The Makemakes

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The Makemakes
The Makemakes (May 2015)
The Makemakes (May 2015)
General information
origin Thalgau , Mondsee , Austria
Genre (s) skirt
founding 2012
Website www.themakemakes.com
Current occupation
Dominic "Dodo" Muhrer
Markus Christ
Florian Meindl
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Makemakes
  AT 7th 05/29/2015 (7 weeks)
Singles
The Lovercall
  AT 6th 06/29/2012 (11 weeks)
Million euro smile
  AT 2 05/02/2014 (7 weeks)
I am yours
  AT 2 03/20/2015 (15 weeks)

The Makemakes are an Austrian rock music - group , consisting of the Thalgau singer Dominic "Dodo" Muhrer and from Mondsee coming musicians Florian Meindl and Mark Christian. The name is derived from the dwarf planet Makemake , which in turn was named after the creator deity Makemake in the culture of Easter Island .

history

The band gained fame in 2013 through their appearance as the opening act for Bon Jovi . The rumor, often quoted in the relevant press, that the singer of the group Dodo Muhrer could be an illegitimate son of the actor Christoph Waltz also contributed to the popularity of the band.

At the Austrian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 , you were chosen as a candidate for Austria . Plagiarism allegations were made against their song I Am Yours , which was said to be similar to the song The Scientist by the British band Coldplay . An official examination concluded that there was no plagiarism.

Their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Vienna on May 23, 2015, was unsuccessful - they scored zero points. They landed on the penultimate place out of 27 participating countries, since the singer Ann Sophie , who was also participating for Germany, also came after them with zero points and was therefore ranked behind them according to the rules for equality of points. In reference to the successful Swedish winning title, The Makemakes published a satirical video on Facebook on the night of the Song Contest entitled "We are the Zeroes of our Time", which was viewed more than half a million times in a few days and by the Media was interpreted as a dignified gesture. Based on The Makemakes, Ann Sophie published her version of the Austrian parody the following day.

For the new edition of the title "Climb Every Mountain" from the musical " The Sound Of Music ", the US producer Humberto Gatica engaged The Makemakes as a duet partner for the two-time American Idol finalist Joshua Ledet .

In 2017 they shot the ServusTV feature film documentary The Makemakes in Hollywood - In the footsteps of The Sound of Music , Verena Altenberger acted as narrator .

In March 2018 The Makemakes released their official comeback single "Keep On Moving" in Austria. Musically, according to their own statements, they referred to their original roots.

In December, The Makemakes participated in the production of the third episode of the first season of My Hit Your Song on ProSieben . With their rock arrangements of the songs Love Is All Around and Freedom by DJ BoBo they prevailed against the competition and win 25,000 euros in prize money. After the broadcast on January 31, 2019, the German audience reacted positively to the band, which was hardly known in Germany up to that point.

Discography

Albums

  • 2015: The Makemakes

Songs

  • 2012: The Lovercall
  • 2012: Killing the Director
  • 2014: Million Euro Smile
  • 2015: I Am Yours
  • 2015: Big Bang
  • 2015: You Are Not Alone
  • 2015: Little Is Much More
  • 2015: Heartache
  • 2015: All You Ever Need
  • 2015: Please Come Home for Christmas
  • 2017: Climb Every Mountain
  • 2018: Keep On Moving
  • 2019: Freedom
  • 2019: The Beach

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: AT
  2. ^ Winning ballad and a Christoph Waltz rumor - Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, March 11, 2015
  3. ↑ Makemakes live: Salzburg band plays for Bon Jovi , Salzburger Nachrichten, May 13, 2013
  4. ↑ MakeMakes: Famous thanks to Christoph Waltz , Salzburger Nachrichten, March 7, 2014
  5. ↑ orf.at - The Makemakes sing for Austria ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2015 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. . Article dated March 13, 2015, accessed March 13, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / songcontest.orf.at
  6. ↑ Oberösterreichische Nachrichten - Is Austria starting with a plagiarism? . Article dated March 19, 2015, accessed March 21, 2015.
  7. ^ Salzburger Nachrichten: The Makemakes: Defiant against smear campaign . Article dated March 20, 2015, accessed March 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ orf.at - Austria now only penultimate . Article dated May 26, 2015, accessed May 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ peter.temel: Makemakes after the Eurovision Song Contest: "We are the Zeros of our time" . ( kurier.at [accessed December 17, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Ann Sophie humorous: "We are the Zeroes of our Time" . In: stern.de . May 25, 2015 ( stern.de [accessed December 17, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Makemakes back thanks to Hollywood. Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Acting star Verena Altenberger visited the Christmas market . Article dated December 20, 2017, accessed December 20, 2017.
  13. ↑ The Makemakes in Hollywood: On the Trail of "The Sound of Music" . Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  14. ↑ New presentation: "Keep on Moving" by The Makemakes - oe3.ORF.at. Retrieved April 21, 2018 .
  15. ↑ The Makemakes clear away in a German music show. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .

Web links

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