On Friday, 16 competitors from different nations performed in the final of the 2025 Air Guitar World Championships. The winner was a Finland native, Aapo "The Angus" Rautio, who won his first-ever world title.

Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio plucked victory from thin air on Friday night, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000. This year's Air Guitar World Championships reached the climax with a final Friday evening on a square in the western city of Oulu.

The 2025 Air Guitar World Championship held in the Finnish city of Oulu has been won by local resident Aapo "The Angus" Rautio, the organizers announced late on Friday. Finland won the contest, which has been held every year in Oulu since 1996,