IN PICTURE. Couples in love and young violence on second recording of Zomerhit

TVJust like yesterday, Zomerhit once again landed on the seawall of De Panne tonight for a dazzling music show. The artists, including Laura Tesoro and Camille, were in a holiday mood. Margriet Hermans made it a romantic trip with husband Frank and Mathias Vergels was interviewed by his love Lynn Van den Broeck.

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Mathias Vergels sang ‘Everyone Is Van De Wereld’ by The Scene. “But soon I will come out with new music myself, I’m writing a lot,” said the singer/actor. “It’s been a busy summer, with a lot of performances. And in the fall too. The One-series Home will be on a lower back.”

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Mathias Vergels. © Kristof Ghyselinck

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Lynn Van den Broeck goes backstage at Zomerhit and makes videos for the social media of One and Radio 2. “In the beginning I was quite nervous to interview those artists, but they are all so sweet and enthusiastic,” says the actress who meanwhile also plays in the theater play Oost West Thuis Best. “And tonight I was allowed to interview my love (Mathias Vergels, ed.). Pretty funny.”

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Lynn Van den Broeck © Kristof Ghyselinck

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Margriet Hermans and her husband Frank linger in the summer bar. “But not too long, because I have to perform almost every day and so taking enough rest is also important,” says the singer, who feels a lot of warmth and sympathy from the audience. “Although one glass of rosé can get rid of it.””

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Margriet Hermans and Frank © Kristof Ghyselinck

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Gene Thomas took his daughter Lily to Summer Hit. “She is sitting by the sea and wanted to come along,” said the singer. “She likes that atmosphere backstage.” Gene also needs to take it easy after his kidney stone surgery two weeks ago. “I can feel it after a performance, but we’re not complaining.”

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Gene Thomas and his daughter Lily © Kristof Ghyselinck

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Luc Steeno’s song ‘He Speelde Accordion’ is exactly 30 years old, so he was allowed to sing it again during Zomerhit. “But I can’t play the accordion myself.”

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Kok Stéphane Buyens and his wife Ellen came to sing along with our Flemish artists.

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Stephane Buyens in Ellen © Kristof Ghyselinck

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Jérémie Makiese was allowed to perform his Eurovision song ‘Miss You’ again for the public.

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Laurins Dursin, Julie Vermeire’s friend, came to soak up the atmosphere as a reporter for MNM.

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“Performing with you at sea is magical,” said Tom and Kato of The Starlings. The latter shared on social media today that she sometimes suffers from panic attacks on stage. “But it’s getting better and better and I can even enjoy it.” Her boyfriend Tom sees that too. “She shines on stage.”

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Tom en Kato van The Starlings © Kristof Ghyselinck

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Conner Rousseau came to support his ‘Masked Singer’ colleagues Camille and Mathias Vergels. “But I’m not going to perform myself,” laughs the Vooruit chairman.

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The Voice of Flanders winner Grace and Laura Tesoro form an occasional duo and perform the song ‘Bam Bam’ by Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran. “Our voices blend nicely together”, according to the ladies in red. Both singers will soon come up with a new song. And Laura has been nominated for the Summer hit with ‘Not Easy’. “It’s an atypical song, so I’m curious what it will bring. Anyway, the reactions are very positive. A confirmation that I have to follow my gut feeling.”

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