Sibel Redzep
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Sibel Redzep, (born 12 December 1987 in Radoviš
, Republic of Macedonia
) is a Macedonian
-born Swedish
pop
singer of Turkish
descent. She is known from the Swedish television show
Idol 2005
, where she was the second runner up.
She was also a semifinalist of Idol 2004
, where she placed fourth in her group but didn't make it to the finals.
Before she joined the show she lived in Kristianstad, Sweden
. Sibel speaks Swedish, Turkish, English, French and a little Chinese and German. She was in the background vocals for the 2009 hit single "It's Alright, It's OK
" by Ashley Tisdale
.
to tears. The following year she was beaten to the final by Agnes Carlsson
and Sebastian Karlsson
. She was born in Radoviš
, in the mountains of south-eastern Macedonia. Her family lived in the nearby small Turkish
village of Topolnica.
, who immediately after the loss of Sibel in the penultimate round of Idol 2005
. Swartling stood to his word and in the summer of 2006, he started work with Sibel in the studio with songwriter/producer Christian Antblad in Dublin. With Sibel at the microphone it was decided that they would work with big ballads for her voice. One of the ballads, "How I Tried To Let You Go" was originally a small idea for a chorus sung by Sibel over the phone, which was taken to the studio where Christian and Peter immediately fell for it. With a total of about thirty songs recorded, Sibel returned to the home town of Kristianstad to graduate from high school.
"That Is Where I'll Go
", in the last semifinal, where she advanced to "Andra chansen" (second chance), and subsequently made it to the finals. In hope of representing Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2008
in Belgrade
, Serbia
. She was lost to Charlotte Perrelli
, who later represented Sweden in the Eurovision 2008
.
Since the show Sibel has released her album The Diving Belle
and two singles, "That Is Where I'll Go
" and "Make Believe
. There are plans to release her debut album in her native language, Turkish
.
with the song "Stop". She performed in semifinal 4, held on 27 February. The song was written by Mikaela Stenström and Dimitri Stassos. Redzep competed for the chance to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest
, but she failed, as she only placed 7th. The 2010 contest
was held in Oslo
, Norway
on 29 May 2010.
new Dancing TV Show Shake It Up
which will be on the Shake It Up: Break It Down
Radoviš
Radoviš is a city positioned in the southeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the second largest city in the southeastern region. The city is the seat of Radoviš Municipality, which is spread on the bottom of Plačkovica Mountain and the northern part of the Radoviš-Strumica valley. The...
, Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
) is a Macedonian
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
-born Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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 of Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
descent. She is known from the Swedish television show
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
Idol 2005
Idol 2005
The second season of Swedish Idol premiered in August 2005 and continued until its grand finale on 2 December, when 17-year-old Agnes Carlsson from Vänersborg was crowned winner. The series was the first to crown a female Idol and is to date the sole season to be won by either a public or judges'...
, where she was the second runner up.
She was also a semifinalist of Idol 2004
Idol 2004
-24 September :#Alex Falk - Celebration #Cornelia Dahlgren - What It Feels Like For A Girl #Fillip Williams - This Love #Angel Hansson - Hello...
, where she placed fourth in her group but didn't make it to the finals.
Before she joined the show she lived in Kristianstad, Sweden
Kristianstad
Kristianstad is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 35,711 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark, the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian', as a planned city after the burning of the town of Vä...
. Sibel speaks Swedish, Turkish, English, French and a little Chinese and German. She was in the background vocals for the 2009 hit single "It's Alright, It's OK
It's Alright, It's OK
"It's Alright, It's OK" is a song by Ashley Tisdale from her second studio album, Guilty Pleasure. The song was released as the album's lead single in the United States and Canada on April 14, 2009, being released in other countries in the following week...
" by Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...
.
Early life
In 2004 16-year old Sibel Redzep, burst onto Swedish TV screens auditioning for “Idol” singing Christina Aguilera's 'Beautiful' reducing the usually hard faced judge Peter SwartlingPeter Swartling
Peter Swartling was one of the Swedish judges on the TV talent show Idol on TV4. He made it clear that he wouldn't participate in the fourth season of Idol due to him being forced to commute between Sweden and USA, where he currently lives...
to tears. The following year she was beaten to the final by Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series...
and Sebastian Karlsson
Sebastian Karlsson
Sebastian Karlsson may refer to:* Sebastian Karlsson , Swedish singer* Sebastian Karlsson , Swedish ice hockey player* Sebastian Karlsson , Swedish football goalkeeper for Landskrona BoIS...
. She was born in Radoviš
Radoviš
Radoviš is a city positioned in the southeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the second largest city in the southeastern region. The city is the seat of Radoviš Municipality, which is spread on the bottom of Plačkovica Mountain and the northern part of the Radoviš-Strumica valley. The...
, in the mountains of south-eastern Macedonia. Her family lived in the nearby small Turkish
Turks in the Republic of Macedonia
Turks in the Republic of Macedonia, also known as Macedonian Turks, are the ethnic Turks who constitute the third largest ethnic group in the Republic of Macedonia. According to the 2002 census, there were 77,959 Turks living in the country, forming a minority of some 4% of the population. The...
village of Topolnica.
Career
Sibel's management team includes "Idol" judge Peter SwartlingPeter Swartling
Peter Swartling was one of the Swedish judges on the TV talent show Idol on TV4. He made it clear that he wouldn't participate in the fourth season of Idol due to him being forced to commute between Sweden and USA, where he currently lives...
