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TOBI JOOSTE
At the age of
24, TOBI JOOSTE can be called the KING OF EUROVISION in SOUTH AFRICA. With the release of
his latest CD (the third), he has now done a total of 12 EUROVISION related songs - 6
ACTUAL entries and 6 selection songs. With this, he has overtaken BLES BRIDGES and GE
KORSTEN who each did 10 - both these two SOUTH AFRICAN superstars tragically passed away a
few years ago, so they cannot improve on their records and Tobi is set to just go ahead
and do more.
This young singer with the looks of a JULIO IGLESIAS and a voice in that same mould
is off to also persue a modeling career with a big international company.
On his first CD, Tobi recorded NETHERLANDS 1981 (HET IS EEN WONDER)
in Afrikaans as well as the Dutch selection classic, VULCANO's EEN BEETJE VAN DIT
in Afrikaans. On his second CD, SPREI JOU VLERKE (SPREAD YOUR
WINGS) (catalog number LEOCD 110) you can find UKRAINE 2003 (HASTA LA VISTA
in both AFRIKAANS and ENGLISH) plus 5 selection songs in AFRIKAANS - AUSTRIA's THIS
NIGHT SHOULD NEVER END as DIE AAND IS ONS SIN, SWEDEN's LET YOUR SPIRIT
FLY as SPREI JOU VLERKE and SWEDEN's WE ARE ALL THE WINNERS as
JY IS DIE BESTE. Also two old Norwegian selection songs were covered, VINGER OVER
EUROPA as PRINSES VAN MY HART and I EST I SCANDINAVIA as AS EK
NET KON. These 5 selection songs have all been major hits in their original countries,
doing better on the charts than the actual EUROVISION entries from those years.
Now his new
CD was released called ONTHOU JY (DO YOU REMEMBER). It is
available and can be ordered at artistw@mweb.co.za,
catalog number LEOCD 146. This is a double CD for the price of a single CD. The first CD
has 12 tracks of which 4 are EUROVISION songs. The second CD has 8 tracks, mainly covers
of singers Tobi liked - the so called "crooners". The 4 Eurovision songs in
Afrikaans are ICELAND 2004 HEAVEN which Tobi sings as KAAPSTAD (CAPE
TOWN), MALTA 2005 ANGEL which Tobi sings as ENGEL (ANGEL), MALTA 2006
where Tobi kept the English title I DO but the song is mostly sung in
AFRIKAANS and CELINE DION's 1988 Eurovision winner which Tobi sings as GLO IN JOU DROOM
(BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAM).
You can find more information about Tobi as a person and his career on his website www.tobijooste.co.za
OGAE REST OF THE WORLD is going to draw 2 TOBY JOOSTE CD's ONTHOU JY
between those who will send e-mail to ogae@esckaz.com
with subject "Tobi Jooste". Original CDs will be delivered to the winners FREE
OF CHARGE. Closing date for the competition is November 30.
This competition is in co-operation between OGAE Rest Of The World and Eurocovers. |
ТОБИ ЙООСТЕ
В
возрасте 24х лет Тоби Йоосте можно назвать
королем Евровидения в Южной Африке. С выпуском
его нового диска (третьего в его карьере) на его
счету стало 12 песен, связанных с Евровидением - 6
песен международных и 6 песен национальных
финалов. Этим он обошел Блеса Бриджеса и Ге
Корстена, на счету которых по 10 песен - обе эти
южноафриканские звезды трагически погибли
несколько лет назад, поэтому, к сожалению, они уже
не смогут улучшить свой результат, а Тоби
планирует продолжать работать в данном
направлении.
Молодой певец внешностью и голосом
напоминающий Хулио Иглесиаса также планирует
подписать контракт в качестве модели с крупной
международной компанией.
На своем первом диске Тоби выпустил
ковер-версию песни Нидерландов 1981(HET IS EEN WONDER)
на африкаанс, а также классику с голландского
отбора песню группы VULCANO EEN BEETJE VAN DIT
также на африкаанс. На втором его диске SPREI
JOU VLERKE (Расправь свои крылья) (каталоговый
номер) вы можете найти ковер версии Украины 2003 (HASTA
LA VISTA в двух версиях - на африкаанс и на
английском), а также 5 песен национальных отборов
на африкаанс - австрийскую THIS NIGHT SHOULD NEVER END
под названием DIE AAND IS ONS SIN, Шведскую LET YOUR SPIRIT
FLY под названием SPREI JOU VLERKE и Шведскую WE ARE
ALL THE WINNERS под названием JY IS DIE BESTE. Также в диск
вошли две старые песни с норвежских отборов VINGER
OVER EUROPA под названием PRINSES VAN MY HART и I EST I
SCANDINAVIA как AS EK NET KON. Эти 5 песен национальных
отборов были большими хитами в собственных
странах, зачастую даже более успешными в чартах,
нежели собственно песни Евровидения этих лет.
