Timebelle is a Swiss-Romanian band from Bern, currently consisting of lead vocalist Miruna Mănescu, drummer Samuel Forster, and multi-instrumentalist Emanuel Daniel Andriescu. Past members include accordionist Rade Mijatović, guitarist Christoph Siegrist, and bassist Sándor Török. The band was formed as a five-member boyband while its members were students at the University of Bern.[1][2] Shortly after, Mănescu was added to the group as a lead singer by their Romanian producer Mihai Alexandru.[3] The name of the band is derived from the Zytglogge which is one of the main sights of Bern.[4] While the band was formed in and is based in Switzerland, its members have hailed from Romania, Hungary, and Serbia, in addition to Switzerland.
Timebelle | |
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 Timebelle in Kyiv 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Bern, Switzerland |
| Genres | |
| Members | Miruna Mănescu Samuel Forster Emanuel Daniel Andriescu |
| Past members | Rade Mijatović Christoph Siegrist Sándor Török |
The band represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Apollo" placing 12th in the 2nd Semi Final.[5] They previously attempted to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Singing About Love", but failed, placing second in the Swiss national final.[6]
Members
editCurrent
edit- Miruna Mănescu – lead vocals (from Romania)
- Samuel Forster – drums (from Switzerland)
- Emanuel Daniel Andriescu – saxophone, clarinet, piano (from Romania)
Former
editDiscography
editExtended plays
edit| Title | Details |
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| Desperado |
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Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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| SWI [7] | |||||||||||||
| "Singing About Love" | 2015 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Desperado" | — | Desperado | |||||||||||
| "Are You Ready?" | — | ||||||||||||
| "Apollo" | 2017 | 37 | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Come Around" | — | ||||||||||||
| "Heartache" (featuring Soundland) |
2018 | — | |||||||||||
| "Tócame" (featuring SunStroke Project) |
— | ||||||||||||
| "Movin On" (featuring Soundland) |
2019 | — | |||||||||||
| "Black Sea" | — | ||||||||||||
| "Beautiful People" (featuring Alizé Oswald) |
2020 | — | |||||||||||
| "Rápido" (featuring Alejandro Reyes) |
— | ||||||||||||
| "Dopamina" | 2021 | — | |||||||||||
| "About Us" | — | ||||||||||||
| "No Se Puede" | — | ||||||||||||
| "Barba" (featuring Alejandro Reyes) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "About Timebelle". Timebelle. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Halpin, Chris (29 January 2015). "Switzerland: Timebelle tell us about their international roots and "Singing About Love"". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Songcheck Schweiz (6): "Singing about love" von Timebelle". prinz.de (in German). Prinz Blog.
- ^ "Switzerland: Timebelle – "Our fans asked us to try again"". escunited.com. ESCYounited. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Hebert, Emily (5 February 2017). "Switzerland: Timebelle to Eurovision Song Contest 2017". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (31 January 2015). "Switzerland: Mélanie René Has Won!". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "hitparade.ch – Discographie Timebelle". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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