes so may your wishes come true!
Posted: December 5, 2012
China's Yao Defen, the world's tallest woman as verified by Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 40.
Yao, who measured 233.3 cm (7 ft 7 in) when last documented, is reported to have passed away in the house she shared with her mother in a small village in China's central Anhui Province.
Yao's height was attributed to a tumour on her pituitary gland, the organ that regulates the production of growth hormones.
The tumour, which was partially removed in 2006, is believed to have caused growth spurts that saw Yao reach the height of 6ft 6in at the age of just 15.
The cause of Yao's death has so far not been disclosed.
"You couldn't help but be moved by Defen's story," said Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday.
"As most of the world's tallest people experience, it isn't easy living in an average-sized world, and life expectancy can be tragically short. We're comforted by the fact that we were able to give Defen the opportunity to have her story told around the world and bring her to the attention of the medical community. Now, though, our thoughts are with her family."
Posted: December 5, 2012
Action film legend Jackie Chan has today been presented with two Guinness World Records certificates during an event in Shanghai.
GWR Greater China President Rowan Simons made the presentations for Most credits in one movie and Most stunts by a living actor to the star during the official launch of Chan's latest movie Chinese Zodiak.
Chan carried out 15 of the major creative movie-making roles for the film, including Director, Producer, Actor, Fight Choreographer and Composer, breaking the previous record of 11 credits held by Robert Rodriguez.
Speaking about the achievement, Chan said, "Achieving these Guinness World Records titles is recognition of all my life's work".
The highlight of the event was the presentation of a second Guinness World Records title for Most stunts by a living actor, an accomplishment that reflects Chan's amazing career in which he has nearly lost his life several times and broken numerous bones.
Commenting on the achievement, Simons said, "nobody has risked more in the name of entertainment than Jackie Chan and this world record is a tribute both to his creativity and his endurance."
Over a 50-year career, Chan has appeared in over 100 domestic and international movies, including Police Story (Hong Kong, 1985), Around the World in 80 Days (USA/Germany/Ireland/UK, 2004)) and the Rush Hour series (USA, 1998-2007). He made his debut in Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (Hong Kong, 1962) at the age of eight, before focusing on martial arts movies.
No insurance company will underwrite Chan's productions, in which he performs all his own stunts. After a number of stuntmen were injured during the making of Police Story, the star formed the Jackie Chan Stuntmen Association, training the stuntmen personally and paying for their medical bills out of his own pocket.
Posted: December 5, 2012
Besse Cooper, the world's oldest living person, passed away on Tuesday. She was 116.
Besse, from Monroe, Georgia, USA, was first certified as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, in conjunction with The Gerontology Research Group, in January 2011.
Born in Tennessee in 1896, Besse moved to Monroe, during World War One in search of work as a teacher. She married her husband Luther in 1924, and they had four children. She leaves behind 12 grandchildren and more than a dozen great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Dina Manfredini of Johnston, Iowa, USA, inherits the title of oldest living person. Dina was born on April 4th 1897 in Italy and moved to the USA in 1920. She is 115.
"At 116 years and 100 days, Ms Cooper's extraordinary life places her among the ten oldest people ever verified in history, and one of only eight people to reach the age of 116," said Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday.
Pictured above: Besse is
presented with her Guinness World Records certificate by Senior
Gerontology Consultant Robert Young in 2011
Posted: December 5, 2012
Approximately 500 residents
of Fairfield, Connecticut, USA will join together next week to set
the new Guinness World Records title for the most people
caroling.
Residents will croon their way
into history with record attempt event proceeds to benefit the Lily
Sarah Grace Fund which supports the arts in underfunded elementary
schools across America.
Coined as "One Voice", the
record attempt was organized by members of The Unitarian Church in
Westport, Connecticut.
The carolers will sing door to
door to 14 houses throughout the Compo Beach area in Westport,
Connecticut, an area hard hit by hurricane
Sandy.
An official Guinness World
Records® representative, Danny Girton Jr., will be on hand to
adjudicate the record and will be available for media
interviews.
Net proceeds of the record
attempt will benefit the Lily Sarah Grace fund, which supports arts
in underfunded elementary schools across America. Lily, Sarah and
Grace are the three young sisters who tragically lost their lives
when their Stamford, CT home burned to the ground last
Christmas.
Carols being sung include
traditional favorites such as "Let it Snow," "Deck the Halls",
"Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
Posted: December 3,
2012
UK singer Charlie Simpson last week braved challenging temperatures of -30 to earn a place in the record books, after playing a concert in one of the coldest populated places on Earth.
The former Busted frontman entertained a small crowd of curious locals gathered in snowy Oymyakon, Siberia to set a new world record for coldest concert.
In order to set the world record, Charlie had to play his set for a full 15 minutes, whilst only taking up to 30 second breaks between songs.
Renowned for being the coldest, permanently inhabited place on the planet, conditions in Oymyakon are so extreme that few visitors are able to bear more than five minutes out in the elements, making Charlie's achievement all the more impressive.
The 27-year-old star travelled for four days alongside his three-strong support team to reach the remote village known as the 'pole of cold', taking in the infamous Kolyma Highway, or 'Road of Bones,' one of the most treacherous roads in the world. Nights were spent in the company of local villagers, who had kindly offered the team space to sleep in their homes.
Charlie said, "This has been a trip of a lifetime and a gig unlike anything I thought I'd ever experience in my career. The town has no TV or radio, so they've had little to no contact with rock music before. This was definitely a world first in many respects!
"It was unbearably cold and playing guitar with gloves on wasn't an option. We had to pack hand warmers into my sleeves before the performance to keep my blood warm and stop my fingers from getting frostbite. It was hard for the whole team but the experience has definitely brought us all closer together and we're all firm friends now.
"The trip was tough, but it feels amazing to have set a world record."
Levison Wood, expedition leader and director of expeditionary company, Secret Compass, said, "There are all manner of things that can go wrong when travelling in conditions as freezing and remote as this, so hats off to Charlie for completing the record. We tried to prepare the team as much as possible with a few training sessions inside a giant freezer in the UK, but you can never recreate the real danger we faced whilst out in Siberia."
Posted: November 30, 2012
They came from all around the world but were united in one big hot tub all to break a new Guinness World Records record title.
Twenty-six people representing 26 different countries kicked back in the water for five minutes at a bath store in Alicante, Spain earlier this month to break the record for the most nationalities in a Jacuzzi.
The Jacuzzi Outlet, which put together the event, had more country representatives on standby, but had to turn them down once the tub was full of people.
The water overflowed as representatives from Germany, Russia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, Bolivia, Peru, Ukraine, Morocco, Lithuania, Republic of Mauritius, Czech Republic, Estonia, Uruguay, Chile, Dominican Republic, Italy, France, Australia, Poland, Ireland, Venezuela and New Zealand competed for a comfortable spot to relax.
Following the successful attempt, organiser Ulrich Meyer from the Jacuzzi Outlet couldn't contain his delight, telling the participants: "This is such a proud moment for us".
With almost 30 people vying for a spot in the tub, maybe the Jacuzzi Outlet could build a bigger one to make it into the record books for a second time.