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Soundmixshow
''Soundmixshow'' is a Dutch talent show which was a live-vocals version of the '' Playback Show''. It aired from 17 November 1985 to 27 April 2002 and was hosted by Henny Huisman. The format has since been sold to other countries, (Dutch) notably as the '' European Soundmix Show''. History Early days Huisman, former drummer of 1970s band and spin-off group Match, toured the early 1980s with his ''Hitkrant Drive-In Show''; this prototype-version of the Playback-sh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stars In Their Eyes
''Stars in Their Eyes'' is a British television talent series, based on Joop van den Ende's Dutch format ''Soundmixshow''. It featured a singing contest in which members of the public impersonate showbiz stars. The show premiered on 21 July 1990 and initially ran until 23 December 2006. It was produced by Granada for ITV and originally presented by Leslie Crowther. Matthew Kelly took over in May 1993, before he was replaced by Cat Deeley in April 2004. An Elvis Presley special hosted by Russ Abbot aired in January 1993, as well as 2003 specials hosted by Davina McCall. A number of celebrity specials and a children's spin-off series were also aired during the original run. A six-part revival hosted by Harry Hill aired from 10 January 2015 to 14 February 2015, but it was later axed by ITV due to low ratings and poor reviews. History A series of non-televised pilots were filmed in 1989 hosted by Chris Tarrant. However, in February 1990, Leslie Crowther was chosen as the host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henny Huisman
Hendrikus Josephus Huisman (born 18 June 1951) is a Dutch television presenter and musician. Biography Huisman had a catholic upbringing. Originally trained as a window dresser, he was a drummer, DJ and event host before he enrolled in the world of television. Huisman began his music career in 1961 as a 10-year-old member of guitar-trio The Bright Stars alongside Margriet Eshuijs. After a spell with teenage-band The Marileens he moved on to bigger things. Huisman co-founded Lucifer in which he played drums while Eshuijs performed lead vocals; he made his television-debut on March 18, 1975, appearing on '' Van Oekel's Discohoek'' (a parody of chart-show ''TopPop''). Huisman left Lucifer after the success of ''House for sale'' and was replaced with Jan Pijnenburg, future drummer of pop/reggae-band Doe Maar. Huisman formed the short-lived spin-off group Match and became an award-winning dj at discotheques. He began to incorporate a lip-synch contest which was converted into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edsilia Rombley
Edsilia Francisca Rombley (born 13 February 1978) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. She began her career in 1995, as a member of the Dutch girl group Dignity. Rombley began her solo career in 1996, after winning the Dutch talent show ''Soundmixshow'', later winning the ''European Soundmix Show'' as well the following year. In 1998, Rombley won '' Nationaal Songfestival 1998'' and represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Hemel en aarde", placing fourth. She later represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song " On Top of the World", but did not qualify for the final. In 2009, Rombley hosted season one of the Dutch celebrity talent show ''Beste Zangers.'' She was due to host the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and later hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam. Throughout her career, Rombley has released eight studio albums and two top five singles in the Netherlands. Biography Rombl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Borsato
Marco Roberto Borsato (; born 21 December 1966) is a Dutch singer. Born in Alkmaar, North Holland, he started performing in Italian before switching to Dutch in 1994. He has consistently been one of the most successful and biggest grossing artists in the Netherlands and Belgium for the past thirty years. Borsato achieved 15 number-one singles in the Netherlands, the second-most all time behind The Beatles' 16. In 1994, his song "Dromen Zijn Bedrog" spent a then-record 12 weeks at number one, a feat which stood for 17 years. It still remains the longest-running Dutch language number-one song ever. Between 2003 and 2008, Borsato became the first artist to record nine consecutive number-one singles on the Dutch charts. Borsato also has recorded 11 number-one albums in the Netherlands, all certified at least Platinum, with every eligible studio album of his from 1995 to 2013 debuting at number one on the Dutch album charts. Borsato also has six number-one albums in Belgium. Despit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Berger
Petra Berger, born ''Petronella Burger'' (Amstelveen, 23 October 1965), is a Dutch classical crossover singer, composer, and musical actress. Biography Petra Berger was born into a musical family, but did not pursue a musical career until later on in her life. Berger earned her secondary school diploma in 1982 and landed a job at a computer firm job. During an annual party of the computer firm, Berger formed a band with some colleagues to play music just for fun. That evening, however, she realised that singing was what she really wanted to do. Chess In 1987, Petra Berger and her sister Lida decided to compete on the television program ''Soundmixshow'' presented by Henny Huisman, reaching the finals with the song " I Know Him So Well." After this show, the sisters were offered a recording deal and, under the name of Chess, soon had a modest hit with the song "Never Change a Winning Team," composed by Jeroen Englebert. They followed this song up with the singles "Make My Day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTL 4
RTL 4 (Radio Télévision Luxembourg 4) is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel; it is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. RTL 4 is a general entertainment channel with infotainment, television drama, talk shows, game shows, news and talent shows. It is owned by RTL Nederland, a subsidiary of RTL Group. The station has three sister TV channels: RTL 5, RTL 7 and RTL 8, and four thematic TV channels: RTL Z, RTL Lounge, RTL Crime and RTL Telekids. Officially RTL 4 - along with RTL 5, RTL 7 and RTL 8 - is headquartered in Hilversum, broadcasting under a Luxembourg TV license. This allows them to avoid more strict control by the Dutch media authorities as Luxembourg's television watchdog is less strict. Despite being intended for Dutch audiences, RTL 4 is encrypted on the Dutch DVB-T Digitenne platform but free-to-air in Luxembourg. History It originally launched on the Astra 1A satellite as ''RTL Véro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Soundmix Show
