Sürpriz

Sürpriz (Turkish: "Surprise ") was a German -Turkish pop group who represented Germany at the Euro Vision Song Contest 1999. It consisted entirely of Turkish origin artists.

Band History

The group was founded by bandleader Cihan Özden specifically for the Euro Vision Song Contest, finishing with her, written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger Title trip to Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat at the German preliminary decision on 12 March 1999 in Bremen, ranked second behind Corinna May Once this has been disqualified because their song is not the then rules corresponding to ( previous CD release ), Sürpriz were sent as German representative to the euro Vision song Contest in Jerusalem.

Previously, however, the participation would have been almost prevented because the OGAE Germany eV, a German fan club for the song contest, tried to portray the title Journey to Jerusalem as a plagiarism of the former, also composed by Ralph Siegel song Where are we headed. This was 1984, published as a B- side of the single Tingel tangling man with whom participated in the Harmony Group Four at the German preliminary decision to Euro Vision Song Contest. This was, as in the case of May, again raised the question according to the rule conformity. Thereby, the group missed the registration deadline for the competition. An independent jury made ​​up of members of the EBU in Geneva, which concluded unanimously that the matter raised by the song to no self- plagiarism seal, the participation of the group was then allowed to yet.

In the German preliminary, they presented their song in Turkish, German and English; the international presence they added a line of text in Hebrew. You could gain a third place; Highest scores were found for these not only from Turkey and Israel, but also from the Netherlands ( the high part of Turkish origin citizens have ), Poland and Portugal.

Despite the good result Sürpriz was denied commercial success; they could not place in the charts themselves. A produced in the following year album was released only in Turkey. After some changes (among other things came Cihans s girlfriend Aynur Aydın to the group ) Sürpriz parted in 2002.

Jazz Akkar took in 2013 at the third season of The Voice of Germany part.

Members

Sürpriz consisted of the following Turkish-born German musicians.

• Cihan " Chicco " Özden ( born June 9, 1976 in Munich)
• Deniz Filizmen ( born January 30, 1978 in Munich)
• Yasemin "Jazz" Akkar ( born October 5, 1982 in Munich)
• Filiz Zeyno ( born July 28, 1969 in Hamburg)
• Savaş Ucar ( born April 26, 1967 in Istanbul)
• Bülent Ural ( born January 24, 1973 in Munich)

Discography

Single

• Journey to Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat (1999)

Album

• Sürpriz (2000)