May 12, 2009

This Event Called Hadise

Watch the Eurovision performance that moved Hadise[1] to the finals in Moscow. Hadise was the ninth candidate in the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. One of Hadise's backing singers is Belgian too: Steve Kashala. Furthermore Hadise is accompanied by a Dutch backing singer, two female Russian dancers and one Turkish dancer.
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[1] Hadise Açıkgöz, (born October 22, 1985 in Mol, Belgium), best known as just Hadise, is an TMF award winning R&B singer-songwriter and an occasional presenter.

In 2005, Hadise released her debut album, "Sweat". The album spawned 5 hit singles, most noticably the singles "Milk Chocolate Girl", "Bad Boy" and "Stir Me Up", for which Hadise won a TMF Award in Belgium and an "Altın Kelebek" (Golden Butterfly) award in Turkey. Açıkgöz then released her self-entitled studio album, "Hadise", in both Belgium and Turkey, which spawned the hit singles "A Good Kiss/"Deli Oğlan", "My Body" and "Aşkkolik".

Hadise is currently in the process of making her third studio album and also preparing to represent Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Düm Tek Tek". Hadise will be the first singer not born in Turkey to represent the country at the contest. Hadise is known for the unique songs, which experiment with R&B and dance music. She is also the lyricist for most of her songs which earned her critical acclaim.

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