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The Voice (Australian Season 4)
The fourth season of ''The Voice'' premiered on 28 June 2015. Ricky Martin and Joel Madden returned as coaches for the fourth season, with Madden pairing up with his brother, Benji Madden as a duo. In January 2015, it was announced that Jessie J would join the coaching line-up as well Delta Goodrem, who would return to the panel after a one-season hiatus; replacing former judges will.i.am and Kylie Minogue, respectively. This is the first season to feature two female coaches on the show. On 22 February 2015, it was announced that Sonia Kruger would be joining the fourth season as a co-host with Darren McMullen. Ellie Drennan from Team Jessie won the competition on 30 August, marking Jessie J's first and only win as coach, as well as the first female coach to win a season of the show. This season is the last to feature Ricky Martin. He is replaced by Boyzone singer and former The X Factor Australia judge, Ronan Keating, in Season 5. Teams ;Color key Blind audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Martin
Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography spanning Latin pop, Pop music, pop, Dance music, dance, reggaeton, and Salsa music, salsa genres. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music#M, King of Latin Pop", the "King of Latin Music", and the "Latin Pop God", he is regarded as one of the most influential artists in the world. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Martin began appearing in television commercials at age nine and began his musical career at twelve, as a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo (group), Menudo. He began his solo career in 1991 while in Sony Music Mexico, gaining recognition in Latin America with the release of his first two studio albums, ''Ricky Martin (1991 album), Ricky Martin'' (1991) and ''Me Amaras (album), Me Amaras'' (1993), both of which were focu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The X Factor Australia
''The X Factor'' is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The first season of the show premiered on Network Ten on 6 February 2005. Ten dropped ''The X Factor'' after the first season due to its poor ratings. In 2010, the Seven Network won the rights to the show, and a second season went into production. ''The X Factor'' was renewed after the highly successful ''Australian Idol'' was no longer broadcast on Network Ten. ''The X Factor'' was produced by FremantleMedia Australia, and was broadcast on the Seven Network in Australia and on TV3 in New Zealand. The program was cancelled after its eighth season in 2016. The original judging panel line-up in 2005 consisted of Mark Holden, Kate Ceberano, and John Reid. When the show was revived in 2010, the judging panel was replaced by Natalie Imbruglia, Ronan Keating, Kyle Sandilands and Guy Sebastian. Imbruglia and Sandilands did not return for season three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Nation Army
"Seven Nation Army" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album, ''Elephant'' (2003). V2 Records released the song to American alternative radio on February 17, 2003, as the lead single from the album. Worldwide, the single was issued through XL Recordings. Written and produced by Jack White, the song consists of distorted vocals, a simple drumbeat, and a bass-like riff created by playing a guitar through a pitch shift effect. The song charted in multiple countries, and its success contributed to the popularity of the White Stripes and the garage rock revival movement. In addition to praising its riff and drumbeat, critics have ranked "Seven Nation Army" as one of the best songs of the 2000s decade. It won Best Rock Song at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, and a music video for the song directed by Alex and Martin won Best Editing in a Video at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. "Seven Nation Army" has become a sports ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fall At Your Feet
"Fall at Your Feet" is a 1991 song by Crowded House, from their 1991 album, ''Woodface''. It is the only single from ''Woodface'' to be written solely by the group's leader Neil Finn, who co-wrote all other singles from the album with his brother Tim Finn. It peaked at number 17 in the UK, making it ''Woodface''s second most successful single behind the follow-up, "Weather with You". The music video was directed by Andrew Dominik. "Fall at Your Feet" was later released on the group's greatest hits collection ''Recurring Dream'' and was performed at the group's farewell performance in 1996, ''Farewell to the World''. At the APRA Music Awards of 1993, the song won Most Performed Australian Work Overseas. All the songs available on the various formats were written by Neil Finn, except "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (written by Tim Finn and Split Enz) and "Something So Strong" (written by Neil Finn and Mitchell Froom). The track has been covered by James Blunt, English pop punk band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XO (song)
"XO" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé from her Beyoncé (album), self-titled fifth studio album in 2013. Columbia Records released the song as the lead contemporary hit radio single from the album in the US and Italy on December 16, 2013. Ryan Tedder composed and co-wrote and co-produced "XO" with The-Dream, Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Beyoncé, with additional production handled by Hit-Boy, Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis and HazeBanga Music. A pure midtempo power pop and Contemporary R&B, R&B love song with Electronic music, electronic influences, "XO" is complete with electronic musical instrumentation, synthesizers and drums. Musically, it was compared to Beyoncé's own song "Halo (Beyoncé song), Halo" and was noted for having several Hook (music), music hooks including its call and response (music), call and response chorus. The usage of an audio sample from Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster at the beginning of the song was cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarity (Zedd Song)
"Clarity" is a song by Russian-German DJ Zedd featuring the vocals of British singer Foxes. It was released on November 14, 2012 as the third single from the debut studio album of the same name. The song was written by Anton Zaslavski, Matthew Koma, Porter Robinson and Skylar Grey and produced by Zedd. It was released as iTunes Single of the Week on October 2, 2012, and as an 4-track remix EP on February 12, 2013, by Interscope Records. Zedd released an extended mix of the song exclusively on Beatport on February 18, 2018. When Matthew listened to Foxes' song "Youth", he Skyped her and asked her to be the vocalist on "Clarity". After Foxes did research on Wikipedia about Zedd, she accepted the offer. In June 2014, following the success of " Stay the Night" featuring Hayley Williams in the United Kingdom, Clarity was re-released there, and this time reached a better peak of number 27, compared to the previous one of 29 in 2013. It ended up being awarded silver certification by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Here On My Own