, who immediately after the loss of Sibel in the penultimate round of Idol 2005
Idol 2005
The second season of Swedish Idol premiered in August 2005 and continued until its grand finale on 2 December, when 17-year-old Agnes Carlsson from Vänersborg was crowned winner. The series was the first to crown a female Idol and is to date the sole season to be won by either a public or judges'...
. Swartling stood to his word and in the summer of 2006, he started work with Sibel in the studio with songwriter/producer Christian Antblad in Dublin. With Sibel at the microphone it was decided that they would work with big ballads for her voice. One of the ballads, "How I Tried To Let You Go" was originally a small idea for a chorus sung by Sibel over the phone, which was taken to the studio where Christian and Peter immediately fell for it. With a total of about thirty songs recorded, Sibel returned to the home town of Kristianstad to graduate from high school.
Melodifestivalen 2008
Redzep participated in Melodifestivalen 2008 with the balladBallad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
"That Is Where I'll Go
That is Where I'll Go
"That Is Where I'll Go" is the debut single from singer Sibel. The song, written by Christian Antblad with strings from the Scandinavian Strings Orchestra, was Sibel's entry in Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish national contest which decides their Eurovision entry. The song did not win but did...
", in the last semifinal, where she advanced to "Andra chansen" (second chance), and subsequently made it to the finals. In hope of representing Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. She was lost to Charlotte Perrelli
Charlotte Perrelli
Charlotte Perrelli is a Swedish singer and occasional television host, perhaps most famous for winning the 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven."Since then she has released six singles and five albums...
, who later represented Sweden in the Eurovision 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
.
Since the show Sibel has released her album The Diving Belle
The Diving Belle
The Diving Belle is the debut album from Turkish/Macedonian born singer Sibel. The album was released 12 March 2008 and reached number nine on the Swedish album charts...
and two singles, "That Is Where I'll Go
That is Where I'll Go
"That Is Where I'll Go" is the debut single from singer Sibel. The song, written by Christian Antblad with strings from the Scandinavian Strings Orchestra, was Sibel's entry in Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish national contest which decides their Eurovision entry. The song did not win but did...
" and "Make Believe
Make Believe (Sibel song)
"Make Believe" is the second single from singer Sibel. The song was released as a downloadable-only single in May 2008 and reached #56 on downloads alone after only one week. The song has been is connected to the Ronald McDonald foundation in Sweden where Sibel is an ambassador, the video for the...
. There are plans to release her debut album in her native language, Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
.
Melodifestivalen 2010
Redzep participated in Melodifestivalen 2010Melodifestivalen 2010
Melodifestivalen 2010 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2010. It was the selection for the 50th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 49th edition of Melodifestivalen...
with the song "Stop". She performed in semifinal 4, held on 27 February. The song was written by Mikaela Stenström and Dimitri Stassos. Redzep competed for the chance to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since their debut in 1958. Since 1959, the Swedish representative has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. Three times – 1964, 1970, and 1976 – Sweden didn't participate...
, but she failed, as she only placed 7th. The 2010 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
was held in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
on 29 May 2010.
Shake It Up 2010
In 2010 Sibel Redzep has recorded the song: Our Generation for Disney Channel'sDisney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
new Dancing TV Show Shake It Up
Shake It Up (TV series)
Shake It Up is an American television sitcom airing on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on November 7, 2010. Created by Chris Thompson and starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya, the show follows the adventures of Cece Jones and Rocky Blue as they star as background dancers on...
which will be on the Shake It Up: Break It Down
Albums
| Year | Information | Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
Sales and Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 2008 in music 2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such... |
The Diving Belle The Diving Belle The Diving Belle is the debut album from Turkish/Macedonian born singer Sibel. The album was released 12 March 2008 and reached number nine on the Swedish album charts...
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Swedish sales: 22,000 (Gold) | |
Singles
| Year | Song | Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
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| 2008 | "That Is Where I'll Go That is Where I'll Go "That Is Where I'll Go" is the debut single from singer Sibel. The song, written by Christian Antblad with strings from the Scandinavian Strings Orchestra, was Sibel's entry in Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish national contest which decides their Eurovision entry. The song did not win but did... " |
6 | — | The Diving Belle The Diving Belle The Diving Belle is the debut album from Turkish/Macedonian born singer Sibel. The album was released 12 March 2008 and reached number nine on the Swedish album charts... |
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| "Make Believe Make Believe (Sibel song) "Make Believe" is the second single from singer Sibel. The song was released as a downloadable-only single in May 2008 and reached #56 on downloads alone after only one week. The song has been is connected to the Ronald McDonald foundation in Sweden where Sibel is an ambassador, the video for the... " |
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| "Walking Away" | Promo | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | "I'm Sorry" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Stop" | 27 | — | TBA | |||||||||||||||
| "The Fall" (feat. Lazee Lazee Mawuli Kulego is a Swedish rapper from Malmö, Sweden.-Biography:LAZEE was born in Malmö, Sweden, to parents of Ghanaian origin. His passion for music grew from a young age and he was heavily influenced by the musical tastes of his father who was a DJ. He introduced young Lazee to soul, R&B and... ) |
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| 2010 | "United As One" (with Alex Sayz) | — | — | Single Only | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | "Wake Up" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||