- Raffaëla Paton
Infobox musical artist
Name = Raffaëla
Img_capt = Raffaëla during a promotion tour
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Raffaëla Paton
Alias =
Born = Birth date and age|1983|6|1|mf=yAmsterdam ,Netherlands
Died =
Instrument =
Genre = Pop,R&B , Dance
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 2006—present
Label =Sony BMG
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.idolraffaela.nl/ Idol Raffaëla] nl icon
[http://www.raffaela-music.nl/ Raffaëla music] nl iconRaffaëla Paton (born
June 1 ,1983 inAmsterdam ,Noord-Holland ) is a Dutchsinger ofSuriname se descent and the winner of the 2006 Dutch talentshow Idols.Biography
Raffaëla moved to
Assen when she was a little girl. Her mother was a famous singer inSuriname . Her sister Yvonne Paton 18 from Elgin is also a singer. Raffaëla's aunt isRuth Jacott , also a famous Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1993. Before she participated in Idols, she worked as a hostess in a restaurant in Emmen.Raffaëla amazed many by admitting her love to Henkjan Smits, one of the judges in Idols, what turned out to be a joke later on. On
January 31 ,2006 , Raffaëla reported to be pregnant. The father of the baby is her current boyfriend; Paul van der Vlugt, also from Emmen, whom she was seeing for four months at the time.March 11 2006 was a big day for Raffaëla; The grand finale of "Idol 2006", the dutch adaption of the hitreality TV showPop Idol . Raffaëla won Idols with 58% of the total votes, beating favourite Floortje. After the show,RTL 4 , the broadcaster of Idols, reported that Floortje was winning the contest, until Raffaëla sung "Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You) ", which was going to be the debut single of the winner of Idols. The song is a cover ofAgnes Carlsson , the Swedish Pop Idol.On
April 21 ,2006 , Raffaëlla's debut album "Raffaëla" was released. Thealbum contains 12 songs she sung during her Idols career and two new songs aboutpregnancy . The album debuted at #1 in the Dutch Album Top 100.On
August 24 ,2006 , Raffaëla delivered her first daughter, named Beautifull Hope. Raffaëla was inspired to chose this name by the 2004 movieYou Got Served , which features a black little girl, who announces "My name is Beautifull, with two L's". Raffaëla and her boyfriend Paul found this hilarious and named the baby after the child.ing on Idols III
*Audition:
India.Arie - Beautiful Surprise
*Theater (trio rounds):Patti LaBelle -Lady Marmalade (trio)
*Theater (duo rounds): Eternal & Bebe Winans -I Wanna Be the Only One
*Theater (solo rounds):Alicia Keys –If I Ain't Got You
*Workshops:The Trammps - Disco Inferno
*1st Liveshow:Lionel Richie -All Night Long (All Night)
*2nd Liveshow:Ilse DeLange - I'm Not So Tough
*3rd Liveshow:Mary Wells -My Guy
*4th Liveshow:Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
*5th Liveshow:Blu Cantrell -Hit 'em Up Style
*6th Liveshow:L.T.D. - Back in Love Again
*7th Liveshow: :#Roger Glover & Guests - Love is all:#Mariah Carey -Dreamlover
*8th Liveshow: :#Trijntje Oosterhuis &Marco Borsato - Wereld Zonder Jou:#De Dijk - Ik Kan Het Niet Alleen
*9th Liveshow: :#En Vogue -My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) :#Nat King Cole - Straighten up and Fly Right
*10th Liveshow: :#Aretha Franklin - Think (Freedom):#De Poema's - Mijn Houten Hart:#The Pussycat Dolls -Don't Cha
*Finale::#Aretha Franklin &Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves (duet with Floortje):#The Trammps - Disco Inferno:#Elvis Presley -Don't Be Cruel :#"Raffaëla Paton" -Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You) Discography
Albums
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ingles
Trivia
*NVPI, the Dutch certificator, certified the song gold three days after the finale of Idols, which is a record in the history of the Netherlands, because never ever has a song been certified gold after three days. In the Netherlands this means the song/single has been downloaded/bought over 40,000 times. Raffaëla was given the price while she was on a popular talkshow called Jensen!, by Eric van Tijn, one of the judges during Idols.
*A week after the final, Sony reported that the single had sold over 80,000 copies, certifyïng the single platinum after a week, another record Raffaëla has achieved in the Netherlands.
External links
* [http://www.idolraffaela.nl/ Official website] .
* [http://www.raffaela-music.nl/ Another Official website] .
* [http://www.raffaela.org/ Raffaëla Fanclub] .
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