Сейчас
вышел в продажу его новый диск ONTHOU JY
(Помнишь ли ты). Его можно заказать по
электронной почте artistw@mweb.co.za,
указав каталожный номер LEOCD 146. Это двойной
альбом, продаваемый по цене обычного. На первый
диск вошли 12 треков, 4 из которых связаны с
Евровидением. На втором диске 8 треков, в основном
ковер версии любимых песен Тоби. 4 песни
Евровидения, вошедшие на этот диск на африкаанс -
это Исландия 2004 HEAVEN, которую Тоби назвал
KAAPSTAD (Кейптаун), Мальта 2005 ANGEL под
названием ENGEL (Ангел), Мальта 2006, которая
сохранила свое оригинальное название I DO,
хотя в основном она также исполняется на
африкаанс и песня-победительница Евровидения 1988,
исполненная в оригинале Селин Дион, которая в
версии Тоби называется GLO IN JOU DROOM (Верь в свою
мечту).
Дополнительную информацию о Тоби и его
карьере вы можете найти на сайте www.tobijooste.co.za
ОГАЕ ОСТАЛЬНОЙ МИР разыграет 2 диска ТОБИ
ЙООСТЕ ONTHOU JY между теми кто пошлет e-mail на адрес ogae@esckaz.com с
заголовком "Tobi Jooste". Оригиналы дисков будут
доставлены победителям БЕСПЛАТНО. Крайний срок
участия в розыгрыше - 30 ноября.
Конкурс организован совместно ОГАЕ
ОСТАЛЬНОЙ МИР и Eurocovers |
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GEORGE THOMAS MEIRING was born in Hoopstad
and currently spends his days living a busy life in Johannesburg.
When he turned five he sang in his very first competition - along with his brother Bertus
and sister Anne - and was inspired to make singing his fulltime career. What he enjoys
most about singing is that he has the power to affect the feelings of others.
George has done a lot of travelling around the world which has brought him contact with
various diverse people. He loves wildlife photography and enjoys being surrounded by
nature.
His favourite film is Pay It Forward and he has a weekly lineup of watching Lost, Survivor
and 24. He adores listening to Josh Groban.
In November 2006 George took part in SuperSterre competition in South Africa (Idol
type show). It was won by SHAUN TAIT, a 14 year old singer, released his first CD in April
with one Eurovision song on, Danish 2004 entry in Afrikaans. Now the first CD GEORGE
MEIRING has been released by SONY/BMG who asked OGAE REST OF THE WORLD to help them with
song selection. This was very easy as George has a great voice and is very easy to market
and promote. His CD contains 12 songs, 6 of them picked of the OGAE REST OF THE WORLD
suggestions.
The CD entitled ONTHOU DIE TYE (REMEMBER THE TIMES) feature both English and Afrikaans
songs. Two of the 12 songs are EUROVISION songs, Ireland's 2006 EVERY SONG IS A CRY FOR
LOVE in ENGLISH and Norway's 1994 song DUETT in AFRIKAANS. George does it in duet form
with PATRICIA LEWIS, the presenter of SuperSterre.The song is called LIEDJIE VIR DANELLE
(song for Danielle). The title of the girl Danelle was made of the names of Jan Werner
Danielsen and Elizabeth Andreassen, the original singers of DUETT.
George also does YOU RAISE ME UP, another ROLF LOVLAND song, however in doing this, he
became the 12th local singer to cover this song! But the people love it and wanted it.
The 4 AFRIKAANS pitched by OGAE REST OF THE WORLD are GERMAN schlager songs composed by
EUROVISION composers like MICHAEL KUNZE, BERND MEINUNGER, ALFONSO WEINDORF and CHRISTIAN
BRUHN and were originally sung by people such as ANDY BORG and SEMINO ROSSI from AUSTRIA.
This this, OGAE REST OF THE WORLD thanked AUSTRIA for returning to EUROVISION after a one
year absence. EUROVISION : SOUTH AFRICA promised the AUSTRIAN TV people that should they
return to EUROVISION again, we will continue to cover as many AUSTRIAN songs as possible
in AFRIKAANS (even non EUROVISION songs).
