Paola Felix

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Your greatest successes
	Singles
	Bonjour, bonjour
	Still waters are deep
	Capri fisherman
	Addio, my Napoli
	Blue Bayou
	Cinéma
	The devil and the young man
	Love is not just a word
	Peter Pan

Paola (1980)

Paola Felix (born October 5, 1950 in St. Gallen as Paola Maria Augusta del Medico) - formerly known as Paola Del Medico , later just as Paola - is a Swiss pop singer and television presenter .

Life

Paola Felix is the daughter of the master tailor Vittorio Del Medico, who comes from the Italian Adriatic town of Fano , and the Swiss Anna Sennhauser. She has Italian and Swiss citizenship. Her musical training included two years of flute, five years of piano and guitar she taught herself. In addition, Paola took singing, ballet, step and acting lessons. She speaks German, Italian, Spanish, French and English.

Career

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Paola had her first public appearance in 1964 at the Concorso Musicale Per Dilettanti in the Congresshaus St. Gallen - an amateur festival at which she took fourth place with the title Non ho l'eta by Gigliola Cinquetti. Only one year later she won the Disco D'Oro (Golden Record) in her hometown of St. Gallen.

In the following years she took part in various talent competitions, such as the Blick Festival, in which she mostly won one of the first places. In the same year, she was able to secure second place at the German Schlager Competition in Wiesbaden with Still Waters, which are deep . In 1970 Paola took part in the musical Eusi chlii Stadt in Zurich. In the following years she was also represented at national and international festivals, for example the fifth Festival Internacional da Canção in Rio de Janeiro (1970) with the title Emporte-moi sur ton manège and the Onda Nueva Festival in Caracas (1971) with the Title Tic Tac .

In 1974 Paola took ballet lessons with Samy Molcho and was able to book two smaller hits in Germany with the singles Capri-Fischer and Addio mein Napoli . Her appearance in Peter Frankenfeld's ZDF hit program Musik ist Trumpf with the song Weisse Rosen aus Athen brought her in 1975 a flood of audience requests for a single of this recording, so that her record company CBS decided without further ado to release the song in a new version as a single .

Paola had her greatest commercial successes with the German recording of Blue Bayou (7 times in the ZDF hit parade) - a song by Roy Orbison , which was first charted in 1963 and became a global success in 1977 in a version by Linda Ronstadt - and the single Der Teufel and the young man who was in the German top 10 for five weeks in 1981. Blue Bayou became, in a sense, Paola's signature song, which she performed in several versions on various matters. Lasting serenity caused her talk at the show for Karl Dall's 60th birthday , when she slipped off a "banana island". In 1990 Jack White produced with Paola Felix under the pseudonym Raffaella for Do you understand fun? a cover version of the baccarat song Yes Sir, I Can Boogie , which also became Paola's last music recording.

Eurovision Song Contest

In 1968 her first single was released for all times , with which she took fourth place at the Intervision Schlagerfestival in Karlsbad in the Czech Republic and second place in the Swiss qualifying for the Grand Prix Eurovision. In 1969 Paola del Medico took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Madrid for the first time and finished fifth (after four first places) for Switzerland with Bonjour, Bonjour . In the Swiss hit parade it came to 7th place.

In 1977 she tried again at the Eurovision Song Contest, but only came in second behind the Pepe Lienhard Band in the Swiss qualifying with the title Le livre blanc . The same thing happened to her with the title Vogel der Nacht , with which she applied for German participation in 1979, but only achieved third place.

It was not until 1980 that she finally competed - again for Switzerland - with the title Cinéma at the Grand Prix and took fourth place at the international festival in The Hague . In 1982 Paola tried again for Germany in the preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . With the title Peter Pan she came in second behind Nicole . She remained loyal to the competition when she took over the moderation of the Swiss qualification for the Song Contest in 1986.

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Paola had her first television appearance in 1967 in the Swiss show Talents introduce themselves with the title Lui by Rita Pavone . In the following years she was a permanent guest on the ZDF hit parade and other television programs in Germany and Switzerland. In 1971 she sang in the television operetta Die Blume von Hawaii (ZDF). In 1972 Swiss television broadcast its first special program - the P.-P.-Show - with Paola and Pepe Lienhard. Ten years later, the ARD followed suit with the special Melodien with Paola in the series Gute Laune mit Musik .

Together with her husband Kurt Felix, she first moderated the ZDF music show Songs Go Around the World (1982) , then the SWF evening series Friday Party (6 episodes in 1983) and finally from 1983 to 1990 the Saturday evening show Do you understand fun? . Paola gained further experience in moderation in the aforementioned preliminary decision for the Grand Prix Eurovision (1986), the Swiss television show Do you feel May? (1986) and various gala events.

In 1998, the MDR produced the show Good evening, Paola and Kurt Felix, a four-hour Saturday evening show with reprises from the couple's work. Due to the overwhelming success of the show, a second, also four-hour show with the two of them was broadcast on MDR television in 1999.

