 |
| Dave Benton & Tanel Padar |
Today, The Grandma has been talking with The Watsons about Tanel Padar, the Estonian singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest representing her country in 2001 singing Everybody.
Estonia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 25 times since making its debut in 1994. Its first appearance would have taken place in 1993, however a qualification round was installed for seven former Eastern bloc countries hoping to make their debut in the contest, with Estonia failing to qualify.
Estonia has won the contest once, in 2001. Estonia's first participation in 1994 was unsuccessful, finishing 24th (out of 25). Estonia went on to finish in the top eight in six out of seven contests (1996–2002), with Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna fifth (1996), Maarja-Liis Ilus returning to finish eighth (1997), Evelin Samuel and Camille sixth (1999) and Ines fourth (2000), before Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL gave Estonia its first victory in 2001.
This made Estonia the first former Soviet country to win the contest and the second eastern European country to win, after Yugoslavia in 1989. Sahlene then finished third for the hosts in Tallinn in 2002.
Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Estonia has failed to reach the final on nine occasions and has reached the top ten four times, with Urban Symphony sixth (2009), Ott Lepland sixth (2012), Elina Born and Stig Rästa seventh (2015) and Elina Nechayeva eighth (2018). Estonia's total of ten top ten results, is more than any other Baltic country.
Before talking about Tanel Padar, The Grandma has offered a new Cambridge Key English Test A2 Example to The Watsons.
Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.
Padar became famous by winning the Kaks takti ette, a biennial televised competition for young Estonian singers, in 1999.
In 1999 Padar won Kaks takti ette a televised competition for young Estonian singers.
In 2000, Padar was one of the backing vocalists for Ines -who at the time was also his girlfriend- at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.
In 2001, he, along with the boyband 2XL and Aruba born Dave Benton claimed the spotlight by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song Everybody.
In 2003 Padar started a rockband called Tanel Padar & The Sun, which is one of the most popular bands in Estonia.
In 2006, Tanel Padar & The Sun had the following positions in the Estonian 2006 chart (top 40): #1, #4, #12, #23, #29, #31. One of their songs also claimed the R2 Hit of the Year prize. The song Hopelessness You made it to the MTV World Chart Express.
Tanel Padar's older sister is singer Gerli Padar. He was married to Katarina Kalda from 2003 until 2007.
Everybody was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, performed in English by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL, representing Estonia. The song was performed twentieth on the night, following Germany's Michelle with Wer Liebe lebt and preceding Malta's Fabrizio Faniello with Another Summer Night. At the close of voting, it had received 198 points, with the win coming at the head of a 23-song field.
Estonia was the first Former Soviet Union country to win the Contest, with the second and third following shortly thereafter. Tanel had previously provided backing vocals for Estonia's 2000 entry, sung by Eda-Ines Etti, his then girlfriend.
Tanel and Dave were supported by a backing group of four, 2XL, Lauri Pihlap, Kaido Põldma, Sergei Morgun and Indrek Soom.
The song was followed as Estonian representative at the 2002 contest, held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, by Sahlene with Runaway.
Lyrically, the song is simply an invitation to party, with the duo singing that every night's a Friday night. The song is famous for two major reasons. The first of these is that Benton is the oldest contestant to win the grand prize. The second is that he is the first black contestant to do so. Maarja-Liis Ilus has recorded a cover version.
More information: Instagram
Every night's a Friday night
Ladies, this sure feels right
The two of us will sing again
The heart is young and we know when
To kick the sadness out the door
And roll the carpet from the floor
Let the spirit hit the roof
The two of us still know the moves.
Ladies, this sure feels right
The two of us will sing again
The heart is young and we know when
To kick the sadness out the door
And roll the carpet from the floor
Let the spirit hit the roof
The two of us still know the moves.
Tanel Padar
No comments:
Post a Comment