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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2013 21:44:25 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2013 22:28:50 GMT 1
 ROUND OF 16 #1  SELENA GOMEZ Submitted by:  MrEuroVoice Full Name: Selena Marie Gomez Age: 20 years old Nationality:  American,  Mexican and  Italian Career: Actress, singer and fashion designer. Known songs: Love You Like A Lovesong, Hit The Lights, Who Says, Cruella De Vil, Tell Me Something I Don't Know etc. She is known for portraying Alex Russo, the protagonist in the Emmy Award-winning television series Wizards of Waverly Place. She subsequently ventured into feature films and has starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, and Princess Protection Program. She made her starring theatrical film debut in Ramona and Beezus. Her career has expanded into the music industry; Gomez is the lead singer and founder of the pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene, which has released three RIAA Gold certified studio albums, Kiss & Tell, A Year Without Rain, and When the Sun Goes Down, spawned three RIAA Platinum certified singles, "Naturally", "Who Says" and "Love You Like a Love Song" and charted four No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. Gomez has also contributed to the soundtracks of Tinker Bell, Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Shake It Up after signing a record deal with Hollywood Records. In 2008, Gomez was designated as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. More information about Selena Gomez here  ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ DEMI LOVATO Submitted by:  OneDirectionTurkey Full Name: Demetria Devonne Lovato Age: 20 years old Nationality: American,  Irish, Italian,  English and Mexican. Career: Singer-songwriter, musician, actress, dancer, spokesperson, television personality. Known songs: Give Your Heart a Break, Skyscraper, Remember December, Here We Go Again etc. Lovato's earliest roles included Angela on Barney & Friends before rising to prominence as a starring cast member in the 2008 film Camp Rock. In 2009, Lovato received her own television sitcom, Sonny with a Chance, and was a starring cast member in the film Princess Protection Program. Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget, was released on September 23, 2008. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 89,000 copies in the first week. It has since shipped over 500,000 copies, earning a Gold certification in the United States. Her second album, Here We Go Again, was released on July 21, 2009. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 108,000 copies in the first week. Lovato's third studio album, Unbroken, was released on September 20, 2011 and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. She is working on her fourth studio album. More information about Demi Lovato here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2013 22:33:08 GMT 1
Btw it'll not be about voting. Not at all. Just information, so we are prepared for something extra while the battle will on some days later, just right after we've done our predictions for this edition's Round of 16 battles, which I assume to begin tomorrow afternoon! I just put the artist profiles here, just because I can have time for this aswell! Then I'll link down to the selected post, when a specific battle will come!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2013 11:44:29 GMT 1
ROUND OF 16 #2 ALICIA KEYS Submitted by:  patapucha Full Name: Alicia Augello Cook Age: 31 years old Nationality:  African-American,  Italian,  Scottish and  Irish. Career: Actress, singer-songwriter. Known songs: Fallin', Empire State of Mind (Part II), No One, If I Ain't Got You, You Don't Know My Name etc. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records. Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003 and was also another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, which debuted at number one in the United States. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994. More information about Alicia Keys here ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆  MANDY CAPRISTO Submitted by:  DimitrisLoveIvi Full Name: Mandy Grace Capristo Age: 22 years old Nationality:  German and Italian. Career: Singer-songwriter, dancer, model. Known songs: Hurricane, The Way I Like It, Closer etc. Born in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg and raised in Bürstadt, Hessen, she was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions in 2001, when she won Kiddy Contest, a reality television singing competition for teens in  Austria, with her song “Ich wünsche mir einen Bankomat”. In the mid to late 2000s, Capristo rose rose to fame as a founding member of the girl band Monrose, the result of the fifth season of the German television talent show Popstars. Until their disbandment in 2011, the trio released four studio albums and eleven singles. Following the break-up of Monrose, Capristo launched her solo career as a singer. In 2011, she collaborated with singer Peter Maffay on his Tabaluga musical track “Die Zeit hält nur in Träumen an”. In between recording her first solo album Grace (2012), Capristo participated in the fifth season of Let's Dance. Her first solo single, "The Way I Like It", was released in April 2012. More information about Mandy Capristo here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2013 12:18:06 GMT 1
