Thérèse Steinmetz (born 17 May 1933) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1967
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 ...
.
Early career
Steinmetz studied at the
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...
, and appeared in various theatre, television and film roles before being give her own TV series, ''Thérèse'', in 1966
Eurovision Song Contest
In 1967, Steinmetz sang all six songs in the Dutch Eurovision selection, with "
Ring-dinge-ding
The Netherlands was represented by Thérèse Steinmetz, with the song "Ring-dinge-ding", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. Steinmetz was selected internally by broadcaster NOS and the song was revealed o ...
" being chosen by postcard voting as the winner. Steinmetz went forward to the 12th
Eurovision Song Contest
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, held in
Vienna
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on 8 April, where "Ring-dinge-ding" ended the evening in 14th place of 17 entries, continuing a run of poor Dutch results dating back to 1960.
Later career
In 1970, Steinmetz won the
Golden Stag Festival
The Golden Stag Festival ( ro, Cerbul de Aur) is the most popular Romanian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Braşov, Romania.
History
The Golden Stag was first held in 1968, but after 1971 it was banned by the Communist l ...
in
Braşov,
Romania
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, beating another former Eurovision singer,
Lize Marke
Lize Marke (born Liliane Couck, Denderleeuw, 1 December 1936) is a Belgian singer, best known for her participation in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision Song Contest
Marke started singing professionally in 1962, and first participa ...
, into second place. The victory led to her becoming a very popular singer in Romania, which she would visit several times, performing a
folk music
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-based repertoire. She had a top 40 hit, "Geef ze een kans", in the Netherlands in 1974 and made regular television appearances.
Steinmetz has lived for many years in the
French Riviera
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city of
Cannes
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, where she has become a successful
painter
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and owns and runs an art
gallery
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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** Contemporary art gallery
Music
* Gallery (band), an American soft rock band of the 1970s
Albums
* ''Gallery'' (Elaiza album), 2014 album
* ''Gallery'' (Gr ...
and
workshop
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.
De Telegraaf interview 27-7-08 (Dutch)
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References
External links
1967 page at Dingadong.nl (Dutch)
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1933 births
Living people
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands
Dutch women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1967
Musicians from Amsterdam
Dutch women painters
Dutch expatriates in France