Jamai Loman
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Jamai Johannes Loman was the winner of the first series of Idols (Netherlands)
the Dutch
variant on Pop Idol
, pop singer and Dutch musical artist.
. He also performed at the school's "Shownight" in 2000, and played in the school jazz
band called 8CC.
In 2003 he entered the Dutch Idols competition. To his surprise, he survived round after round and was voted the winner. At the 2003 World Idol
however, he only received 36 points and came in last, with a slashing Jury report.
Shortly after releasing his third single, Jamai decided to move from the music business to acting and he starred in the musicals Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty), Hello, Dolly!
and Jesus Christ Superstar
. Currently (January 2007) he is in The Wiz
, where he is playing the role of the Wiz and alternating the role of the Scarecrow
.
Jamai's management announced that he will be playing the role of Marius Pontmercy
in the musical Les Misérables
, at London's West End
in the summer of 2007. This however proved to be false, the producers of the show claiming he had auditioned, but was never promised the role.
In 2008 Jamai played the role of Marius in the Dutch revival version of Les Misérables
, for which he received a John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ in a large musical production.
In 2009 Jamai is set to play the part of Bobby Strong in the M-Lab production of Urinetown
.
Top 10: Everything I Do, I Do It For You by Bryan Adams
Top 09: Love Is All Around
Top 08: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John
Top 07: De Vleugels Van Mijn Vlucht
Top 06: Relight My Fire by Take That
Top 05: Always
Top 04: Angels by Robbie Williams
Top 04: Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez
Top 03: If You Don't Know Me By Now by Simply Red
Top 03: Celebration by Kool and The Gang
Finale: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John
Finale: Your Song by Elton John
Finale: Step Right Up
2003 Greatest Moments, Idols Album
2003 Jamai, Album
2003 When you walk in the room, Single (ft. Dewi, 4th place Idols)
2004 Wango Tango, Single
2005 Super Guppie zingt, Album starring different artists, in connection with the Dutch "Children's Books Week"
2006 Jesus Christ Superstar, Dutch Original Cast Album
.
Jamai won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2005" for Best Upcoming Talent, for his role of Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly!. The Award includes a scholarship
of 10.000 Euro
.
Nominated for the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2006" for Best Male Supporting Role for Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar.
In 2008 Jamai won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2008" for Best Male Supporting Role for Marius Pontmercy in Les Misérables.
In December 2006, he dubbed the voice for penguin Mumble in the animated movie Happy Feet
.
Jamai has been an Ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
in Holland since May 2004.
In July 2009, Jamai was announced the winner of the fourth season of the Dutch Dancing with the Stars
From July till August 2009 Jamai is also co-presenting the "waar is Elvis" (where is Elvis) television show
for RTL4. http://www.rtl.nl/muziek/waariselvis/home/
Idols (Netherlands)
Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands....
the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
variant on Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
, pop singer and Dutch musical artist.
Biography
Jamai (at that time living with his parents and two elder sisters), grew up in Schoonhoven, where he started his "career" in a school musicalMusical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
. He also performed at the school's "Shownight" in 2000, and played in the school jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
band called 8CC.
In 2003 he entered the Dutch Idols competition. To his surprise, he survived round after round and was voted the winner. At the 2003 World Idol
World Idol
World Idol was the title of a one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each other.The performance show was held on Christmas Day 2003, with the results show held on New Year's Day...
however, he only received 36 points and came in last, with a slashing Jury report.
Shortly after releasing his third single, Jamai decided to move from the music business to acting and he starred in the musicals Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty), Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly! (musical)
Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955....
and Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
. Currently (January 2007) he is in The Wiz
The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...
, where he is playing the role of the Wiz and alternating the role of the Scarecrow
Scarecrow (Oz)
The Scarecrow is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and illustrator William Wallace Denslow. In his first appearance, the Scarecrow reveals that he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. In reality, he is only two days old and merely...
.
