Alphonso Williams

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Alphonso Williams, 2017

Alphonso Williams (born July 20, 1962 in Detroit ; † October 12, 2019 in Hamburg-Eppendorf ) was an American soul singer . In 2017 he won the 14th season of the RTL casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar . During his DSDS participation he came up with the stage name Mr. Bling Bling , which he then used.

Life

Williams was born in Detroit, Michigan , in 1962, the youngest of twelve children . His father Archie Williams was a Baptist minister . As a child, Alphonso spent a large part of his free time in his father's church, where he came into contact with music at an early age. He sang in the gospel choir with his siblings . After graduating from high school, he began a GI career in the US Army and was transferred to the Lucius D. Clay barracks in Garlstedt near Bremen in 1980 . His service ended in 1983. He was married and has two children.

In October 2019, it became known that Williams had prostate cancer . On October 12, 2019, he died in Hamburg at the age of 57 from its consequences.

Career

With his son Raphael, who was born in Oldenburg in 1987 , he founded the duo "Father & Son". The record company Jay Kay Records released the song Footsteps in My Heart in 2005 with the duo . In 2008 they took part in Das Supertalent . From 2014 the two went their separate ways musically. In 2012 Alphonso Williams took part in the impersonator casting show My Name Is , where he presented his song Rock Your Baby with George McCrae .

DSDS

In 2017 Williams was able to convince the jury with Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye at the castings of the 14th season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar . Although he received good reviews from the jury in the recall in Dubai , RTL announced his departure one day before the live shows. When he left the first motto show without a reason, a shit storm developed in the social networks that prompted RTL to issue a wildcard . Williams won the online voting with 91 percent of the vote. On May 5, 2017, he released his DSDS final song What Becomes of the Broken Hearted , a cover version of the song by Jimmy Ruffin . On May 6, 2017, he was voted the show's winner with 40.54% of calls from viewers. The prize money was 500,000 euros. In addition, he received a record deal with Universal Music .

At 54, Alphonso Williams was the oldest winner in Germany is looking for the superstar . With the 15th season , the upper age limit for candidates was reduced to 30 years in the following year.

Appearances at DSDS

Round / motto (date) song Original interpreter placement Along with
Dubai recall
1st round (March 4, 2017) His appearance was not shown in this round.
2nd round (March 11, 2017) You don't know me Ray Charles Noah Schärer, Henry van Wijmeren
3rd round (March 18, 2017) Bring It On Home to Me Sam Cooke Noah Schärer, Ivanildo Kembel
4th round (March 25, 2017) My girl The Temptations Noah Schärer, Armando Sarowny
5th round (April 1, 2017) Soul Man The Blues Brothers Ivanildo Kembel
Theme shows
Favorite songs (April 15, 2017) Car Wash Rose Royce 1 (31.48%)
Movie hits (April 22, 2017) Disco Inferno The Trammps 1 (35.66%)
I can't help myself The Four Tops Noah Schärer
Hymns of Music History (April 29, 2017) I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown 1 (34.68%)
Single song, season highlight, final song (May 6, 2017) Stop! In the Name of Love The Isley Brothers 1 (40.54%)
Disco Inferno The Trammps
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted Alphonso Williams (Original by Jimmy Ruffin )

According to DSDS

In March 2018, Williams released his first song, Everything Changes . In August 2018, Williams participated in the sixth season of Celebrity Big Brother , finishing third.

In November 2018, the Christmas single Christmas in Our Hearts was released . In December Williams completed several appearances in Las Vegas ; the producer John Stuart had offered him corresponding shows two months earlier.

In January 2019 Williams had to undergo emergency surgery because of kidney failure . He thanked for the support received at the time with the single Thanks for Sending Love, which was released at the end of May 2019 . His return to the stage after the break due to illness as well as further career steps in Las Vegas, which took place in June 2019, were documented in the Sat.1 program Promis Privat .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Mr. Bling Bling Classics
  DE 15th 06/02/2017 (4 weeks)
  AT 14th 06/09/2017 (3 weeks)
  CH 30th 06/04/2017 (2 weeks)
Singles
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
  DE 21st 05/12/2017 (2 weeks)
  AT 47 05/19/2017 (1 week)
  CH 38 05/14/2017 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2017: Mr. Bling Bling Classics

Singles

  • 2005: Footsteps in My Heart (as duo "Father & Son")
  • 2017: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
  • 2018: Everything Changes
  • 2018: Christmas in Our Hearts (as "Mr. Bling Bling")
  • 2019: Thanks for Sending Love

Appearances

Web links

Commons : Alphonso Williams  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Concern about the DSDS star: Alphonso Williams suffers from cancer Report on t-online.de on October 11, 2019, accessed on October 11, 2019
  2. ↑ Alphonso Williams is dead: DSDS winner died shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Wiefelsteder at Dsds completely excited before the performance. In: nwzonline.de
  4. ↑ RTL under pressure after protests: rule change for candidate Alphonso. In: stern.de
  5. ↑ Tonia Marie Hysky: Alphonso Williams wins at DSDS. "The air burns". In: Nordwest-Zeitung . May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Alphonso Williams is the "DSDS" winner. In: Focus.de
  7. ↑ Alphonso Williams moves into the "Celebrity Big Brother" house
  8. ↑ Celebrity Big Brother. Accessed August 31, 2018 .
  9. ↑ DSDS winner Alphonso Williams wants to take off in Las Vegas. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Stern.de: "DSDS" winner brought to the emergency room
  11. ↑ Sat1.de: Promis Privat 2019: Alphonso Williams
  12. ↑ Fernsehserien.de: Promis Privat
  13. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Alphonso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mr. Bling Bling (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soul singer, DSDS winner
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , USA
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2019
Place of death Hamburg-Eppendorf