ROUND OF 16 #3  LORDI Submitted by:   HvdstrCBfr Band Members: Mr. Lordi, Amen, OX, Mana and Hella. Ages: Mr. Lordi (38), Amen (40), OX (37). Mana and Hella are unknown. Nationality:  Finnish &  Egyptian. (OX (Real name: Samer el Nahhal)'s father is Egyptian, while his mother is Finnish) Career: Hard Rock band, singer-songwriters and costume-designer. Known songs: Hard Rock Hallelujah, Would You Love a Monsterman?, Who's Your Daddy, My Heaven Is Your Hell, Bite It Like a Bulldog etc. Lordi made history in 2006 by winning the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with a then record 292 points, becoming the first Finnish performer to win the contest. Lordi was featured on the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen when the band's frontman, Mr. Lordi, presented the award for rock. They were also the closing act, playing their single "Hard Rock Hallelujah". They also performed on  Britain's Making Your Mind Up for the Eurovision Song Contest. Lordi performed on the main stage at Ozzfest 2007 and later that year toured with Type O Negative and Twin Method until Halloween night. More information about Lordi here ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆  INNA Submitted by:  TieBreak002 Full Name: Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu Age: 26 years old Nationality:  Romanian. Career: Singer-songwriter, dancer, philanthropist. Known songs: Sun Is Up, Hot, 10 Minutes, Wow, Crazy Sexy Wild, Amazing etc. Born on October 16, 1986, in the village of Neptun, nearby Black Sea shore-city Mangalia in Dobruja, Romania. The singer recalls that her love for music was first encouraged and supported by her family. Her grandmother and mother were both occasional singers at local parties or night clubs. When she was a teenager, Inna would listen to a large variety of musical genres. Although her favourite style was Electro house, she also used to listen to [img src=" ![]() www.printableworldflags.com/icon-flags/24/Spain.png" src="https://i.imgur.com/FBq9Eeg.png" style="max-width:24px;"] Christina Aguilera and   Beyoncé or even towards ballads by  Celine Dion or Whitney Houston. She also recalls how easy it was for her to sing every song that she liked, her vocals letting her reach most of the high notes. As a student, she attended classes at the "Mangalia Economical Lyceum", a middle class high school in the town of Mangalia (in the vicinity of her hometown), now called "Colegiul Economic Mangalia" — Mangalia Economy College. After graduating from high school with moderate to good marks and therefore acceptable averages, she attempted a degree in Political Sciences at the "Ovidius"University of Constanţa. She stated that she has never enjoyed the courses nor the subjects, so after a rushed graduation she changed her mind towards making music. More information about Inna here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2013 16:42:44 GMT 1
ROUND OF 16 #4 KE$HA Submitted by:  EurovisionChristian Full Name: Kesha Rose Sebert Age: 25 Nationality: American,  Hungarian and  Polish. Career: Singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer. Known songs: Tik Tok, We R Who We R, Die Young, Your Love Is My Drug etc. Kesha attended Franklin High School and Brentwood High School. In addition to taking songwriting classes, Kesha was also taught how to write songs by Pebe, and they would often write together when she returned home from high school. Kesha began recording demos which Pebe would give to people she knew. Kesha was also in a band with Lagan. Kesha and Pebe co-wrote the song "Stephen" together when Kesha was 16, Kesha then tracked down David Gamson, a producer that she admired, from Scritti Politti who agreed to produce the song. She dropped out of school at 17, after being convinced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin to return to Los Angeles to pursue a music career, and earned her GED after. Around this time, Pebe answered an ad by reality series, The Simple Life, looking for an "eccentric" family to host Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. The episode aired in 2005. Luke and Martin had received one of Kesha's demo from Samantha Cox, senior director of writer/publisher relations at Broadcast Music Incorporated, and were impressed. Two of the demos were described in a cover story for Billboard, the first "a gorgeously sung, self-penned country ballad" and the second "a gobsmackingly awful trip-hop track" where Kesha raps ad lib for a minute when she runs out of lyrics near the end. Dr. Luke stated in an