Prog Singers That Are Former TV Talent Show Contestants

[moecurlythanu]

Not sure about Marriott, but Collins definitely was in Oliver as The Artful Dodger. He also had an uncredited role in The Beatles "Hard Days Night" film. He did quite a bit of acting work as a child before turning to music in his teens.

There's a photo of a young Phil in costume in Armando Gallo's book.

[interbellum]

Not sure about Marriott, but Collins definitely was in Oliver as The Artful Dodger.

Correct. He was in Oliver for nine months, until his voice broke. Funny to know that when he was six he played a lead in the pantonime Humpty Dumpty. Probably the first link with future Genesis.

[jamesmanzi]

Does Ninet Tayeb's one night stint as the lead singer of Steven Wilson's band count as being a prog singer?

[Crystal Plumage]

Markus Fagerval of Liquid Scarlet won the Swedish version of Pop Idol (but that was not before he was in the band)

He actually left the band to sing in and win Pop Idol and got a great career out of it, but sadly the band broke up. Great voice nonetheless and his solo stuff is worth it for that.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Utopian Field's vocalist Lars Fredriksen won the Eurovision Song Contest (then called Melodi Grand Prix) here in Norway in 1998, performing his song in the Birmingham finale that year reaching 8th place out of 25.

A decade earlier (1988) he sang on this, which btw was the very first release on the come mythical Colours Records (sporting debuts by Landberk, Änglagård, Anekdoten and much more):

[SteveSly]

Utopian Field's vocalist Lars Fredriksen won the Eurovision Song Contest (then called Melodi Grand Prix) here in Norway in 1998, performing his song in the Birmingham finale that year reaching 8th place out of 25.

A decade earlier (1988) he sang on this, which btw was the very first release on the come mythical Colours Records (sporting debuts by Landberk, Änglagård, Anekdoten and much more):

Cool!

[SteveSly]

Does Ninet Tayeb's one night stint as the lead singer of Steven Wilson's band count as being a prog singer?

Was she in one of the TV talent shows?

[Progbear]

Does Eurovision count? Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson of Eldberg and Eirikur Hauksson of Magic Pie (both of whom are Icelandic!) both took part.

[SteveSly]

Does Eurovision count? Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson of Eldberg and Eirikur Hauksson of Magic Pie (both of whom are Icelandic!) both took part.

Wow, I had no idea!

[Mark Newman]

Amanda Somerville, who has written and recorded with progressive metal bands such as After Forever, Edguy, Kamelot, Epica, and Avantasia, finished runner-up in an American Idol tryout held in her home state of Michigan.

[Crystal Plumage]

Oh, but if we're talking Eurovision, there's Blond!

With Patrik Lundstrom (Ritual, Kaipa).
And ofcourse Pain of Salvation:


Though in both cases they already were active with their bands, so it doesn't really count

[proggy_jazzer]

Might be a bit of a stretch, or maybe just too obvious, but how about Kevin Gilbert competing in the Yamaha International Rock competition with Giraffe before going on to Toy Matinee?

[SteveSly]

Might be a bit of a stretch, or maybe just too obvious, but how about Kevin Gilbert competing in the Yamaha International Rock competition with Giraffe before going on to Toy Matinee?

[SteveSly]

Amanda Somerville, who has written and recorded with progressive metal bands such as After Forever, Edguy, Kamelot, Epica, and Avantasia, finished runner-up in an American Idol tryout held in her home state of Michigan.

I had no clue!

[SteveSly]

Oh, but if we're talking Eurovision, there's Blond!

With Patrik Lundstrom (Ritual, Kaipa).
And ofcourse Pain of Salvation:


Though in both cases they already were active with their bands, so it doesn't really count

Interesting. The whole Eurovison contest is not very well known here in the U.S. so had not seen those performances.

[doh]

And ofcourse Pain of Salvation:


Though in both cases they already were active with their bands, so it doesn't really count

Wow, I need to move to Europe.

[interbellum]

Interesting. The whole Eurovison contest is not very well known here in the U.S. so had not seen those performances.

Next year the daughters of Dan Bornemark, Signe and Hjördis Bornemark, will participate to the contest. They sang on the previous album from Proportions and on the Green Asphalt-CD from their dad. So this is the other way arround, prog-singers who become known as TV-talents.

Here the trio sings Winter Nights live:



Here's the song Fading Away from the previous Proportions-album After All These Years featuring the sisters:

[SteveSly]

Next year the daughters of Dan Bornemark, Signe and Hjördis Bornemark, will participate to the contest. They sang on the previous album from Proportions and on the Green Asphalt-CD from their dad. So this is the other way arround, prog-singers who become known as TV-talents.

Here the trio sings Winter Nights live:



Here's the song Fading Away from the previous Proportions-album After All These Years featuring the sisters:

Cool!

[Progbear]

Wow, I had no idea!

Eirikur took part again in 2007. Again, this is before joining Magic Pie:



This isn't counting acts that took part after their prog period (Joy Fleming of Joy Unlimited, Armando Gama of Tantra, etc.)

[SteveSly]

Eirikur took part again in 2007. Again, this is before joining Magic Pie:



This isn't counting acts that took part after their prog period (Joy Fleming of Joy Unlimited, Armando Gama of Tantra, etc.)

[3LockBox]

Davey Jones played the Artful Dodger on stage as well and we know the Monkees were prog

[Mota]

I love Pain of Salvation! That song is super intense too. I'd hate to be Johan during that performance, he literally hunched down under a spotlight and didn't play a single note, LOL.

[GuitarGeek]

re: Phil Collins

He also had an uncredited role in The Beatles "Hard Days Night" film. He did quite a bit of acting work as a child before turning to music in his teens.

"uncredited role"? He was an extra. I remember he talking about on Letterman back in the 80's (same interview where he explained where the name Sussudio came from and Dave facetiously asks "You expect people to put down their hard earned money for that?!", to which Phil responds, "Well, it worked, didn't it?"). He said they brought a busload of kids from the drama school he attended, including himself, to the theater where they show the concert scene at the end of the movie. Phil said something like "Don't look for me, because you won't find me, I tried".

But yeah, he was an actor early on. He was in a TV movie called Calamity The Cow. He said into an argument with the director so they wrote him out of most of the film, his character disappears after the first act, then reappears during the last reel to "save the day" or whatever. So when he did Miami Vice and the movie about the bank robber, that was kind of him coming full circle.

[miamiscot]

Aleena Gibson of Kaipa.

[groon]

I remember that at a 21st Century Schizoid Band performance in London 20 years or so ago, Jakko introduced himself as having got the gig as the winner of 'Prog Idol'. It raised a laugh.