Gerard Joling

Gerard Jan Joling born 29 April 1960 is a Dutch singer and television presenter Known for his high tenor voice he rose to fame in the late 1980s and released a string of singles including Ticket to the Tropics and Love Is in Your Eyes He also achieved success in Asia and received more than 20 gold and platinum records In 1988 he was the Dutch participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song ShangriLa His biggest hit was No More Boleros that reached the top 10 in several countries in mainland Europe The song was recorded by different artists such as Clemente Portugal Sula Mazurenga and As Marcianas both in Brazil Karel Gott in German and Czech Demis Roussos Semino Rossi Oliver Thomas and George Meiring in 2011 in South Africa Joling Gordon Over de Vloer is a television program Gerard Joling made with singer Gordon in 2005 There were 3 seasons of the series which featured the duo during work and having a laugh In 2007 he was the host of Sterren dansen op het ijs and So You Wanna Be a Popstar for the television channel SBS 6 2007 was also the year that sparked Jolings renewed success with two number 1 songs a number 1 album and 11 gold and platinum awards In 2008 Joling became team captain on the Dutch TV show Wie ben ik Who am I in which the team captains together with both two guests have to guess who they are based on hints and questions they can ask The other team captain was Patty Brard Joling was scheduled to represent The Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow as a member of De Toppers but temporarily left the group after a conflict with Gordon Joling was replaced in The Toppers with Jeroen van der Boom In December 2009 De Toppers manager Benno de Leeuw announced in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that Gerard Joling and Gordon were to rejoin the group turning the trio into a foursome once more Joling can also regularly be seen as a member of juries on a myriad of Dutch television programs In 2018 he was seen in The Voice Senior and since 2019 in the Dutch version of the program The Masked Singer Source Article Gerard Joling from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30