Evi Goffin

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Evi Goffin (born  February 27, 1981 in Antwerp ) is a Belgian singer . Her singing voice is similar to that of Kim Wilde . She became known through the commercially very successful vocal trance formation Lasgo , whose front woman she was until the beginning of 2008.

history

Medusa 1998-2000

At the age of 17, Evi received her first recording contract. Under the pseudonym Medusa she was a guest singer for Fiocco and 2 Fabiola . The single Miss You with Fiocco was very successful in Belgium at the beginning of 1999 and reached number 14 in the Flemish charts.

In February 1999 Goffin took part in the Belgian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 . Thanks to a wildcard, she was allowed to compete in the Belgian final. With her solo song Into My Life , however, she failed miserably and took last place.

At the TMF Awards in October 1999 Evi was introduced as the new singer of the dance project 2 Fabiola. The song New Years Day , a cover version of the U2 song of the same name , reached number 12 on the Flemish charts in November 1999. The second single Summer In Space by 2 Fabiola, with her as a vocalist, was released in April 2000, but at number 28 in the charts, it could not match the success of the first single. In autumn 2000 2 Fabiola broke up because Pat Krimson, the producer of the project, moved to Ibiza with his partner .

Lasgo 2001-2008

Goffin's international breakthrough came with Lasgo . The debut single Something stormed the charts worldwide in 2001. The debut album Some Things and the singles from it were also very successful. The second album Far Away from 2005 and the accompanying singles were only a success in Goffin's home country Belgium.

After the birth of their first child, there were no new Lasgo publications. When after June 2006 there were no performances by Lasgo either, rumors soon arose that Evi was no longer available as a singer. The rumors were reinforced in early December 2007 by a Belgian newspaper report that Evi was considering leaving Lasgo and that her decision would be announced by February 2008. At the end of May 2008 it was clear that Evi had left Lasgo because a new singer was being sought for the Lasgo project.

The official reason given for the time-out or resignation was that Goffin wanted to look after her family more. She did not reveal the real reasons until October 2008, as she was contractually forbidden to speak about it beforehand. She never intended to leave Lasgo. There would be conflicts with your management and the like. a. got over their pay. In addition, she was not allowed to be musically active outside of Lasgo, and a solo career was not allowed.

From 2009 on

Immediately after the contract with Lasgo expired at the end of September 2008, Goffin announced that she was already busy recording a new single. Her private musical ambitions were reflected in the end of 2008: together with Gerd Hofman she founded the pop-rock band "Sad Suzy".

At the end of December 2009, the single Hate to Love , created in collaboration with the Swedish DJ and producer Alex Sayz, was presented to the public for the first time and released on January 19, 2010 in the USA . The single reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Chart.

Evi Goffin worked as a presenter ( VJ ) for the Belgian television channel GUNKtv from May 2009 and presented the program Wango Tango there . In January 2011, like many other GUNKtv presenters before her, she switched to the online television station GameNuts.

In the spring of 2013 Goffin founded the Dutch-speaking hit group "De Grietjes" together with Isabelle A and Anneke von Hooff. Because of the birth of her third child, she left the group in the middle of the following year. She was replaced by Silvy de Bie .

At the end of 2014, Goffin returned as a solo artist with the hit single Kus me . As with Lasgo , she worked with producer David Vervoort . More singles were released in mid-2015: Herboren and Glad all Over .

Private

At the beginning of February 2005 it was announced that Evi was expecting a child from her husband Tom. Their son Diesel was born on June 14, 2005. Evi has two other children with her husband: Bender and Jools Finnegan.

Discography

The singles and albums released with Lasgo between 2001 and 2006 are not listed.