interview for the story that it was the latter track that caught his attention, saying "when you're listening to 100 CDs, that kind of bravado and chutzpah stand out." More information about Ke$ha here ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ MARIAH CAREY Submitted by: MrGiorgos2012 Full Name: Mariah Carey (same ) Age: 42 years old Nationality: African-American, Irish and  Venezuelan. Career: Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, philanthropist. Known songs: We Belong Together, Without You, Always Be My Baby, Vision of Love, Fantasy, All I Want for Christmas Is You etc. In a career spanning over two decades, Carey has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 1998, she was honored as the world's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards. Carey was also named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, she is the third best-selling female artist in the United States, with 63.5 million certified albums. With the release of "Touch My Body" (2008), Carey gained her eighteenth number one single in the United States, more than any other solo artist. In 2012, Carey was ranked second on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Women in Music". Aside from her commercial accomplishments, Carey has won five Grammy Awards, 17 World Music Awards, 11 American Music Awards, and 31 Billboard Music Awards. Referred to as the "songbird supreme" by the Guinness World Records, she is famed for her five-octave vocal range, power, melismatic style and signature use of the whistle register. More information about Mariah Carey here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2013 12:26:27 GMT 1
 ROUND OF 16 #5  GABRIELIUS VAGELIS Submitted by: flagaustralia  MightyHawks123 Full Name: Gabrielius Vagelis Age: Unknown. (Around 18-20) Nationality:  Lithuanian Career: Singer. Known songs: Sacrifice, Paaukoti tau and I Fall In Love. Gabrielius entered in the National Selection of being the Lithuanian entrant with his song "Sacrifice", but didn't managed to do well enough. His songs have then been supported throughout the youtube contests, where his fame got enhanced for the way to success. More information about the Lithuanian National Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2013 here ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆  JESPER NOHRSTEDT Submitted by:  ValiumSounds Full Name: Jesper Nohrstedt BoesgaardAge: 18 years old Nationality:  Danish and  Swedish (his mother is Swedish) Career: Singer. Known songs: Glorious and Take Our HeartsHe made his debut on the Danish X-Factor in 2010. Two years later he reached number two in the music contest "Dansk Melodi Grandprix"; had he won, he would have represented Denmark in the "Eurovision Song Contest 2012". He is currently making music with Danish producer and DJ Morten Hampenberg. More information about Jesper Nohrstedt here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2013 6:37:36 GMT 1
ROUND OF 16 #6 MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK Submitted by:  AVSongContest Band Members: Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz and Kåre Wanscher Ages: Jascha (49), Mikkel (44) and Kåre (43) Nationality: Danish, American and German. (Jascha Richter was born in New Hampshire, USA but by Danish/German parents.) Career: Soft rock band, Singer-songwriters. Known songs: Take Me to Your Heart, Paint My Love, Frostbite, The Actor, That's Why (You Go Away) etc. Formed in 1988, the band has sold over 11 million records worldwide, mainly in Asia, and in addition, another 6 million or more paid downloads for their single "Take Me To Your Heart" which was awarded "most downloaded single of the year 2006". They have produced eight studio albums as well as many live and greatest hits albums, with their recently released eighth studio album, Scandinavia. MLTR have won many awards and have earned Gold and Platinum status for their records in many countries, as well as the Gold Preis Award from RSH, Germany and "The Best Performing Act of the Year" at the SEA Grammy Awards in  Singapore. The band has attributed its success in Asia to a clean-living image and singing in English as a second language. During the peak of their popularity in the mid-90's, MLTR have been described by critics to be "as good (if not better) a band as any current big name group out of America or the  UK." More information about Michael Learns to Rock here ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆  ST. ANNE'S CHOIR Submitted by: shadowtiger97 Band Member: N/AAge: N/A Nationality: Europeans. Career: Choral singers. Known songs: N/A "For he that singeth praise, not only praiseth, but only praiseth with gladness: he that singeth praise, not only singeth, but also loveth him of whom he singeth. In praise, there is the speaking forth of one confessing; in singing, the affection of one loving." St. Augustine of Canterbury. In other words: "He who sings prays twice.". The musicians at St. Anne's Parish offer different styles of music, from solo to choral. A cantor acts as the Leader of Song, accompanied with voices like: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass and supported by instruments like by organ, piano, percussion, guitars, bass guitar, percussion brass and strings. More information about St. Anne's Choir here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2013 14:56:37 GMT 1
