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entertainment">Pelmelay (62) told presenter Martijn Krabbé her motivation for participating in the TV talent hunt for people over 60: “The Netherlands knows me from the Song Contest, but I have much more to offer.” She was in the backing choir of Gerard Joling at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 to sing along with Shangri-la. A year later Pelmelay took the big stage himself with Stay as you are.
entertainment">That ballad put her on the map, but the singer wanted in The voice senior show the general public a different side of themselves. Her beloved John had accompanied the show that was taped last summer, while Pelmelay had yet to break up with him in 2020 after breaking up with him. a lonely christmas experienced. The terrifying story of the shipwreck on the Costa Concordia, where she was on board, was also discussed.
entertainment">Slightly nervous, the ‘aged’ talent climbed the stage in the studio to Last dance by Donna Summer. With success: Bauer, Joling and Angela Groothuizen successively turned their red chairs. The cheerful Frans immediately put a smile on his face when he saw Pelmelay perform. “I was running purely on intuition and thought wow, so this is just great.” Bauer managed to strike the right chord with the comment “maybe you just want to leave that Eurovision past a little bit behind you” and thus gave the other coaches a check.
entertainment">“I think it’s such a great honor, and I really promise you that we’re going to do something really beautiful together. It even makes me a little emotional. You have seen me grow up as an artist and I hope I can give you many more beautiful moments in the coming weeks”, he said, sealed with a kiss on the hand.
entertainment">Last season Imca Marina participated in The voice senior, after which she advised her colleagues to give it a try. “It is unique. In my younger years I was lived by the profession. I wanted to experience something like that in my life, such a show is quite an experience.”
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