Anita Meyer (born as Anita Meijer on October 29 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch singer.
In 1976 Anita had her first hit in the Netherlands with The Alternative Way. After that Anita had many hits. Her biggest hit was Why Tell Me Why, it was the best selling record of 1981.
In 1981 Anita represented The Netherlands at the W.P.S.F in Japan with the song Too Young To Know which finished 8th an won an Outstanding Song Award. In the late 80's Anita had a couple of hits with Lee Towers.
In 1992 Anita stopped her singing career to spend more time with her family. Nowadays Anita performs occasionally in Dutch television shows.
David Bustamante Hoyos (March 25 1982, San Vicente de la Barquera, Cantabria) is a Spanish singer.
David's breakthrough was in the TV hit Operación Triunfo which was the Spanish pre-selection for the ESC in 2002. David was one of the three winners. In the final show the televoters chose the Spanish entry for the ESC. David came 3rd with the song La Magia Del Corazón.
Since then, David Bustamante has released five solo albums. His first CD, Bustamante, was released in May 2002 and spent many months among the top selling CDs in Spain. He followed this with a successful summer tour with over 70 concerts throughout Spain. His second album, Asi Soy Yo, was released in November 2003 and was produced by Emilio Estefan. David continued with Caricias Al Alma and Pentimento. Furthermore, he visited Latin America to promote his music.
David Bustamante has had big success in Spain, USA and Latin America. He has sold over 1,400,000 CD's. The last album of David is A Contracorriente, published at 2010. The album went Platinium in the Spanish charts. He followed this with a succesful Tour.
Martine Clémenceau is a French singer, born March 18, 1949.
She made her singing debut by singing a duet with Michel Sardou.
In 1971 Martine won the Grand Prix at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan with the song Un Jour l'Amour. The song was a big hit in Japan.
In 1973 she was chosen to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Sans Toi which came equal 15th in Luxemburg.
In 1977 Martine represented France for the 2nd time at the W.P.S.F. in Japan. The song L'Amour Monsieur came 10th in the Grand Final and won an Outstanding Song Award.
Martine is still active in the music business and released her latest album in 2010.
Loretta Goggi, born 29 September 1950, is an Italian singer, actress and TV personality.
In 1971 she represented Italy at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan with the song Dolce E Triste which stranded in the semi-final. Although she didn't made it into the Grand Final, Loretta won an Outstanding Song Award and had a big hit in Japan with the Japanese version of Dolce E Triste.
Loretta covered the winning song of the W.P.S.F 1971, Un Jour L'Amour. Loretta's version is called Non C'è Uomo
In 1981 Loretta came 2nd at the Festival di Sanremo with Maledetta Primavera, her biggest hit.
Tanel Padar (born October 27, 1980) is an Estonian singer. He is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.
Tanel became famous after winning the Kaks Takti Ette, a televised competition for young Estonian singers, in 1999. In 2000, he was one of the backing vocalists for Ines – who at the time was his girlfriend – at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.
In 2001, Tanel Padar along with the boyband 2XL and Aruba born Dave Benton won the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song Everybody.
Tanel performs in a band called Tanel Padar & The Sun, one of the most popular bands in Estonia. They are very successful and had many hits. Tanel and his band covered a few ESC songs like Waterloo and Nagu Merelaine.
Séverine (born Josiane Grizeau, October 10 1948, Paris) is a French singer.
Séverine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 for Monaco, with the song Un banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue. The song was a big hit in Europe. Séverine had further success in France and Germany, but never again on an international scale.
Séverine made two further attempts at winning the Eurovision Song Contest, participating in the German national finals of 1975 and 1982 In 1975 she came 7th with Dreh Dich Im Kreisel Der Zeit and in 1982 she came 10th with Ich Glaub' An Meine Träume. She accompanied Monaco's delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.
Vasyl Lazarovych (born August 5, 1981) is a Ukrainian singer and performer.
1981 - Vasyl Lazarovych was born in the village of Banya-Bereziv, Kosiv Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.
2002 - Vasyl graduated as a vocalist from the Stefanyk Ivano-Frankivsk University. He also played the part of Alexander II in the musical Equator.
2004 - Vasyl acted as a soloist in the Belarus Orchestra under the direction of Mikhail Finberg. They performed at the Slavonic Bazaar Song Contest.
2005 - Vasyl studied at the Tchaikovsky Music Academy
2009/2010 - On 29 December 2009 Vasyl was selected internally by the Ukrainian broadcaster (NTU) as the Ukrainian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. On March 6 2010, Vasyl sang 5 songs in the Ukrainian national final:
Adrenalin, 4th
Don't Wanna Loose You, 4th
Shine Of Your Star, 2nd
I Know, 2nd
I Love You, 1st
The song I Love You was chosen by SMS voting and an "expert" jury. But on 15 March 2010 the new board of the National Television Company of Ukraine, decided not to send him to Oslo, because the song was not good enough.
On 17 March 2010 it was announced that there would be by a new, last minute, national selection. Vasyl participated in the new national final, but he just placed eighth.
Anita Meyer (born as Anita Meijer on October 29 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch singer.