Jamai's management announced that he will be playing the role of Marius Pontmercy
Marius Pontmercy
Marius Pontmercy is a principal fictional character in Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables. He is young, intense, and in love with Cosette. He fights at the barricades with Enjolras and the Friends of the ABC when %C3%89ponine tricks him into going to the barricade and he resolves to die...
in the musical Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
, at London's West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
in the summer of 2007. This however proved to be false, the producers of the show claiming he had auditioned, but was never promised the role.
In 2008 Jamai played the role of Marius in the Dutch revival version of Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
, for which he received a John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ in a large musical production.
In 2009 Jamai is set to play the part of Bobby Strong in the M-Lab production of Urinetown
Urinetown
Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics...
.
Dutch Idol Performances
Top 30: Always On My Mind by Willie NelsonWillie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
Top 10: Everything I Do, I Do It For You by Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
Top 09: Love Is All Around
Top 08: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
Top 07: De Vleugels Van Mijn Vlucht
Top 06: Relight My Fire by Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
Top 05: Always
Top 04: Angels by Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
Top 04: Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
Top 03: If You Don't Know Me By Now by Simply Red
Simply Red
Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...
Top 03: Celebration by Kool and The Gang
Finale: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
Finale: Your Song by Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
Finale: Step Right Up
Discography
2003 Step Right Up, Single2003 Greatest Moments, Idols Album
2003 Jamai, Album
2003 When you walk in the room, Single (ft. Dewi, 4th place Idols)
2004 Wango Tango, Single
2005 Super Guppie zingt, Album starring different artists, in connection with the Dutch "Children's Books Week"
2006 Jesus Christ Superstar, Dutch Original Cast Album
Theater
- 2003 Bij Paul op de koffie, Theater tour with Dutch artist Paul de Leeuw
- 2004 Musical Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty), Jonathan, Dutch tour
- 2004-2005 Hello, Dolly!, Barnaby Tucker, Dutch tour
- 2005-2006 Jesus Christ Superstar, Simon Zealotes, Dutch tour
- 2006 Musicals In Ahoy - Ahoy' RotterdamAhoy' RotterdamAhoy Rotterdam is an indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The capacity of the arena is 15,000.-History:...
- 2006-2007 The Wiz, Scarecrow and The Wiz, Beatrix Theater, UtrechtUtrecht (city)Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
- 2008 Les Misérables, Marius, Netherlands
- 2009 Urinetown, Bobby Strong, M-Lab
- 2009-2010 Disney Musical Sing a long, Soloist.
- 2010 Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, Alternate Joseph Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties.
- 2010-2011 Urinetown, Bobby Strong, Netherlands Tour, Joop van den Ende theaterproducties/Stage-entertainment
Awards
In 2003 Jamai won the "Gouden Vedel", a price awarded by the Dutch Association of Dancing Teachers to artists who release a good dance record. He received this award for his single Step Right Up, used in dancing classes for learning the cha-cha-chaCha-cha-cha (dance)
The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953...
.
Jamai won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2005" for Best Upcoming Talent, for his role of Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly!. The Award includes a scholarship
Scholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
of 10.000 Euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
.
Nominated for the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2006" for Best Male Supporting Role for Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar.
In 2008 Jamai won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2008" for Best Male Supporting Role for Marius Pontmercy in Les Misérables.
Miscellaneous
In October 2006, Jamai started presenting the children's Television program Jetix Max, together with actress Nicolette van Dam.In December 2006, he dubbed the voice for penguin Mumble in the animated movie Happy Feet
Happy Feet
Happy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released...
.
Jamai has been an Ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions. The charity now operates in forty-seven countries around the world through thirty-six affiliate offices.The president & CEO of this...
in Holland since May 2004.
In July 2009, Jamai was announced the winner of the fourth season of the Dutch Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
From July till August 2009 Jamai is also co-presenting the "waar is Elvis" (where is Elvis) television show
for RTL4. http://www.rtl.nl/muziek/waariselvis/home/
External links
- Official Website
- Official Dutch Jamai Fanclub
- Jamai Fansite (Dutch)
- Jamai at IMDb