Olivia Lewis



Edsilia Francisca Rombley ( Amsterdam , 13 February1978 ) is a Dutchsinger, who was known for her participation in the Soundmixshow and the Eurovision Song Contest . Her parents have a Caribbean background ( Aruba and Curaçao ).



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[ hide ]  *1 Biography  ==Biography [ edit] == The singing career of Rombley began in 1995 as a joke, when she and Gracia Gorre , Karima Lemghari and Susan Haps the R & B group Dignity formed. The name stands for Dignity Dignified Individuals Giving New Insight To You. A year later came the singles Talk to Me and Hold Me on the compilation album No sweat one assist. In 1996 Rombley won the final of theSoundmixshow with an imitation of Oleta Adams ( I Just Had to Hear Your Voice ). In 1997 international acclaim followed thanks to the profits of the European Soundmixshow same number. Commissioned by Douwe Egberts same year she took an exclusively produced for this company cd home with 12 Dutch songs, she left Dignity and released her first solo singleBaby It's You . ===Eurovision 1998[ edit] === In 1998 Rombley earned fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest (the best result since the gain of Teach-In in 1975 ) written by the Fluitsma & Travertine Number Of Heaven and Earth .Moreover, this number reached twelfth of the Top 40 . During the Eurovision eventually won the IsraeliDana International with the song Diva, which became a worldwide hit. ===On the English tour [ edit] === The English album Edsilia from 1998 singles came Second Floor and Get Here (again a cover of Oleta Adams) from which both flopped. After much wrangling followed in 2002 by the Tjeerd Oosterhuis produced album Face to Face, preceded by the hit What Have You Done to Me , which was nominated for a National in the category Best R & B TMF Award . The same nomination she received in 2003, as well as an Edison nomination for best singer nationally.Face to Face was in 2003 in Germany released. The singer stayed there for several months for promotion but the album was not a success. ===2004 [ edit] === From January 2004 Rombley toured with jazz pianist Michiel Borstlap, with whom she played a mix of pop and jazz. Besides, they performed songs from their own repertoire among other Anita Baker and Oleta Adams. On November 28, sang Rombley and Karin Bloemen disinterested during a benefit concert for Bangladesh, organized by CordaidMemisa , a foundation that works to improve health care in developing countries. The singers were accompanied by a five-piece band and three backing singers. In addition to music from their own repertoire, she sang a few songs specially composed for Cordaid Memisa Oosterhuis. The music appeared just before the concert on CD. ===2005 [ edit] === One of the songs that Oosterhuis for the benefit concert for Bangladesh wrote, was given a new look in January 2005 and recorded by many well-known national artists called Artists for Asia . The proceeds of the song ( if you can do something ) came completely to the victims of the tsunami in Asia, on Christmas 2004. Rombley was one of the many artists who participated in this project. In 2005, she went for the first time on tour along the Dutch theaters with the show from an early age . She played a repertoire of covers, but also his own songs. Despite her lack of success as a singer, the tour was quite successful. ===2006 [ edit] === In 2006 Rombley participated in the RTL 4 television program Dancing with the Stars, a dance competition with Dutch and professional dance teachers. She danced with dance coach Peter Bosveld, but fell after the fourth show off.Shortly thereafter (June 2006) came Rombleys Dutch single Then I'm yours out, as a precursor to a whole new album with Dutch compositions. The song was a modest success on the charts. The single appeared in the autumn once more than you, a ballad written by Oosterhuis and Martin Gijzemijter . Rombley was also featured on the single Butterflies of Dicecream, in December 2006, entered into the Top 40. In early 2007 a ​​new theater Rombley planned along the Dutch theaters and was the release of her new album at the door. ===Eurovision 2007[ edit] === Olivia Lewis during the semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest<p style="line-height:1.5em;">On 16 December 2006 it was announced that Olivia Lewis Netherlands would be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest. for a second time The festival was held in May 2007 in the Finnish capital Helsinki . On February 11, 2007, the program ''Nice! National Contest again the song Never without you'' chosen submission. Rombley chose the song itself, the public had no influence, and there was no televoting held. Nevertheless, the Rombleys biggest hit since Heaven and Earth in 1998. The now released album more than ever even reached the Top 10 of the Top 100 albums.
 * 1.1 Eurovision 1998
 * 1.2 On the English tour
 * 1.3 2004
 * 1.4 2005
 * 1.5 2006
 * 1.6 Eurovision 2007
 * 1.7 2008-present
 * 2 Personal life
 * 3 Discography
 * 3.1 Albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 DVD
 * 4 External link

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">During the preparations for the Eurovision Rombley announced her entry will be singing in English. The original Dutch version of Never without you was translated to yield the title changed to On top of the world . Meanwhile predicted many polls on the internet that the Netherlands is not likely to qualify for the finals, because the song did to some old-fashioned and bourgeois.Rombley himself said in an interview on April 28 that "if you win, you have a lot of people around you, but you often lose alone". <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  In early May 2007 Rombley went off to Helsinki, where she on May 10 on behalf of Netherlands took office in the semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest. Rombley not finish in the top ten (21th place) and therefore did not go through to the final. In the overall ranking, they came to a 35th place out of 42 participants. Despite this disappointing result, they still managed to surprise the audience just two days later during the finals: together with Paul de Leeuw it reached during the Dutch scoring 12 points for Turkey out.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">During an interview Rombley said she had enjoyed her second Eurovision participation. They added to it that she would not want to do. Again <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="vertical-align:text-top;position:relative;font-size:0.8em;top:-5px;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] ===2008-present <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:1.5em;">After participating in the Contest Rombley has been dealing with various projects. As the singer in 2009 was again the Dutch theaters with the show "Let Me Sing Yet." In early 2011, the singer popped the theaters again, this time with a show entitled "Edsilia Sing Next". Around this period appeared the song Give You Over on single, which was a modest hit in the charts. From November From My Heart for sale, a compilation of highlights from the 15-year career Edsilia, with new songs including From The Eye Out From My Heart, a single in collaboration just Ruth Jacott. ==Personal life <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == <p style="line-height:1.5em;">On September 1, 2006 Rombley married in Amsterdam with the Dutch composer of contemporary songs Tjeerd Oosterhuis, the couple has two daughters together. ==Discography <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] == ===Albums <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === ===Singles <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === ===DVD <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[ edit] === <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Olivia Lewis - Live @ The Wisseloord Studios - released in 2009