Francine Jordi

Francine Jordi (2014)

Francine Jordi , bourgeois Francine Lehmann (born June 24, 1977 in Worb-Richigen , Canton of Bern ), is a Swiss singer and composer of hits and popular music .

life and career

Francine Lehmann made her first stage appearance at the age of ten. She mostly sang at tourist events in the Spycher in Interlaken . With her sister Nicole she sang in the formation Gospel Four . She studied singing and piano at the Conservatory in Neuchâtel . She chose the stage name Jordi because Jordi is a typical Bernese gender and she confesses to her roots. In addition, the name Jordi can be pronounced well in many languages, "a name for all occasions that goes anywhere and always".

In 1998 Francine Jordi took part in the Grand Prix of Folk Music with the title Das Feuer der Sehnsucht für Schweiz ( The Fire of Longing for Switzerland) and took first place. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 she represented her home country with the title Dans le jardin de mon âme, composed and written by herself , but only came third from last. The song was also recorded in German by her: In the garden of my soul .

On her CD, released in 2004, Jordi sings a duet with Nino de Angelo (And when I fall asleep in the evening) as well as the title Träne in Swiss German with the dialect singer Florian Ast . Tear brought the two of them a platinum record in Switzerland and reached second place on the television show The Biggest Swiss Hits on October 7, 2006. She also hosted this show, together with Beni Thurnheer , Roman Kilchsperger and Sven Epiney .

In 2004/2005 Francine Jordi left the popular style in the direction of Schlager and Swing and released a Swing CD with the SWR Big Band, which also included Karel Gott , Wencke Myhre , Semino Rossi and Simone . In 2005 the CD Halt mich followed .

On June 10, 2007, Jordi made her operatic debut as Papagena in Mozart's Magic Flute at the Kultur Casino Bern . On August 30, 2008 she presented the Grand Prix of Folk Music 2008 together with Sascha Ruefer .

Francine Jordi (Musikantenstadl Tour 2010)

Francine Jordi married the former cyclist Tony Rominger on May 18, 2009 , whom she had known since 2001. At the end of May 2011, their separation became known. From February 2011 to June 2012 she was in a relationship with the dialect singer Florian Ast . The joint CD Lago Maggiore was released on September 30, 2011. In the first week, the CD entered the Swiss charts at number 1. The breakup attracted media attention because it was due to Ast's new relationship with Solveig Romero , who left her husband for it, as Jordi had done just a year earlier.

In 2015, Jordi and Alexander Mazza succeeded Andy Borg as the presenter of the Musikantenstadl, renamed Stadlshow . After a regular and a New Year's Eve edition, the format that had been produced since 1981 was discontinued, apart from the New Year's Eve editions. In 2016/17 she presented the Silvesterstadl with Jörg Pilawa , in 2017/18 and 2018/19 she also presented the New Year's Eve show with Pilawa .

In April 2018, Jordi made public that she had last suffered from breast cancer , which she had now survived. With this in mind, she also underwent radiation therapy and chemotherapy .

In 2020 she took part in the first season of Sing my Song - The Swiss Exchange Concert .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AT	CH
1998	The fire of longing	-	CH48 (2 weeks) CH
2001	In love with life	-	CH34 gold (23 weeks)CH
2002	In the garden of my soul	AT65 (2 weeks) AT	CH28 gold (8 weeks)CH
2003	Everything stands and falls with you	AT30 (7 weeks) AT	CH22 (8 weeks) CH
2005	Simply Francine Jordi	AT13 (10 weeks) AT	CH23 (6 weeks) CH
	Hold me	AT41 (4 weeks) AT	CH34 (7 weeks) CH
2007	Then you came	AT53 (4 weeks) AT	CH15th platinum (32 weeks)CH
2009	My little big world	AT48 (1 week) AT	CH11 (7 weeks) CH
2011	Lake Maggiore	-	CH1 platinum (19 weeks)CH	with Florian Ast
2012	Encounters	-	CH95 (1 week) CH
2013	In love loved	AT19 (5 weeks) AT	CH3 gold (13 weeks)CH
2015	We	AT6 (4 weeks) AT	CH3 (8 weeks) CH
2016	Only for you	-	CH8 (6 weeks) CH
2018	Not nearly enough	AT7 (2 weeks) AT	CH4 (7 weeks) CH

