Paola del Medico
Paola Felix ( born October 5, 1950 in St. Gallen, Switzerland as Paola Maria Augusta del Medico ) - formerly known as Paola del Medico, later even than Paola - is a Swiss pop singer and television presenter. She was married from 1980 until his death in 2012 with Kurt Felix, with whom she Understand 1983-1990 the TV show fun? moderated. Paola, which could place 1969-1982 in the German charts, took part in 1969 and 1980 for Switzerland at the Euro Vision Song Contest and reached in each case are amongst the top five. With husband Kurt she was elected by the audience ARD 2006 " Germany's dream couple ."
Life
Paola Felix is the daughter of originating from the Italian Adriaort Fano master tailor Vittorio del Medico and the Swiss Anna Hauser Mountain and has the Italian and Swiss nationality. As a 14 -year-old she won in 1965 the second prize at the " Golden Record of St. Gallen ", an amateur festival. During their next commercial training at a textile company, she participated in various talent competitions, they usually also won. To her musical training included two years flute for five years piano, guitar, she taught herself itself, but also took singing lessons and then acting lessons in Zurich. She speaks German, Italian, Spanish, French and English.
In 1967 she made her first television appearance on the program " talents imagine ", and the following year their first single was released for all times ( 1968), with whom she came in fourth place at the Intervision Song Festival in the Czech Karlovy Vary, but in the Swiss Trials for the Grand Prix euro vision was unsuccessful. In 1969, Paola del Medico first time at the Euro Vision Song Contest, finishing with Bonjour, bonjour for Switzerland in Madrid to fifth place. In the Swiss singles chart she came thus to 7th place Henceforth she was a permanent guest in the ZDF hit parade and other television programs. With Still waters that are deep she could take second place in the German song contest in Wiesbaden, Germany in the same year. On the fifth Festival Internacional da Canção Rio de Janeiro 1970, she remained with Emporte -moi sur ton manège unplaced. She was now on a permanent guest in the ZDF hit parade and other television programs.
In 1974, she took ballet lessons with Samy Molcho and held, with the singles Capri -Fischer and Adio my Napoli in Germany two minor hits. Her performance in Peter Franken field ZDF hit request program "Music is the key" with the song The White Rose of Athens brought her in 1975 a flood of audience requests for a single this recording one, so that their record company CBS decided without further ado, the song in a new version as a single to publish.
In 1977, she tried for a second time at the Euro Vision Song Contest, but failed in the Swiss Trials Le livre blanc with the title, who finished only second place. Same thing happened to her with the title bird of the night, with whom she competed for the German participation in 1979, but only reached the third place. Finally in 1980 they won the qualifying round for Switzerland and won the title Cinéma at the international event in The Hague fourth place.
In the same year she married the Swiss television presenter Kurt Felix, with whom she first (1982 ) the ZDF music show songs go around the world, then the SWF eve end of the series Friday Party (6 episodes, 1983), and finally from 1983 to 1990, the Saturday night show Candid Camera? moderated. First Moderation experiences she could as early as 1981 in the show Good mood with music - collect melodies with Paola.
In 1982, Paola Felix also tried again for Germany in the preliminary round for the Euro Vision Song Contest. But with the title Peter Pan she came behind Nicole back to square 2 of the competition she remained loyal, as in 1986 the moderation of the Swiss Trials took over for the song contest.
Their biggest commercial success they had with the devil and the young man, which in 1981 was five weeks in the German Top 10, and the German host of Blue Bayou in 1978, a song by Roy Orbison, the first time in 1963 and charted in 1977 by a version Linda Ronstadt was a worldwide success. Blue Bayou was to some extent that it claimed to Paola's signature song in several versions to various matters. Sustainable cheerfulness made her presentation at the show for the 60th birthday of Karl Dall, when they slipped to a " banana island ".
1990 Jack White produced with Paola Felix under the pseudonym " Raffaella " for Candid Camera? a cover version of the song Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.
On her 40th birthday she moved in the meantime, show business and lived with her husband, who adopted the Italian citizenship to their homes in Switzerland and Italy. However, Paola Felix is now and again a guest at various talk shows. 1998 produced the MDR the show Good evening wish Paola and Kurt Felix, a Saturday evening show with repeats.
1998 Paola Felix sang with Michael von der Heide in the TV show Benissimo their hit duet Blue Bayou.
2002 Paola worked as a fashion catalog model. When her husband Kurt Felix in 2002 was diagnosed with cancer; he dedicated to her with touching words the Bambi Award, which he received in 2003. In 2012, he died from the disease after this long time was considered overcome.
Honors
- Golden tuning forks 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1990
- Golden Bear 1974
- Bambi 1990
- Platinum double - LP 1990
- Glanz & Gloria Award from the Swiss TV 2006
- With husband Kurt of "Germany (!) Dream couple " chosen by the viewers of the ARD 2006
Success title
- For all time - 1968
- Raindrops - 1968
- Bonjour, Bonjour - 1969
- Still waters run deep - 1969
- Such is life - 1970
- On the Lake Lucerne - 1970
- For both of us ( Green Green Trees ) - 1970
- Happiness and sorrow - 1970
- Emporte -moi sur ton manège - 1970
- So how do you - 1971
- Everywhere is love - 1971
- Let besteh'n love - 1972
- It 's about you - it's about me ( I'm on My Way ) - 1972
- I dance ' at your beck ( The Pied Piper ) - 1973
- I confess all - 1973
- Capri Fischer - 1974
- Addio, my Napoli - 1974
- The happiness in life is a treasure - 1975
- White Rose of Athens - 1975
- Rendezvous at four - 1975
- Too bad about the Moonlight - 1976
- Le livre blanc - 1977
- Tomorrow you 'll get more of me - 1977
- Between you and me - 1977
- Lonely Blue Boy - 1977
- Blue Bayou - 1978
- I'm not a puppet (Substitute ) - 1978
- Summer Dream - 1978
- Bird of the Night - 1979
- How do you (Bright Eyes) - 1979
- I see tears when you're laughing - 1980
- Mr. Tampourin Man - 1980
- Cinéma - 1980
- With you live ( Love Me Tender ) - 1980
- The Devil and the young man - 1980
- Love is not just a word - 1981
- My gift to you ( Happy Everything) - 1981
- When you come home - 1982
- Peter Pan - 1982
- I have seen the like in paradise ( I've Never Been to Me ) - 1982
- Dreams good times of Hawaii - 1983
- Please help me today night - 1983
- Pink ( quel che Sarà sarà ) - 1983
- Close to the Rainbow - 1983
- With tears in his eyes to be blind - 1983
- Angels need love - 1984
- The night of nights - 1984
- Fashion - 1985
- Truth & Love - 1985
- At the beginning of a new love - 1986
- The men in general - 1987
- Rose of the Night - 1989
- The small town (Green, Green Grass of Home)
- An island at the end of the world ( Scarborough Fair )
- John B.
- Juke Box
- As you make your bed ( Red Balloon ( Callow la vita ) )
- Wild Swans ( El condor pasa )
Discography
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