More information on GEORGE and his CD can be found on the his MySpace profile. |
ДЖОРДЖ ТОМАС
МЕЙРИНГ родился в Хупстаде, а в настоящее время
живет в Йоханнесбурге. Когда ему исполнилось 5
лет он принял участие в своем первом конкурсе -
вместе со своими братом Бертусом и сестрой Анне -
и это вдохновило его на продолжение музыкальной
карьеры. Больше всего в пении ему нравится то, что
этим он может влиять на чувства окружающих.
Джордж много путешествовал по миру, он очень
любит фотографировать и находиться на природе.
Его любимый фильм - Play It Forward, а также
ежедневно он смотрит телесериалы Lost, Survivor и 24. Ему
очень нравится слушать музыку Джоша Гробана.
В
ноябре 2006 года Джордж принимает участие в
конкурсе SuperSterre в Южной Африке (местный вариант
Народного Артиста). Победителем шоу стал 14 летний
ШОН ТАИТ, который в апреле выпустил свой дебютный
диск, на который вошла кавер версия Датской песни
с Евровидения 2004 на африкаанс. Сейчас пришло
время выхода и первого диска ДЖОРДЖА МЕЙРИНГА, и
компания SONY/BMG обратилась к ОГАЕ ОСТАЛЬНОЙ МИР за
советом в выборе песен для этого альбома. Это
было достаточно простой задачей, поскольку у
Джорджа великолепный голос. В итоге на диск вошли
12 песен, из них 6 выбраны по предложению ОГАЕ
ОСТАЛЬНОЙ МИР.
На диск, получивший название ONTHOU DIE TYE (Помни
то время), вошли песни как на английском, так и на
африкаанс. Две из песен - кавер версии композиций
Евровидения - Ирландии 2006 - EVERY SONG IS A CRY FOR LOVE на
английском и Норвегия 1994 - DUETT на африкаанс.
Джордж исполняет ее в дуэте с ПАТРИСЕЙ ЛЬЮИС,
ведущей SuperSterre. Песня получила название LIEDJIE VIR
DANELLE (Песня для Даниелы). Имя Даниела было собрано
из имен Яна Вернера Даниельсона и Элизабет
Андреассен, оригинальными исполнитами DUETT.
Джордж также исполняет YOU RAISE ME UP, но он стал
уже 12 южноафриканским исполнителем записавшим
версию этой песни. Слушатели обожают ее и
постоянно заказывают на радио и концертах.
4 песни на африкаанс предложенные ОГАЕ
ОСТАЛЬНОЙ МИР - немецкие шлягер композиции,
написанные участниками Евровидения Мишелем
Кунце, Берндом Мейнунгером, Альфонсо Вейндорфом
и Кристианом Брюном, в оригинале исполняемые
австрийцами Энди Боргом и Семино Росси из
Австрии. Этим ОГАЕ ОСТАЛЬНОЙ МИР благодарит
Австрию за возвращение к участию в Евровидении
после годового перерыва.
Дополнительная информация о Джордже и его
альбоме доступна на его MySpace профиле. |
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DEWALD LOUW
Relatively
unknown in the rest of South Africa, besides his home town of BLOEMFONTEIN, Dewald shot to
fame during the first AFRIKAANS IDOL show. He was crowned the winner towards the end of
2006 and Sony/BMG rushed to release a CD in time for the Christmas sales. The CD is called
IN JOU OE (IN YOUR EYES), quite an appropriate title as Dewald has
fairly striking eyes. Because he won as AFRIKAANS IDOL, the CD only contains AFRIKAANS
songs. There are twelve tracks, most of them original compositions but it also feature a
RALPH SIEGEL and BERND MEINUNGER song. These two have had more than 60 of their songs
recorded in AFRIKAANS and most have been big hits. Dewald had a choice of several of their
songs, but picked FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS, the song that came second in the 2003
ROMANIAN Eurovision selection for VALAHIA (featuring ROMANIAN 2006 Eurovision entrant
MIHAI TRAISTARIU). During 2004, LOU from GERMANY recorded the song as well (after she was
selected to represent Germany at the 2004 Eurovision). And then SIX4ONE also recorded it
in 2006 (after they were selected to represent Switzerland at the 2006 Eurovision). All
these versions were in ENGLISH, so it is great to finally have the song in another
langauge, this time in AFRIKAANS. Dewald calls it JY'S MY VRIEND (YOU'RE MY
FRIEND). It has beautiful lyrics written by Lourens Fourie. Another song on
Dewald's CD was written by Dieter Bohlen (who composed Eurovision entries for Germany
(Nino de Angelo) and Austria (Thomas Forstner) in 1989). For more information on Dewald,
you can go to the following website www.dewaldlouw.com
or www.sonybmg.co.za |
BALA BROTHERS
Ever
since the BALA BROTHERS appeared on the most popular AFRIKAANS TV show, NOOT VIR NOOT,
there has been a buzz about them. The Bala brothers are three brothers from the Transkei
region of SOUTH AFRICA, all of them have studied at the famous DRAKENSBERG BOYS CHOIR, the
youngest Phelo is still there. With his two older brothers, Loyiso and Zwai, they reently
joined forced to form a unique vocal group. On Noot vir noot they sang VOLARE
(Italy 1958 Eurovision entry). Volare came only 4th but became the biggest selling
Eurovision song for years to come, and during Eurovision's 50th birthday in 2005, it was
voted the second best Eurovision song of all time after ABBA's WATERLOO. Unfortunately VOLARE is
not on the new CD from Sony/BMG but the chances are good it will appear on the next CD.