ROUND OF 16 #7  MANGA Submitted by: ESCJessicaUK Band members: Ferman Akgül, Yaðmur Sarýgül, Cem Bahtiyar, Efe Yýlmaz and Özgür Can Öney Ages: Four of them are 33 years old. Only Özgür is just 32. Nationality: Turkish Career: Nu-metal band and songwriters. Known songs: We Could Be The Same, Fly To Stay Alive, Beni Benimle Býrak, Dünyanýn Sonuna Doðmuþum, Cevapsýz Sorular etc. Manga was formed in the year 2001, being named after the word for  Japanese comic books, Manga. Initially, they were mostly underground, playing covers of other rock and metal bands. They came into the public spotlight after finishing runner-up at the Sing your song' music contest. This caught the attention of artist manager Hadi Elazzi (GRGDN), who immediately promoted the band to Sony Music, which resulted in their first, self-titled album being published in 2004, becoming a mass hit. Following this, they performed at various music festivals and have worked with such famous Turkish singers as Koray Candemir (of Kargo fame), Vega and Göksel. Most of their songs are written by the group members. The genre of their music was described by Yaðmur, the author of most of the songs, as having a touch on nu metal, hip hop and mixing these all in a "pot" with melodies of Anatolia. More information about maNga here ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆  HEILSARMEE Submitted by:  TheLegodan89 Band members: Sarah Breiter, Jonas Gygax, Katharina Hauri, Christoph Jakob, Emil Ramsauer and Michel Sterckx. Ages: Sarah (20), Jonas (22), Katharina (46), Christoph (31), Emil (94) and Michel (47) Nationality:  Swiss Career: Salvation Army soldiers, musicians. Known songs: You and Me. Heilsarmee is a Swiss group that will represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö. The group consists of six Salvation Army soldiers. Heilsarmee participated in the Swiss national final with the song "You and Me". They qualified to the national final through the online selection organized by SF. On 15 December 2012, they won the Swiss national final, therefore they will represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. On 17 December 2012, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the band will have to to change their name for the Eurovision Song Contest, in accordance with the rules of the contest forbidding political content. More information about their entry "You and Me" here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2013 14:57:42 GMT 1
ROUND OF 16 #8 P!NK Submitted by:  MrMystery2123 Full Name: Alecia Beth Moore Age: 33 years old Nationality: American, Irish, German and Lithuanian. Career: Singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, actress Known songs: Get the Party Started, Don't Let Me Get Me, Just Like a Pill, So What, Raise Your Glass, Blow Me (One Last Kiss) etc. Pink has sold over 110 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling artists in history. Her career accolades include three Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards and five MTV Video Music Awards, in addition to having 18 Top 20 Hits on the Billboard charts. In 2009 Billboard magazine named Pink the number one pop musician of the decade, and in 2012 VH1 named Pink number 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. More information about P!nk here ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆  NELLY FURTADO Submitted by: XESCFR3AKX Full Name: Nelly Kim Furtado Age: 34 years old Nationality:  Canadian and  Portuguese Career: Singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, actress. Known songs: I'm Like A Bird, Força, Maneater, Say It Right, All Good Things (Come to an End), Broken Strings feat. James Morrison etc. Furtado's first public performance was when she sang a duet with her mother at a church on Portugal Day. She began playing musical instruments at the age of nine, learning the trombone, ukulele and – in later years – the guitar and keyboards. At the age of 12, she began writing songs, and as a teenager, she performed in a Portuguese marching band. Furtado has acknowledged her family as the source of her strong work ethic; she spent eight summers working as a chambermaid with her mother, along with her brother and sister, who was a housekeeper in Victoria. She has stated that coming from a working-class background has shaped her identity in a positive way. Furtado's work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 2 Grammy Awards, 10 Juno Awards, 3 MuchMusic Video Awards and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame More information about Nelly Furtado here |
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