Banaroo
Banaroo [ bænəɹu ː ] was one of four German pop band. It was early in 2005 by German TV station Super RTL for the docu-soap Banaroo: The Star - compiled diary that was broadcast between April to July 2005, a day in the sender's evening program. Similar to the Dutch Casting band Ch! Pz Banaroo should respond with simple but catchy pop songs especially younger children. In its founding year, the four were among the most commercially successful German bands and we were given two echo nominations.
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Members
Robbert "Bobby" Dessauvagie ( born October 13, 1982 in Monster, The Netherlands) was given from childhood ballet lessons. He initially worked as a model. In 2004 he participated in the Dutch version of Popstars: The Rivals in part and qualified for the finals of the top ten men. After the first live show he withdrew from the competition. In 2013 he got the role of the brimstone butterfly Vincent in the theater musical " Willie the Christmas cake ". The piece played from 13 November to 29 December 2013, the comedy Dresden.
Stefanie " Steffy " Dreyer ( born January 21, 1982 in Weimar) was given as a teenager trained as a cellist and took classical singing lessons. In 2000 she moved to Berlin to study at the Academy of Arts and Musical show. First experience in front of audiences they collected from 2002 as a supporting actress in smaller theaters in Berlin and Bremen. In 2004, she was seen in a supporting role in an episode of the ARD television series The Commissioner. In the same year she took over in the ProSieben - evening series 18 - Alone among girls, the role of Catherine, an ambitious athlete who is training for a dance competition. Since 2004 she plays for the Berlin ' Bar jeder Vernunft " in the play Cabaret Sally Bowles the.
Kathrin "Cat" Geissler ( born March 19, 1987 in Hamburg) is the youngest member of the band. Geissler began at the age of seven years with dance and piano lessons. Before she became a member of Banaroo, she appeared in several musical productions in her hometown. In Hamburg Delphi Showpalast she played from January 2005 in the musical Happy Hippies in Space by Bo Lander her first starring role.
Vittorio " Vito " Magro ( born February 12, 1980 in Saint -Nicolas, Belgium) is of Italian descent. Together with four siblings, he grew up in Frankfurt am Main. Magro began to sing in the choir of his elementary school, put the later in a self- established working group and within individual solo projects continued. He participated in the talent show chart up of the television station Sat.1 and penetrated into the finals. In 2003, he began to train further at the Voice Factory in Frechen his voice. Since 2008, he sings along with Claudia Cacciato, called in a German / Italian pop duo " Destivo ". Since 2011, D' Ippolito Elliana occupied the female part of the duo.
Band History
Banaroo: The Star - diary
After the continued success of casting shows on German television RTL designed the Super Star Diary as a new TV format. As the spiritual father of the project operates Michael Bolte, a member of the marketing department of Super RTL. Based on the concept of pop stars the new mission should accompany a newly formed pop band in their first career steps documentary, enabling an authentic look at the early work of a band. Unlike other formats, but was waived on all interactive elements for continuous casting selection of the participants.
The casting took place before the start of filming in close coordination with the record company Na Klar! Records Hennef / Berlin. Should be found so-called high potential young artists who were just at the beginning of her career, but in the realm of vocals and dance have been able to point to some experience in front of audiences. From the casting Dessauvagie, Dreyer, Geissler and Magro emerged as the participants of the series. The name of the band Banaroo was chosen. He is, according to Vittorio Magro back on their own experience in a zoo. As there asked him a little child, whether kangaroos would also eat bananas, he replied: "If kangaroos would eat bananas, they would indeed Banaroos hot ... "
Capturing the essence of Banaroo: The Star Diary Super RTL began on 18 April 2005 until 10 July 2005, a total 84 chapters were daily at 19:05 clock shown. . Produced the series by Mark Feuerstake, who also directed. For the filming of the four band members moved into a shared apartment in Cologne. In the five-minute episodes, the viewer could all activities to build the career of Banaroo as vocal Trainingswhip and Choreografieproben, pursue, but also received private insights. Every Saturday morning sent Super RTL is a 20- minute weekly summary.
