Follow That Dream also known as F.T.D. or FTD was a Dutch pop band made up of Vanessa Eman, Rosa Vuik, Linda Burg Wrath, Peter van der Meer,
Ben Saunders,
Dean Saunders
Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a striker in a career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He played for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the 1990s, and s ...
. Vanessa Eman was the lead singer of the band.
The band was formed in 2000
to take part in the Dutch singing competition ''Alles Voor De Band'' on
RTL 4. The band had its debut hit single, the self-titled "Follow That Dream" taken from their album ''The Album''. They followed it up with the single "One Night in Shanghai".
In May 2001 the group decided to split up, during the hype of the rival and much more popular ''Starmaker'' series.
After the split
Some members of the band continued with a solo artists:
*In 2002, immediately after the split-up if the band, lead singer Vanessa Eman took part in the 2002 season of the Dutch ''
Idols''. She sang
Irene Cara's "Out Here on My Own", but was eliminated in week 2 of the competition.
*Band members and brothers in real life
Dean Saunders
Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a striker in a career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He played for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the 1990s, and s ...
and
Ben Saunders formed the band "Brothers" singing "Stand As One" at the
Nationaal Songfestival in 2003 in a failing bid to represent the Netherlands in the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
. They finished 7th out of 8 candidates.
*
Ben Saunders won the first-ever title of ''
The Voice of Holland'' on 21 January 2011
*His older brother
Dean Saunders
Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a striker in a career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He played for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the 1990s, and s ...
won the title of the third season of ''
Popstars'' on 22 January 2011.
Discography
Albums
*2000: ''The Album'' on
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Prefix
* dino-, a common prefix in taxonomy, meaning "terrible", "formidable"
** Dinosaur
People
* Dino (given name), a masculine given name and a nickname
* Dino (surname), a surname found in Albania and Turkey
* Diño, a ...
Singles
*2000: "Follow That Dream" (reached #25 on Dutch Top 40)
*2001: "One Night in Shanghai"
References
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Musical groups from North Holland
Dutch pop music groups