Singles

year title Chart position annotation
BE
1999 Miss you 14th as Medusa with Fiocco. First published: February 12, 1999
1999 New Years Day 12 as Medusa with 2 Fabiola . Cover version - in the original by U2 (1983). First published: October 20, 1999
2000 Summer in Space 28 as Medusa with 2 Fabiola. First published: April 20, 2000
2001 Turn you on - as Evy. First published: 2001
2010 Hate to love - as Evi with Alex Sayz. First published: January 19, 2010
2014 Sprong in het maanlicht - as part of De Grietjes. First published: March 15, 2014
2014 Kiss me - First published: December 17, 2014
2015 Herboren - First published: June 22, 2015. Cover version - in the original Glad All Over by The Dave Clark Five (1964)
2015 Glad all over - First published: June 22, 2015. Cover version - originally by The Dave Clark Five (1964)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Drago Bonacich: Evi Goffin Biography. In: Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2009 .
  2. ↑ Belgium 1999. In: esc-history.com. The Eurovision Song Contest History, accessed September 5, 2009 .
  3. ↑ 2 Fabiola - Zohra - Pat Krimson - Nunca - Punk City Biography. In: DanceVibes.be. Retrieved September 8, 2009 .
  4. ↑ “ Het Nieuwsblad ” - message from December 7th 2007. Quoted in Evi leaving Lasgo ?? In: DanceVibes.be. DanceVibes, archived from the original on August 2, 2012 ; Retrieved September 9, 2009 (Dutch). ; Evi Goffin twijfelt om Lasgo te verlaten. (No longer available online.) In: ZangTalent.be. December 8, 2007, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 9, 2009 (Dutch).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zangtalent.be  
  5. ↑ JIM zoekt nieuwe zangeres voor Lasgo. (No longer available online.) In: Musicitems.be. May 23, 2008, archived from the original on January 6, 2016 ; Retrieved September 9, 2009 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ a b Newsroom: Evi Goffin (ex-Lasgo) is being milked and dumped. Twelve points ... Douze points ... Blog, October 1, 2008, accessed September 8, 2009 (Dutch). The report quotes from the interview that the Belgian magazine "Tv Familie" conducted with Goffins. The interview was published in the October 1, 2008 issue.
  7. ↑ Evi Breaks The Silence. Fusion Radio Chicago October 8, 2008, archived from the original October 11, 2008 ; accessed on September 8, 2009 .
  8. ↑ Primeur: Evi Goffin does hair own pittige verhaal over het vertrek as zangeres bij Lasgo in Tv family. (No longer available online.) In: Musicitems.be. September 30, 2008, archived from the original on January 15, 2010 ; Retrieved September 8, 2009 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ Ex-Lasgo zangeres Evi works aan nieuw materiaal. (No longer available online.) In: ZangTalent.be. September 30, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 9, 2009 (Dutch).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zangtalent.be  
  10. ↑ Info Sad Suzy. In: Myspace Music. Retrieved September 5, 2009 .
  11. ↑ Alex Sayz feat. Evi - Hate To Love on YouTube
  12. ↑ Alex Sayz - Hate to Love (feat. Evi). iTunes USA, accessed January 22, 2010 .
  13. ^ "HTL" still top 10. Alex Sayz, June 22, 2010, accessed on June 23, 2010 (English).
  14. ↑ Fonny Gijsels: GUNKtv feestend van start gaan met countdown party! Photos online! In: Showbizzsite.be. Showbizz site, May 2, 2009, accessed February 2, 2011 (Dutch).
  15. ↑ drombouts: Ook Evi Goffin published GUNKtv . In: Gazet van Antwerpen . ( gva.be [accessed July 11, 2018]).
  16. ↑ Doet de laatste het light uit? Ook Evi Goffin left GUNKtv. In: clint.be. Think Media NV, January 6, 2011, accessed February 2, 2011 (Dutch).
  17. ↑ Isabelle A start avoid group. In: HNS.be. Het Laatste Nieuws, May 11, 2013, accessed October 29, 2016 (Dutch).
  18. ↑ Guy Danneels: Silvy De Bie vervangt grietje Evi Goffin. In: Showbizzsite.be. Showbizz site, June 3, 2014, accessed October 29, 2016 (Dutch).
  19. ↑ Het Niewsblad: Lasgo: "Onze bomma's snappen ons succes niet" - report of February 3, 2005 . Accessed September 5, 2009
  20. ↑ ZangTalent.be: Evi van Lasgo bevallen van eerste kindje - message from June 16, 2005  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed September 5, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zangtalent.be  
  21. ↑ mp3 file of the interview (2.5 MB). In: Radio MNM. April 7, 2009, archived from the original on January 3, 2016 ; Retrieved September 9, 2009 (Dutch).
  22. ↑ Grietje Evi Goffin mama van flinke vent Jools Finnegan! (No longer available online.) In: ZangTalent.be. July 30, 2014, archived from the original on October 30, 2016 ; Retrieved October 29, 2016 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zangtalent.be
  23. ↑ ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Fiocco feat. Medusa - Miss You. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
  25. ↑ 2 Fabiola feat. Medusa - New Years Day. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
  26. ↑ 2 Fabiola feat. Medusa - Summer In Space. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
  27. ↑ Alex Sayz feat. Evi - Hate To Love. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
  28. ↑ De Grietjes - Sprong in het maanlicht. Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Goffin, Evi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evy (stage name); Medusa (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp , Belgium