The show became the most successful in-house production of Super RTL in the history of the station. Every evening, followed on average 590,000 viewers (market share: 2.9%), the series in which even as many as 800,000 spectators. In the relevant Super RTL target group of 3 - to 13 -year-olds had the Star Diary on average 370,000 viewers and a market share of 30.2%.
Dubi Dam Dam
Five weeks after the first episode came on 23 May 2005, Dubi Dam Dam debut single on the market. In addition to a remix they also contained the theme song of the series: Make You See the Stars. The production was the single by Carsten Wegener and Timo Hohnholz who were responsible for significant parts of the following albums later. And as with other bands previously casted went at Banaroo on the strategy, specifically use always-on television presence as a marketing tool. The song reached in Germany went straight to number two of the singles charts. In Austria and Switzerland, he was equally successful.
Also the five weeks later published debut album Banaroo 's World was a great sales success. It debuted in Germany on 20 June 2005 to a fifth place in the charts and captured in mid-August for a week the top. In Austria, gave the album seven weeks at number one. Shortly thereafter, produced by Thorsten Brötzmann second single was coupled out of the album. Space Cowboy confirmed the success of the first single and largely in Germany reached the top five.
End of September 2005 were awarded in Germany for more than 150,000 singles sold a gold record, and for more than 200,000 albums sold a platinum record Banaroo. In Switzerland and in Austria single and album were each certified gold.
For their successes Banaroo were nominated as Best Newcomer for both the pop music Comet price of German music channel VIVA as well as for the echo.
Banaroo - The Movie!
After the expiry of the TV series came on 8 August 2005, the DVD Banaroo - The Movie! on the market. In addition to the three music videos to Dubi Dam Dam, Space Cowboy and Make You See the Stars and five other live recordings, the DVD contains three unaired episodes of Star diary. They show a visit from the band in the studio 's production company and an excursion to the Rhine. As bonus material, outtakes of the series were packed on the DVD.
Christmas World
Just five months after the debut was released on 25 November 2005 under the title Christmas World, the follow-up album, a compilation of well-known Christmas songs that have been loaded by Banaroo. The album was again produced by Carsten Wegener and Timo Hohnholz.
Only newly composed song on the album was Coming Home for Christmas, which was previously released as a single. Not least thanks to targeted marketing campaigns - the title was chosen as the official song of the RTL charity campaign ChariTree - the single reached in all German-speaking countries, in turn, the top 10.
Album No.. 3: Amazing
In good time before Super RTL began to build the next Star Diary Band with Yoomiii published Banaroo on 24 March 2006 a new album, the third within nine months. Musically, it tied largely on the debut album. Five of the twelve songs came back from producer team Wegener / Hohnholz, a track headed for Dieter Bohlen. As an extra, the band played the theme song of the animated series Kim Possible - originally performed by Christina Milian - new one. The young fan base remained loyal Banaroo. Album and the advance single from the Uh Mamma rose again in the charts of all three German-speaking countries one on the front seats. In Austria, the album reached only four weeks after its release Gold status.
The last album: Fly Away
The fourth and final album Fly Away was released on 27 February 2007. Was promoted from Nickelodeon, as well as the singles Ba Yonga Wamba and I'll Fly Away. In the period around the release date around Banaroo was used as a jury in the nick Nick production talent. The winner of the show, Naomi was allowed to roll, rotate the video clip for the single I'll Fly Away by Banaroo. End of 2007, a compilation of all the songs under the title The Best of Banaroo been published yet. Having failed to success, the band lost their record contract and withdrew into their privacy.
In May 2008, Vito announced on the band's website that the band has dissolved and the members who wish to take individual projects.
Start-up 2013
In 2013 Banaroo was newly established, while the entire cast was replaced. Once again, the band is at the record company Na Klar! Records, for the music is Oliver Hintz of Villa - Productions responsible.
However, neither the album nor the singles were able to place since the founding of the charts.
On November 6, 2013 Laura Luppino announced on its Facebook page that the band has dissolved. The reason given was that cooperation with Na Klar! Records was no longer possible.