More albums

• A fairy tale made of ice (1999)
• Happy without a wish (2000)

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		CH
2002	In le jardin de mon âme	CH49 (11 weeks) CH
	tear	CH7th platinum (73 weeks)CH	with Florian Ast
2008	The Feyr vo dr longing	CH1 platinum (59 weeks)CH	with the Wiesenberg yodelling club
2011	Sit that day	CH32 (2 weeks) CH	with Florian Ast
	Any troum	CH66 (1 week) CH	with Florian Ast
	Tear [2011]	CH70 (1 week) CH	with Florian Ast
2015	paradise	CH68 (1 week) CH
2019	Heicho	CH47 (1 week) CH	Heimweh feat. Francine Jordi

More songs

• The Fire of Longing (1998)
• Romance novel (Roman d'amour) (2001)
• Dance, Alexis, Dance (2001)
• You Forever You (2002)
• Everything stands or falls with you (2003)
• And when I fall asleep in the evening (duet with Nino de Angelo , 2003)
• The Discovery of Feelings (2005)
• Hold me (2005)
• The Discovery of Feelings (2005)
• Then you came (2008)
• Do it, do it (2008)
• Women are like this (2008)
• You are my hero (2009)
• Against You (All the Wonders of the World) (2013)

Awards

Francine Jordi (2008)

• 1998 - Prix ​​Walo in the Schlager / Popular Schlager category
• 1999 - Prix ​​Walo in the Schlager / Popular Schlager category
• 1999/2000 Prix Walo as a crowd favorite
• 2001 - Gold for those in love with life
• 2002 - Prix Walo together with Florian Ast as the crowd favorite
• 2003 - together with Florian Ast platinum for tear
• 2005 - Prix Walo as a crowd favorite
• 2007 - Gold for In the Garden of My Soul
• 2009 - Winner of the TV show The Biggest Swiss Hits together with Yodelling Club Wiesenberg with the song Das Feyr vo dr Sehnsucht

swell

1. ↑ Max Küng: "The fire of longing burns deep into the heart / whatever you do, whatever you feel / I am yours" ( Memento from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Das Magazin, September 6, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The official Swiss hit parade, Edelmetall 2003
3. ↑ Francine Jordi and Tony Rominger have split up , article in Schweizer Illustrierte of June 10, 2011
4. ↑ This duet should take a long time: Francine Jordi and Florian Ast are a couple of articles in the Aargauer Zeitung from May 30, 2011
5. ↑ Francine Jordi and Florian Ast: It's over and over Article in the Aargauer Zeitung from June 26, 2012
6. ↑ "Keini Träne meh" in Florian Ast and Francine Jordi Article in the Berner Zeitung from September 27, 2011
7. ↑ Florian Ast & Francine Jordi - Lago Maggiore Entry on hitparade.ch, accessed on October 12, 2011
8. ↑ What you need to know about Asts Neue , Schweizer Illustrierte on August 17, 2012
9. ↑ Tony Rominger only speaks about the dog , Blick on June 10, 2011
10. ↑ Jordi and Mazza take over "Musikantenstadl" , Süddeutsche Zeitung online from April 30, 2015
11. ↑ Pop star Francine Jordi suffered from breast cancer. Retrieved April 11, 2018 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Chart discography Switzerland
13. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum awards (database)
14. ↑ ^{a b} Prix ​​Walo, category winner since 1994
15. ↑ ^{a b c} Prix ​​Wallo audience favorite
16. ^ The official Swiss hit parade, Edelmetall 2001
17. ↑ The official Swiss hit parade, Edelmetall 2007

Web links

Commons : Francine Jordi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Francine Jordi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Francine Jordi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website
• Max Küng: Article ( memento from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in Das Magazin from September 6, 2013.