Frizzle Sizzle were a Dutch teenage
girl group of the 1980s. The four members of the group were Karin Vlasblom (born 10 August 1967), Laura Vlasblom (born 8 October 1968),
Mandy Huydts
Mandy Huydts (born April 9, 1969) is a Dutch singer and voice actress.
Singer
At age 9, Huydts began her career at VARA's Kinderen voor Kinderen. In 1986 she and the girl group Frizzle Sizzle took 13th place at the 1986 Eurovision Song Con ...
(born 9 April 1969) and Marjon Keller (born 1 June 1970).
History
Early years: Kinderen voor Kinderen
The girls debuted in 1981 on the second album of
Kinderen voor Kinderen
(, ) is a Dutch children's choir maintained by public broadcaster BNNVARA.
Since 1980 the choir has released one album of new children's songs each year, and is probably the only act from the 1980s with consecutive albums in the top 40 char ...
, a children's choir whose ongoing television-shows are broadcast by
VARA
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each November. All four of them were given a lead vocal; Karin in ''Gastarbeider'' (a song about a forbidden love between a
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girl and a
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boy), Mandy in ''Bijna brugklas'' (about the transition from primary to secondary school) and Marjon in ''Roken'', an anti-smoking tirade. Laura sang ''Verlegenheid'' (a reminder that shyness hits everyone at one moment) in an
embryonic line-up of Frizzle Sizzle (minus Marjon). Due to their age (14 was the maximum), the Vlasblom sisters left after the second album; Mandy and Marjon paid further contributions to the third album. The former sang ''Ik ben verliefd'' (about being in love), the latter ''Op de wip'' (about being stuck in the middle between a pain-in-the-neck brother and a bossy sister). Marjon left after the fourth album on which she had minor roles in two tracks; ''Iedereen gaat voor z'n beurt'' (''Nobody waits his turn'') and Ziek zijn'' (which sums up the joys of pretending to be sick to miss a day of school). She also sang the first half of the call-for-exercise ''Trim trim trim''.
Breaking out and breaking through
In 1984 the girls appeared on the fifth show to tell that they formed a
girl group and sang about their days with the choir as a bridge between the interviews with the departures and the new batch of songs. Marjon contributed to the volumes 5 and 6 as a backing vocalist.
Naming themselves Frizzle Sizzle they were selected to represent the
Netherlands
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in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Bergen, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song " La det swinge" by Bobbysocks! Organised by the European Broadcast ...
with ''Alles heeft een ritme'' (''Everything has rhythm''), a continuation of the original
Kinderen voor Kinderen
(, ) is a Dutch children's choir maintained by public broadcaster BNNVARA.
Since 1980 the choir has released one album of new children's songs each year, and is probably the only act from the 1980s with consecutive albums in the top 40 char ...
-sound. At the end of the night, they ranked 13th out of 20, receiving 40 points. In the
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
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charts, the song went to No. 21.
Soon afterwards Frizzle Sizzle released songs in English (''Never Give Up'' being the first). In early 1987 they had a No. 14 hit with ''Talk it Over'', which was favourably compared to the established
girl group Dolly Dots. ''Second Chance'' reached No. 38 the same year. Frizzle Sizzle were joint winners of the
1987 Silver Harp Awards for new bands with their first and only album ''First Date''.
In 1988 Frizzle Sizzle appeared on the educational TV-show ''Mijn Eerste Keer'' (''My First Time'') singing about their first bicycle-ride (backed by an on-location video).
Solo activities
In 1990 they broke up but not before lending their voices to the
Herman van Veen-created cartoon series
Alfred J Kwak and releasing the World Cup-themed ''Alles Is Oranje'' (''Everything Is Orange''). The girls remained active in showbusiness.
*Karin made television programmes.
*Laura pursued a solo career and lived with
boyband singer-turned-musical actor
Bastiaan Ragas
Bastiaan Johannes Ragas (born 30 June 1971) is a Dutch singer and actor. Born in Lisse, he was the youngest of three brothers. Ragas learnt piano and guitar at school. He also participated and traveled with the international musical group Up Wi ...
. (She also does Dutch voice-overs & songs for many characters in animated movies. For example, she voiced Gloria in Madagascar, Prinses Jasmine in Aladdin, Thumbelina in
Thumbelina
Thumbelina (; da, Tommelise) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in ...
(1994), Robyn Starling in
Tom and Jerry: The Movie & Ariel in The Little Mermaid). In 1992 Laura participated in the Dutch heat of the
Eurovision Song Contest with the song ''Gouden Bergen'' (''Gold Mountains''); she had to settle for silver as it reached the second spot. In 1999 Laura appeared on RTL's live-music programme ''De Vrienden van Amstel''; she performed three songs (two covers, one original) backed by Dutch-Moluccan percussion-rockers
Massada.
*Mandy Huydts became a backing vocalist for megastar
Rene Froger although she continued to perform her own songs.
*Marjon Keller, now hosting radio-shows as well as doing voice-overs for
RTL, always insisted on not being lived by stardom. Back in 1988 she was quoted "It (was) fun being part of Frizzle Sizzle, but there are more things in life".
In 1995 former members of
Kinderen voor Kinderen
(, ) is a Dutch children's choir maintained by public broadcaster BNNVARA.
Since 1980 the choir has released one album of new children's songs each year, and is probably the only act from the 1980s with consecutive albums in the top 40 char ...
were invited to attend the 15th show (hosted by
Paul de Leeuw
Paul Henri de Leeuw (born 26 March 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.
De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though satire was only a part ...
). The ex-Frizzle Sizzles were unavailable, but they later made an in-crowd appearance at
De Leeuw's own TV-show; still
barefoot
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, as in their heyday.
References
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Dutch girl groups
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1986
Nationaal Songfestival contestants