"Out Here on My Own" is a ballad from the 1980 musical film '' Fame'', performed by Irene Cara. It was written by sibling songwriting duo Lesley Gore (lyricist) and Michael Gore (composer). The recording was produced by Michael Gore. Cara performed the song at the 1981 Academy Awards, where it was nominated for Best Original Song. The song was released on the ''Fame'' soundtrack, which also contains an instrumental version of the track. Critical reception In its original review of the song in August 1980, ''Billboard'' described Cara's performance as "a sensitive vocal reading with only acoustical keyboard supporting her graceful voice", and noted it was certain to impact "pop and adult contemporary play". A writer in the ''Ottawa Citizen'' described the song as "showstopping". Upon the re-release of the soundtrack in 2003, Chuck Taylor of ''Billboard'' wrote that the song "remains as simplistic and memorable a statement of isolation as has ever been written". ''Dance Magazine'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande And Nicki Minaj Song)
"Bang Bang" is a song by recording artists Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. It was written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson, Grande and Minaj. It was produced by Martin, Göransson, and Ilya, with Kuk Harrell serving as a vocal producer. The song was first sent to hot adult contemporary radio on 28 July 2014 through Republic Records and released as a digital download the next day by Lava and Republic Records as the lead single from Jessie J's third studio album '' Sweet Talker'' (2014). It is also included on the deluxe version of Grande's second studio album '' My Everything'' (2014), serving as the third single from that album. "Bang Bang" debuted at number six and later peaked to number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It debuted at number one in the United Kingdom becoming Jessie's third number one, Grande's second number one debut that year, and marked Minaj's first number one single on the chart. The song reached the top ten in multiple other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Cross
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million Volunteering, volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering. Within it there are three distinct organisations that are legally independent from each other, but are united within the movement through common basic principles, objectives, symbols, statutes and governing organisations. History Foundation Until the middle of the nineteenth century, there were no organized or well-established army nursing systems for casualties, nor safe or protected institutions, to accommodate and treat those who were wounded on the battlefield. A devout Calvinism, Calvinist, the Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant traveled to Italy to meet then-French emperor Napoleon III in June 1859 with the intention of discussing difficulties in conducting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graace
Grace Pitts, better known as Graace, is an Australian singer-songwriter from Sydney. She is best known for her vocals on Hayden James' platinum selling single " Numb". It was released in October 2017. Career 2017–2018: ''Self Sabotage'' Graace first come to media attention co-writing and featuring on Hayden James' " Numb", which was released in October 2017. The song was certified platinum in Australia and showcased her vocals. In 2018 Graace joined Flight Facilities as a touring vocalist on their "The Return Flight" tour, playing shows across Australia, North America, Europe and New Zealand. In May 2018, Graace released her debut solo single "Kissing Boys". In September 2018, it was announced that Graace had signed with Sony Music Australia and released " Last Night". Her debut extended play ''Self Sabotage'' was released in October 2018 followed by a third and final single from the EP "SOS" in November 2018. 2019-present: Self Preservation On 17 May 2019, Graace released " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fem Belling
Fem Belling (born 6 December 1978) is an South African Born, Australian Jazz vocalist and violinist with a dual career in stage musicals and jazz singing. Fem was raised in Johannesburg and later moved to Cape Town to establish a career in musical theatre before moving to London as a leading lady in the West End. Lead roles include ''Hairspray'', ''Fame'', ''Footloose'', '' Cats'' (original South African cast) & Liza Minnelli in the 2011 production of ''The Boy from Oz'' starring Todd McKenney. Fem claims 5 Vita awards, a Green Room Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in the Musical ''Genesis to Broadway''” and shares an ARIA nomination from her involvement in The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. Theatre career Cats as Jennyanydots / Bombalina, Footloose as Rusty / Elanor, Austentatious as Emily, Hairspray as Shelly / Tracey Turnblad ( Original West End cast ), Fame, Debbie Does Dallas as Donna ( original UK and South African cast ), Annie Get Your Gun as Gigi / Dolly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lize Heerman
Lizé Heerman is a South African-born singer-songwriter, ''Supersport'' presenter, radio DJ and a finalist of the fifth season ''Idols South Africa''. She currently lives in Australia, and recently appeared as a contestant on ''The Voice''. Early life Lizé Heerman was born in Klerksdorp, South Africa. She grew up in Durban, South Africa. Her junior school started in Johannesburg until her family relocated to Durban where she attended school at Crawford College La Lucia. She excelled at running and cycling. At age 11 she was placed first overall in her age group in the Cape Argus Pick'n Pay Cycle Tour. Heerman attended the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa and attained a Bachelor of Laws degree. Career At 16, Heerman signed her first recording contract with David Gresham Records, South Africa. However, she did not release an album. At 21 years of age she entered '' South African Idols'' and landed herself a finalist position. She was placed eighth overall. Immedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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