The ''European Soundmix Show'' was an imitation talent competition held yearly from 1996 to 1999, with two special shows in 2001 and 2002. The show was an international version of Joop van den Ende's "Henny Huisman Soundmixshow", which was aired on Dutch television the first time in 1985. Various European countries competed with one participant each imitating a famous artist, and most often, the participant was the winner of the national competition the same or the previous year. Some participants were, however, chosen internally by the national television company, without any pre-selection. The winner was chosen by a jury vote. Every country sent two jury members (except for 1996 when it was only one member), which together awarded their top-4 countries 5, 3, 2 and 1 point(s). Participation Listed are all the countries that have taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut: Winners Competitions 1996 The first European Soundmix Show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glennis Grace
Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (born 19 June 1978), known professionally as Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer. In 2005, she represented the Netherlands in the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, and in 2018 she appeared on the 13th season of ''America's Got Talent'' and made it to the finals. Glennis Grace has received online attention due to the similarity between her voice and that of Whitney Houston. Life and career Batta was born in Amsterdam to a Dutch mother and a father from Curaçao. She was discovered in 1994, at the age of 15, after she won the Dutch TV talent show called ''Soundmixshow,'' where she performed the Whitney Houston song "'' One Moment in Time''". Eurovision Song Contest In 2005, Glennis Grace accepted the offer to participate in the ''Nationaal Songfestival'', the national selection in the Netherlands for the Eurovision Song Contest 200''5''. Glennis Grace performed the ballad " My Impossible Dream" and won the final with this song. She the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Davis
Georgie Davis (stage name Kees Rietveld; born 1969 in The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer, who was one of the first participants of the Soundmixshow in 1985. Career David performed a song by Stevie Wonder. Later in the year Davis scored a no. 5 hit in the Netherlands with "Blackstar", which stayed in the Dutch Top 40 chart 12 weeks. "Blackstar was eerste en enigste single van Georgie Davis die de Top 40 wist te halen. De single kwam tot nummer 5 en stond 12 weken genoteerd in de Top 40." His album ''The Power of the Young'' reached no. 45 in the ''Nationale Hitparade Elpee Top 75''. In 2005 David performed in a National Song Contest of the year with a song "Once" written by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooske Breugem
Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a stewardess in '' 06/05'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of Pim Fortuyn. She was video jockey (VJ) at TMF Netherlands and presented two seasons of the Dutch and German version of '' Idols''. Early life Breugem was born in Zwolle into a Dutch Reformed family, and has two elder brothers, Jaap and Jan-Pieter. Career Since her first appearance on television in 1995 on the '' Soundmixshow'', Tooske's career showed a lot of aspects of the Dutch entertainment industry. She was Miss Overijssel, the province she hailed from, in 1996, placed fourth in the Miss Netherlands competition, and was singer in the group Bogy Bogy for two years. Later, she became VJ at TMF Netherlands and MTV, which she was from 1998 until 2002. In 2002, she switched to the larger television channels and became co-host of '' Idols Netherlands'' together with Reinout Oerlemans for two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina De Wit
Gina or GINA or ''variation'' may refer to: Gina Gina may refer to: * Gina (given name), multiple individuals * Gina (Canaan), a town in ancient Canaan * Arihant (Jainism), also called gina, a term for a human who has conquered his or her inner passions * ''Gina'' (film), a Canadian drama film * "Gina" (song), a 1962 single by Johnny Mathis GINA GINA may refer to: * Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a bill signed into United States law in 2008 designed to restrict the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment * BMW GINA, a prototype car by BMW * Global Initiative for Asthma * Global Information Network Architecture, developed in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense * Graphical identification and authentication, dynamic-link library (DLL) * ''G.I.N.A'', album by Amerado, 2022 See also * * * Gino (other) * Regina (other) * Jina (other) * GNA (other) * JNA (other) JNA may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Crawford
Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952) is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a solo artist. However, she has appeared on the Hot 100 singles chart twice. The first time was in 1979 as a guest vocalist on The Crusaders' top-40 hit " Street Life". She also dueted with Rick Springfield on the song "Taxi Dancing", which hit number 59 as the B-side of Springfield's hit "Bop Til You Drop". She has had five top-20 hits in the UK, including her 1980 number-two hit, " One Day I'll Fly Away", as well as six UK top-10 albums. Despite her American nationality, she won Best British Female Solo Artist in recognition of her popularity in the UK at the 1982 Brit Awards. In the late 2000s, she received her first two Grammy Award nominations. Career Crawford first performed at club gigs from Cincinnati to Saint-Tropez, but made her name in the mid-1970s in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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