Joan Franka
| Joan Franka | |
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Joan Franka (2012)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ayten Kalan |
| Born | 2 April 1990 |
| Origin | Dutch / Turkish |
| Genres | Pop, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Joan Franka (born 2 April 1990 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch singer with the birthname of Ayten Kalan. Her late father was Turkish, while her mother is Dutch. She represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with You and Me. She became well known in the Netherlands through her participation in the first series of The Voice of Holland, a talent show.
In September 2010, Joan Franka entered the talent show, The Voice of Holland in its inaugural 2010-2011 season where she auditioned with Nickelback's "How You Remind Me". Two of four judges hit their "I Want You" buttons, judges Roel van Velzen and Jeroen van der Boom. She chose to be on van Velzen's team.
In the Battle round, she was put against Yvette de Bie. They both sang "One of Us" and she was kept to move to the live shows with de Bie being eliminated. In first live show, she sang Jewel's "Foolish Games" and in third live show Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis" and in fifth live show Beverley Craven's "Promise Me" when she was eliminated.
Two of the songs she sang during the competition charted as minor hits in the Dutch Singles Chart. "Foolish Games" reached #42 and "Promise Me" #45 based on downloads.
On 26 February 2012 Joan battled against her former fellow The Voice of Holland contestant Raffaëla Paton on the first round of Nationaal Songfestival 2012 and eventually advanced to the final round where she was eventually chosen to represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Despite coming last with the jury vote of 11 she led the televotes with 26.1 points which resulted in her victory. Her song entry for the contest, "You and Me", was released in the Netherlands on 27 February 2012 as a Music download and also on a limited CD-single.
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