Paola withdrew from show business on her 40th birthday. Every now and then she can still be seen as a guest on talk shows or in music programs. For example, in 1998 she sang her hit Blue Bayou on the Swiss TV show Benissimo in a duet with Michael von der Heide .

In 2000 - on Paola's 50th birthday - she was celebrated again in the press, radio ( Paola day on DRS ) and television (special: Paola on Blue Bayou ; ZDF hit parade ; etc.). A CD with three previously unreleased songs by the singer was released for the special broadcast.

After several cancellations in recent years, Paola Felix appeared on the Helene Fischer Show on December 25, 2018 and sang her hit Blue Bayou in a duet with Helene Fischer on the 40th anniversary of her version of this song.

Awards

According to the ultimate chart list (valid from 1971), Paola is the most successful Swiss singer in Germany and, together with her husband Kurt Felix, was voted one of the ten most popular presenters since television was founded. In a survey by the opinion research institute EMNID in 1988, the Felix couple were voted the most popular moderator couple. Both were voted “Germany's dream couple” by ARD viewers in 2006. Kurt Felix dedicated his Bambi Prize to her in 2003 , which he received that year for his life's work.

Private life

Paola was married to the Swiss television presenter Kurt Felix from 1980 until his death. Her husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2002. In 2012 he died of the disease after long thought to have overcome it. The couple lived at the two residences in Switzerland and Italy.

Paola has been working as a model for the Klingel (Germany) and Cornelia (Switzerland) catalogs since 2002, and since 2012 with her own Paola! .

Honors

1974: Golden Bear
1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 - golden tuning fork
1988: EMNID survey: Paola and Kurt Felix = most popular television presenters
1989: Paola = most popular artist (behind Uschi Glas) in the GDR
1990: Bambi
1990: Platinum double long-playing record
2006: Glanz & Gloria Love Award from Swiss television
2006: ARD viewers choose Paola and Kurt Felix as Germany's dream couple
2006: RTL names Paola the most successful Swiss singer
2007: Welt-Online choose Paola and Kurt Felix in the list of the twelve most popular television presenters in the history of German television
2010: TV viewers vote Paola and Kurt Felix among the ten most popular presenters since German television was founded

Discography

Albums

1970: The great successes (LP)
1974: Paola (LP)
1978: Blue Bayou (LP)
1980: Songs I Love (LP)
1981: Your greatest successes (LP)
1981: Merry Christmas with Paola and the Trixis (LP)
1983: Rosaffarben (LP)
1988: Children's songs hit parade with Paola and the Sunshine Children (LP)
1988: Merry Christmas with Paola and the Trixis (CD)
1989: My songs (LP, CD)
1990: Your greatest successes (CD)
1993: Children's song hit parade with Paola and the Sunshine Children (CD)
1993: Blue Bayou. A musical portrait (CD)
1994: My Most Beautiful Songs (CD)
1995: Your great successes 2 (CD)
1996: Bird of the Night (CD)
1999: Your greatest successes (CD)
2000: Paola at Blue Bayou (CD)
2000: Blue Bayou (CD)
2001: Simply the Best (CD)
2001: That's Life (CD)
2004: Blue Bayou. Your greatest successes (CD)
2006: Merry Christmas with Paola and the Trixis (CD)
2007: Merry Christmas with Paola and the Trixis (CD)
2007: Blue Bayou (CD)

