Amor Vittone (born 16 March 1972 as Amor Ines Vittone) is a South African singer.
Biography
Amor Vittone was born March 16, 1972, in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. She was head girl at her high school, where she excelled both in sport and academically. She completed her Honours degree in Communication (''cum laude'') at the
Rand Afrikaans University and is a former Miss Johannesburg.
Vittone won the South African Modern and Tap Dance championships for seven consecutive years. She has been in productions of ''
West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...
'' at the State Theatre in Pretoria, as well as Richard Loring's production of ''Girl Talk''. In addition, she has presented or hosted the following programmes on national television:
* "Legkaart Bonanza",
* "Junior Topsport",
*
M-Net's "Spot-on",
* "Mainly for Men" on
E.tv
e.tv (commonly referred to on-air as e) is the first and only privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa. It is the fifth terrestrial television channel in the country, following three channels that are operated by the sta ...
,
* "Road to Riches" and the National Lotery draw on
SABC 2,
* "Top Billing",
* "In die kryt met Joost en Amor" on
KykNET and M-Net,
* "ABSA game show" on
SABC 3
SABC 3 (stylised as S3) is a South African free-to-air public television network owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It carries programming in English and, few in other South African languages. It has a number of its own re ...
and
* "Verimark Quiz show" on M-Net.
Vittone is at present a choreographer, MC, motivational speaker and singer. She has featured on numerous South African magazine's front pages. These include: "Fair Lady", "Keur", ''
Huisgenoot'', "You", ''
Sarie
''Sarie'' is a South African women's magazine, written in Afrikaans. It is published by Media24, and is their oldest publication for women, first published in 1949 under the title ''Sarie Marais''.
Based in Cape Town, it is the most popular ...
'', "Finesse", ''
FHM'', "Insig", "Vroue Keur", "De Kat", "Tydskrif Rapport", "Sunday Times Magazine", "Personality", "Directions", "Longevity", ''
Rooi Rose
''Rooi Rose'' (lit. "Red Roses") was an Afrikaans-language monthly women's magazine published in South Africa by Caxton Magazines. It was one of the earliest magazines in the country. The magazine was in circulation between 1942 and May 2020.
His ...
'', "Die Lig", "Baba en Kleuter" and "Marie Claire".
Music
Vittone's debut album, ''Wild Cherry Kisses'', was released in 1998 through EMI. It was followed up with ''Dance in Colours'' and ''Young Forever''. In February 2005 her fourth album, ''Amor'', was released by Gallo Music Record Company. Her first
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
album, ''Voluit'' was released in September 2006 by Select Music.
''Voluit'' reached gold status within six months (more than 20,000 units sold) and Vittone was nominated for a
South African Music Association award in the category ''Beste Afrikaanse Popalbum''. She was the only female artist to be nominated in this category. The video of "Voluit Lewe" also received an accolade for the best Afrikaans DVD in May 2007 during the Afrikaans music awards ceremony in South Africa. Vittone was also nominated for a "Crystal" award in the category "Hottest S.A. Artist" during June 2007.
At the "Huisgenoot Tempo-toekennings", Vittone was nominated in the category ''favourite female artist'' and "Voluit Lewe" was nominated as favourite song of the year. At the Vonk Afrikaans music awards, she was nominated as best female artist of 2007.
"Glo altyd aan more" was released in September 2009.
Personal life
Vittone married former Springbok rugby captain,
Joost van der Westhuizen on 20 October 2002. They had a son and a daughter together, and were voted South Africa's most popular couple at the Starin-U Kids Awards in 2004.
Vittone and van der Westhuizen were described as "South Africa's own Posh and Becks",
but separated in 2008.
Discography
* "Die Tyd is nou" (2015)
* "Grootste Treffers (2011)
* ''Glo Altyd aan Môre'' (2009)
* ''This Was Then : Amor Greatest Hits'' (2009, EMI)
* ''Voluit'' (2006, SELECT)
* ''Surrender'' (2005)
* ''Amor'' (2004, RPM)
* ''Young Forever'' (2002, EMI)
* ''Dance in Colours'' (2000)
* ''Wild Cherry Kisses'' (1999, EMI)
Vetseun.co.za
, visited on 13 March 2010.
References
External links
Amor Vittone website
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Afrikaans-language singers
21st-century South African women singers
1972 births
Living people
White South African people
Italian South African