Rania Zeriri
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Rania Zeriri (born January 6, 1986 in Enschede ) is a Dutch pop singer . She became known as a participant in the fifth season of the talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar , which was broadcast from January to May 2008 by the TV station RTL .
Career
Rania was born the daughter of an Algerian immigrant and a Dutch woman. Finishing school reaching the GCSE followed a training as Hotelanimateurin in Salamanca (Spain). She then worked mainly in Ibiza and Fuerteventura as a promoter and animator. She gained her first stage experience with appearances in hotel complexes. In the summer of 2007 she took part in the casting for the RTL show Deutschland sucht den Superstar , which was held in Ibiza . There she made it to the final round and moved to her mother in Gronau-Epe (Westphalia) to prepare . Initially a favorite of the producer and jury member Dieter Bohlen , he later criticized her vocal qualities. Rania Zeriri made it to the last five, where she was eliminated.
Seven months after her departure, she released after the two finalists Thomas Godoj and Fady Maalouf as the third participant of the fifth season in November 2008 her own single called Crying Undercover , with which she also made it into the German single charts. In 2010 she began studying at the Conservatory in her hometown of Enschede. She also works as a reporter for the regional television station Enschede TV.
Appearances at DSDS
show | song | Original interpreter | placement |
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Top 15 show | Get Here | Oleta Adams | 6/15 with 4.82% |
1. Mottoshow (Motto: Today's Hits) | Rehab | Amy Winehouse | 6/10 with 4.67% |
2. Mottoshow (Motto: film hits) | Colors of the Wind | Vanessa Williams | 4/9 with 7.69% |
3. Mottoshow (Motto: Mariah Carey and Take That) | Against All Odds | Phil Collins | 4/8 with 7.27% |
4. Mottoshow (Motto: Greatest Hits) | Smooth operator | Sade | 4/7 with 10.40% |
5. Motto show (Motto: songs by the jury) | Valerie | Amy Winehouse | 5/6 with 6.63% |
6. Mottoshow (Motto: party hits and acoustic ballads) | I'm so excited | The Pointer Sisters | 5/5 with 8.12% |
Save the best for last | Vanessa Williams |
Discography
Singles
- 2008: Crying Undercover / Cursed and Blessed
Web links
- Works by and about Rania Zeriri in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE
- ^ Tubantia - De Twentsche Courant. August 9, 2010
- ↑ Results of the shows on RTL.de
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SURNAME | Zeriri, Rania |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch pop singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Enschede |