Takasa
Takasa | |
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From left to right: Hauri, Gygax, Jakob, Breiter, Ramsauer and Sterckx | |
Background information | |
Also known as | Heilsarmee |
Origin | Switzerland |
Years active | 2012–2013 |
Labels | HitMill Records |
Members | Sarah Breiter Jonas Gygax Katharina Hauri Christoph Jakob Emil Ramsauer (deceased) Michel Sterckx |
Website | www |
Takasa (formerly Heilsarmee) was a Swiss musical group that represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden.[1] The group consisted of six Salvation Army soldiers.[2]
Career
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
The band participated in the Swiss national final with the song "You and Me". They qualified to the national final through the online selection organized by SF. On 15 December 2012, they won the Swiss national final, therefore they represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.
On 17 December 2012, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the band would not be permitted to compete under the name "Heilsarmee" (German for "Salvation Army") at the Eurovision Song Contest, in accordance with the rules of the contest forbidding political and religious content.[3] In March 2013, the group announced that they would be known as "Takasa" for the contest; officially, the name was taken from the Swahili verb "to purify", but it has been noted to be an acronym of "The Artists Known As Salvation Army" (an allusion to The Artist Formerly Known As Prince).[4] This is also similar to the time when the Sex Pistols toured under the name "Spots" (Sex Pistols On Tour, Secretly.)
The members of the band have a major age difference, as the oldest member, bassist Emil Ramsauer, was 95 (born 1918), and their youngest member, singer Sarah Breiter, was 22 (born 1991), at the time of their Eurovision performance. The band also wore different outfits for Eurovision, barred from wearing Salvation Army uniforms by the same rules.[5]
Subsequent career and dissolution
After their Eurovision appearance, the group performed only a few more times at local events in Switzerland. By 2015, according to Christoph Jakob, the group had ceased to exist, because the other professional responsibilities of its members made its continuance impractical.[6]
In 2018, Ramsauer became the first Eurovision artist to turn 100 years of age. Ramsauer's death was announced on 22 December 2021, at the age of 103.[7]
Discography
Singles
Title | Year | Chart positions | Album |
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SWI [8] | |||
"You and Me" | 2012 | 21 | TBA |
References
- ^ "Switzerland has chosen for Malmö: It is Heilsarmee". Esctoday.com. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "Switzerland: Heilsarmee to Malmö! | escXtra". Escxtra.com. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ Floras, Stella (17 December 2012). "Swiss Salvation Army name and uniform cannot be used in Malmö". esctoday.com.
- ^ ""Waterfall" von Nodi & Sophie (Georgien)". ESC Music. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "Switzerland: New name, outfit and video for Heilsarmee!". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ Künzi, Stefan (21 May 2015). "Takasa – das war einmal". Berner Zeitung. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Kolb, Nelly (23 December 2021). "Der drittälteste Thuner ist verstorben". Berner Zeitung. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Heilsarmee - Songs" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
External links
- Takasa discography at Discogs
- Takasa at IMDb
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- "C'est la chanson de mon amour"
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- "The Code"
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- "Dans le jardin de mon âme"
- "Dentro di me"
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- "Giorgio"
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- "Il pleut de l'or"
- "In Love for a While"
- "Io così non ci sto"
- "Io senza te"
- "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans"
- "Irgendwoher"
- "Je vais me marier, Marie"
- "Lass ihn"
- "The Last of Our Kind"
- "Mikado"
- "Mein Ruf nach dir"
- "Mister Music Man"
- "Moi, tout simplement"
- "Moitié, moitié"
- "Mon cœur l'aime"
- "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus"
- "Ne partez pas sans moi"
- "Ne vois-tu pas ?"
- "Non, à jamais sans toi"
- "Nous aurons demain"
- "Pas pour moi"
- "Piano, piano"
- "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?"
- "Refrain"
"Répondez-moi"- "Retour"
- "Le Retour"
- "She Got Me"
- "Sto pregando"
- "Stones"
- "Swiss Lady"
- "T'en va pas"
- "Time to Shine"
- "Tout l'univers"
- "Trödler und Co"
- "Unbreakable"
- "Vampires Are Alive"
- "La vita cos'è?"
- "Viver senza tei"
- "Vivre"
- "Watergun
- "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"
- "You and Me"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where Switzerland did not compete