Songs

1967: Flamenco Rock
1968: He came with a bouquet of red roses
1968: For all time
1968: raindrops
1968: Can it be banned
1969: Bonjour, Bonjour (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)
1969: Vals d'amour (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)
1969: Still waters, they're deep
1969: Revolution d'amour
1970: That's life
1970: On Lake Lucerne
1970: It was a white ship
1970: I gave my heart away for the night
1970: For both of us (Green Green Trees)
1970: Count the kisses - not the tears
1970: happiness and sorrow
1970: Manana - wait until tomorrow
1970: Life is a carousel
1970: very close
1970: Emporte-moi sur ton manège (French)
1970: Ne sois pas si bete ... je t'aime (French)
1971: Like you
1971: Tic Tac
1971: Love is Everywhere (Amazing Grace)
1971: The happiness of the world
1972: Let love last
1972: But then
1972: It's About You - It's About Me (I'm on My Way)
1972: where is the land
1973: I dance to your tune (The Pied Piper)
1973: I see in my mirror that I am crying
1973: I confess everything
1973: The dream of the sea
1973: Make the world a paradise
1973: More than you think
1974: Capri fisherman
1974: How time flies
1974: Addio, my Napoli
1974: Winning is easy
1974: Vaya con dios
1974: Show me the star of love
1974: Aloha oe
1974: Ole O'cangaceiro
1974: The Game We Play
1975: happiness in life is a treasure
1975: Mandolins on the beach
1975: White roses from Athens
1975: Then came love
1976: Rendezvous at four
1976: What is not today
1976: What a shame about the moonlight
1976: A red rose in my diary
1977: Le livre blanc (French)
1977: Quai No. 2 (French)
1977: Tomorrow you will get more from me
1977: You walk past me
1977: Lonely Blue Boy
1977: between you and me
1978: Blue Bayou
1978: Juke Box
1978: I'm not a jumping jack (substitute)
1978: summer dream
1978: Call it love
1978: Idaho
1978: Stoney
1978: How to make a bed
1979: Bird of the Night
1979: My journey has a new goal
1979: How You (Bright Eyes)
1979: Part of me
1980: I see tears when you laugh
1980: Not one step outside the door
1980: Cinéma
1980: Cinéma (French)
1980: Juke Box (French)
1980: Live With You (Love Me Tender)
1980: John B. (Sloop John B.)
1980: And I Love Him (English)
1980: I want to go with the wild eagles (El Condor Pase)
1980: An island at the end of the world (Scarborough Fair)
1980: Plaisir d'amour (French)
1980: Mr. Tambourine Man
1980: That day my friend (Those Were The Days)
1980: Die kleine Stadt (Green, Green Grass Of Home)
1980: The devil and the young man
1980: A Little Song (Amazing Grace)
1981: De duivel en de jongeman (Dutch)
1981: Love is not just a word
1981: There are no words for that
1981: My Gift for You (Happy Everything)
1981: Plaisir d'amour
1981: May has come
1981: Not a beautiful country at this time
1982: When you come home
1982: Don't be too full of your mouth
1982: Peter Pan
1982: Hey Miss Airport
1982: I've got to paradise geseh'n (I've Never Been to Me)
1982: warning
1983: Have a nice dream of Hawaii
1983: Close to the rainbow
1983: Please help me tonight
1983: He's the star on his show
1983: Pink (Sarà quel che sarà)
1983: video love
1983: Our love dream
1983: He
1983: With tears in your eyes you are blind
1983: Santa Marguerita
1983: One Night's Tears
1984: Angels need love
1984: Angeli (Italian)
1984: The night of the nights
1984: The cold summer
1985: fashion
1985: Walkman
1985: Truth and Love
1985: hot air
1986: At the beginning of a new love
1986: In the middle of life
1987: The men in general
1987: I am in love with the day with you
1989: Rose of the Night
1989: laugh or cry
1990: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (English)
2000: Thank you for being there
2000: the last night with you
2000: Santa Riva
2016: Wo ist das Land (duet with Michael von der Heide )

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Own broadcasts

1972: P.-P.-Show
1982: Good mood with music: Melodies with Paola
1982: songs go around the world
1983: Friday Party (6 episodes)
1983 to 1990: Do you understand fun?
1986: Swiss preliminary decision for the Grand Prix Eurovision (1986)
1986: Do you feel May?
1998 and 1999: Good evening from Paola and Kurt Felix (two four-hour Saturday evening shows)
2000: Paola at Blue Bayou (TV special)

Guest appearances (selection)

1967: Talents introduce themselves
1971: The Flower of Hawaii (TV version)
1975: Music is the trump card
from 1978: ZDF hit parade (30 appearances in total)
2000: ZDF hit parade (appearance on the 50th birthday)
2018: Helene Fischer Show (guest appearance for the 40th anniversary of her version of Blue Bayou )

Web links

Commons : Paola Felix - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikiquote: Paola Felix - Quotes

Official website of Paola and Kurt Felix
Paola Felix in the Internet Movie Database (English)
"100% Swiss Music - Paola & Friends" . In: SRF 1 from December 15, 2018 (Swiss German, 108 min).

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↑ Birth announcement ( Memento from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

^ «Parents: Vittorio and Anna Del Medico-Sennhauser. He: Italian, master tailor. You: Toggenburg native, grew up as a Swiss abroad in Bergamo (I) » Detailed biography of Paola, accessed on December 5, 2014

↑ Detailed biography of Kurt Felix ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Word ; 102 kB), section "Northern Italy", p. 11. @1@ 2

↑ Paola, Blue Bayou and the Banana ( YouTube video, 25 seconds, 1.1 MB)

↑ The Helene Fischer Show information on zdf.de from December 25, 2018

↑ Paola on the death of Kurt Felix in BUNTE.de .

↑ ^a ^b Chart sources: DE1 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / DE2 / AT / CH @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Felix, Paola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Felix-Del Medico, Paola; Del Medico, Paola Maria Augusta (maiden name); Paola (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss singer
DATE OF BIRTH	5th October 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Gallen , Switzerland

[1] Birth announcement ( Memento from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[2] «Parents: Vittorio and Anna Del Medico-Sennhauser. He: Italian, master tailor. You: Toggenburg native, grew up as a Swiss abroad in Bergamo (I) » Detailed biography of Paola, accessed on December 5, 2014