This CD does have their version of YOU RAISE ME UP, the composition of
ROLF LOVLAND of NORWAY who won Eurovision twice - in 1985 with LA DET SWINGE by BOBBYSOCKS
and in 1995 with NOCTURNE by SECRET GARDEN - Secret garden did record the original of YOU
RAISE ME UP together with BRIAN KENNEDY who sang for IRELAND in 2006 with EVERY SONG IS A
CRY FOR LOVE (South African singer GEORGE MEIRING will record this song soon). On Bala
brothers CD called B3, you will find 15 tracks, some in their
native Xhoza language. You can find more information on Bala brothers on their website www.balabrothers.com as well as the website of
Sony/BMG Africa www.sonybmg.co.za |
ENDIA
A couple of years
ago ENDIA REZGALE came from LATVIA to SOUTH AFRICA, having met a South African guy in
AMERIKA. They got married and came to settle in SOUTH AFRICA. She released a CD in South
Africa called KLASIKA with 15 songs on. She did one in her native
language of Latvian as well as several songs in Afrikaans, one of the official languages
of her new country. One of the Afrikaans songs is the EUROVISION classic, IK HOU
VAN JOU which took part in the 1984 Eurovision for the Netherlands sung by
MARIBELLE, the girl with the huge ribbon on her dress. The song did poorly, partly due to
the fact that people focused on Maribelle's dress instead of realising the potential of
the song. Ten years later, in 1994, Dana Winner from Belgium covered it and it became a
huge hit. Dana did it in Flemish, English, French and German. The song has been covered in
SOUTH AFRICA several times, the biggest succes had been with boy band EDEN. But Endia does
a superb version in AFRIKAANS of EK HOU VAN JOU (the title meaning the same as the
original Dutch). For someone who hardly knew Afrikaans by the time, this is very good. The
full CD can be ordered from Niel Ferreira by sending an email to artistw@mweb.co.za . You can also write for more
information on Endia to artistw@mweb.co.za of
visit the website
www.endia.co.za Endia is currently busy with
negociations with a new record company who will release her seocnd CD towards the end of
2007. It is a given that several Eurovision songs will feature on the CD, at the moment
the chances of NORWAY 2006 ALVEDANCEN (to be sung in both AFRIKAANS and
ENGLISH as the song is only available in NORWEGIAN), SWEDEN 1996 (the
song of ONE MORE TIME - to be sung in AFRIKAANS) and LATVIA 2003 (Endia
wants to do a song from her country of birth and it will be done in AFRIKAANS, but maybe
even also LATVIAN as the song was never done by F L Y in LATVIAN) are the best. But there
are negociations with a few more Euro songs - the details will be made public later. Endia
could become a unique star in SOUTH AFRICA, where first of all, there is a shortage of
female singers and secondly a shortage of white singers singing in more than just
AFRIKAANS or ENGLISH - with her ability to tackle several langauges, the CD most probably
will reflect that. Endia already had a taste of Eurovision this year when a song composed
by RAFAEL ARTESERO, a composer from ANDORRA called GET REAL was sung by
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To come:
KARLIEN HUSSELMAN, KARIEN FERREIRA, NEDINE BLOM, DAVID FOURIE, DOMINEC, JAYCEE,
CHARL SMIT, HI 5, NICHOLIS LOUW, KURT DARREN, AMOR VITTONE, KAREN COX, SHAUN TAIT,
PATRICIA LEWIS, JANNIE MOOLMAN & RINA HUGO, JENNIFER ZAMUDIO.
Full list of
South African covers |
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