Oliver Wimmer

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2009 at the family festival in the Danube Park
2009 at the family festival in the Danube Park
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
14 hours
  AT 19th 06/05/2009 (4 weeks)
Singles
Blown Away (as Oliver)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 02/20/2009 (10 weeks)
Brown eyes blue
  AT 16 05/29/2009 (3 weeks)

Oliver Wimmer (born April 14, 1991 in Vienna ) is an Austrian pop singer who became known for winning the fourth season of Starmania .

Life

Oliver Wimmer spent the early childhood years of his life in his native Vienna. After his parents got divorced, he moved to Neufeld an der Leitha in Burgenland .

Oliver Wimmer gained his first stage experience with the pop-punk band Sunday Monday Tuesday and as a solo artist. In 2008 he participated as a student at the ORF - Casting for singing show Starmania part and came on the short list. Finally he made it to the grand finale, which took place on January 30, 2009. There he was able to prevail against the Lower Austrian Silvia Strasser and thus win the fourth Starmania season. In the decisive final duel against Strasser Wimmer sang the rock song "Blown Away" written for him, which was released on February 6, 2009 as a single. With this song Oliver achieved a hall vote of 9.8, the highest in the history of Starmania. From February 27, Wimmer appeared on the Starmania tour. Wimmer was signed by DEAG Music after his win at Starmania .

In 2009 he was in a relationship with ex-Starmania participant Milena Sickinger.

In 2009, Oliver took part in the show “ The Race ” on ORF. Together with the other participants, the CD “Herrlich” was recorded and released under the band name “DownHillRacers”.

In autumn 2010 Wimmer was nominated for the Austrian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and was shortlisted among the top 10. But then Nadine Beiler won the race.

Since autumn 2011 he has been studying pop music design at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg .

In autumn 2015 he was the lead singer of the German band AudioDamn! the single lights out! on the market. The famous "Billboard" magazine counted the band among the hits of tomorrow ( Tomorrow's Hits ).

Discography

Singles

  • Blown Away (2009)
  • Brown Eyes Blue (2009)
  • Over My Shoulder (2009)
  • 14 hours (2009)
  • Let Love Kick In (2011)

Albums

  • 14 hours (2009)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b AT chart discography
  2. ↑ APA report: "Starmania" final: Oliver is ORF Star of the Year ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , January 31, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / apa2.cms.apa.at
  3. ↑ starmania.orf.at: Oliver is the star of the year ( Memento from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ orf.at: "Starmania" winner Oliver introduces single  ( 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: Toter Link / oe3.orf.at  
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6859175/tomorrows-hits-alex-newell-the-strumbellas-audiodamn

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Wimmer, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna