Francine Jordi
Encyclopedia
Francine Jordi is a Swiss
pop
singer.
As a young child she was already singing songs for the Japan
ese tourists in Interlaken
. With this musical background she won the German
Grand Prix der Volksmusik
in 1998 with the song Das Feuer der Sehnsucht. From that moment on Jordi became a real star in Switzerland with golden discs, successes in the charts and tours throughout the German speaking
countries. She also hosted two TV shows at the ARD. In 2002 she represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest
in Tallinn
with a French language
song "Dans le jardin de mon âme
". In the autumn of that year she made a solo tour with her band throughout Switzerland.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer.
As a young child she was already singing songs for the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese tourists in Interlaken
Interlaken
Interlaken is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland, a well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland.-History:...
. With this musical background she won the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Grand Prix der Volksmusik
Grand Prix der Volksmusik
The Grand Prix der Volksmusik is an annual regional song contest for folk music, first held in 1986. The countries taking part are Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy .-History:...
in 1998 with the song Das Feuer der Sehnsucht. From that moment on Jordi became a real star in Switzerland with golden discs, successes in the charts and tours throughout the German speaking
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
countries. She also hosted two TV shows at the ARD. In 2002 she represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
with a French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
song "Dans le jardin de mon âme
Dans Le Jardin De Mon Ame
"Dans le jardin de mon âme" was the Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. It was performed in French by Francine Jordi, who also composed the song....
". In the autumn of that year she made a solo tour with her band throughout Switzerland.
Discography
- (1998) Das Feuer der Sehnsucht
- (1999) Ein Märchen aus Eis
- (2000) Wunschlos glücklich
- (2001) Verliebt in das Leben
- (2002) In Garten meiner Seele
- (2003) Alles steht und fällt mit Dir
- (2004) Einfach Francine Jordi
- (2005) Halt mich
- (2007) Dann kamst du
- (2009) Meine kleine grosse Welt
- (2010) Mit dem Herz durch die Wand
- (2011) Lago Maggiore (with Florian Ast)