European Soundmix Show 1996 | |
---|---|
Dates | |
Final | 27 April 1996 |
Host | |
Venue | Endemol Studios, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Presenter(s) | Linda de Mol |
Host broadcaster | ![]() |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 10 |
Debuting countries | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Vote | |
Voting system | Each country had 1 jury member who awarded the top 4 countries 1, 2, 3 and 5 points. |
The European Soundmix Show 1996 was the first European Soundmix Show.
It was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Germany won the show with Bianca Shomburg imitating Celine Dion.
Pos | Country | Performer | Imitated artist | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Bianca Shomburg | Celine Dion | 21 |
2 | ![]() | Rui Faria Santos | Elton John | 18 |
2 | ![]() | Christina Undhjem | Whitney Houston | 18 |
4 | ![]() | Arno Kolenbrander | Simon Bowman | 13 |
5 | ![]() | Silvia, Laura & Patricia Ugarte | The Andrews Sisters | 12 |
6 | ![]() | Gry Trampedach | Sanne Salomonsen | 10 |
7 | ![]() | Walter Lamberti, Tony Ingui, Tony Buongrazio, Valentino Brandi, Giuseppe Galizia | Take That | 8 |
8 | ![]() | Henrik Åberg | Elvis Presley | 4 |
9 | ![]() | Marianne van Eynde | Tina Turner | 3 |
10 | ![]() | Terry Nash | Meat Loaf | 2 |
TV4 is a Swedish free-to-air television network owned by TV4 AB, a subsidiary of the TV4 Media AB. It started broadcasting by satellite in 1990 and, since 1992, on terrestrial television. In 1994, TV4 became the largest channel and remained so for a number of years. The two channels of Sveriges Television (SVT) lost more and more viewers for a couple of years. After making schedule changes in 2001, SVT1 had practically the same numbers of viewers as TV4. From 2004 to 2019, the TV4 Group was a fully active member of the European Broadcasting Union.
Linda Margaretha de Mol is a Dutch television presenter and actress in the Netherlands and Germany. She is the sister of TV-producer and Endemol co-founder John de Mol, and has frequently appeared in productions of his.
Kizzy Yuanda Constance Getrouw is a Dutch actress, singer and television host who performs mononymously as Kizzy. She became a household name in the Netherlands Antilles with hit songs and TV shows. In the United States, she presented TV shows on both The Gossip Swapp on XY TV and CN8. Her best known poems are Supervrouwen and Cel Voor Cel. Kizzy currently presents kids TV shows.
Edsilia Francisca Rombley 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.
The European Soundmix Show 1997 was the second European Soundmix Show.
The European Soundmix Show 1998 was the third European Soundmix Show.
The Stars in Their Eyes European Championships 2002 was the second and last special European Soundmix Show.
The Stars in Euro Eyes 2001 was the first special European Soundmix Show.
The European Soundmix Show 1999 was the fourth European Soundmix Show.
Absolom was a Belgian dance project produced by Christophe Chantzis and DJ Jimmy Goldschmitz. The group was popular in Europe by the end of the 1990s. For remixer and main-producer Chantzis the project was his first major effort in the Belgian dance scene. Vocals were done by Pascale Feront who gained some attention by entering the final of The Soundmix Show. A live-act was put together, consisting of singer Pascal Feront, two professional female dancers and Christophe Chantzis on keyboard. He also supplied the additional vocals on some singles.
Jake Krack son of Reed and Dara Krack, is a prominent young old-time fiddler and fiddle teacher from Nicut in the U.S. state of West Virginia. He began fiddling at age six or eight. His teachers include Bobby Taylor, Lester McCumbers, Melvin Wine, Brad Leftwich, Joe Thompson, Wilson Douglas, and Glen Smith.
Mariette Hansson, sometimes credited as MaryJet or simply Mariette, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Hansson participated in Sikta mot stjärnorna in 1999 imitating singer Amanda Marshall. She participated in Idol 2009 which was broadcast on TV4 and finished fourth. A year later, Hansson was announced as "homo of the year" at the QX Gaygala in Stockholm.
Bianca Shomburg is a German singer, best known for her participation in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest.
Sikta mot stjärnorna is a Swedish singing talent show that was broadcast on TV4 between 1994 until 2002. The show featured people acting and imitating their favorite singers/bands performances. From the 1996 season and forward the show worked as the Swedish pre-selection for the European final called European Soundmix Show. Several of Sweden's most known singers performed on the show before launching their singing careers.
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1992.
This is a list of German television related events from 1995.
This is a list of German television related events from 1996.
This is a list of German television related events from 1997.
Margit Bakken is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. She is one of the most established blues musicians in Norway, and often performs with Rita Engedalen as the duo Women in Blues. She has performed as a singer since the age of eight. In 1997, she was a contestant in the Norwegian version of the musical television show European Soundmix Show, where she was one of the finalists.
This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 1999.