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 Raffaëla during a promotion tour
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Raffaëla Paton |
| Born | June 1 1983  Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genre(s) | Pop, R&B, Dance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2006—present |
| Label(s) | Sony BMG |
| Website | Idol Raffaëla (Dutch) Raffaëla music (Dutch) |
Raffaëla Paton (born June 1, 1983 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch singer of Surinamese descent and the winner of the 2006 Dutch talentshow Idols.
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Biography
Raffaëla moved to Assen when she was a little girl. Her mother was a famous singer in Suriname. Raffaëla's aunt is Ruth Jacott, also a famous Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1993. Before she participated in Idols, she worked as a hostess in a restaurant in Emmen. Raffaëla amazed many by admitting her love to Henkjan Smits, one of the judges in Idols, what turned out to be a joke later on. On January 31, 2006, Raffaëla reported to be pregnant. The father of the baby is her current boyfriend; Paul van der Vlugt, also from Emmen, whom she was seeing for four months at the time. The baby was born August 24 and is called: Beautifull Hope (double-ell was intentional). March 11 2006 was a big day for Raffaëla; The grand finale of "Idol 2006", a Dutch imitation of hit reality TV show Pop Idol. Raffaëla won Idols with 58% of the total votes, beating favourite Floortje. After the show, RTL 4, the broadcaster of Idols, reported that Floortje was winning the contest, until Raffaëla sung "Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You)", which was going to be the debut single of the winner of Idols. The song is a cover of Agnes Carlsson, the Swedish Pop Idol. On April 21, 2006, Raffaëlla's debut album Raffaëla was released. The album contains 12 songs she sung during her Idols career and two new songs about pregnancy. The album debuted at #1 in the Dutch Album Top 100. On August 24, 2006, Raffaëla delivered her first daughter, named Beautifull Hope. Inspiration for the name is from the 2004 You Got Served movie, where a black little girl appeared in and said "My name is Beautifull, with two L's". Raffaëla and her boyfriend Paul found this hilarious and named the baby after the child.
Sing on Idols III
- Audition: India.Arie - Beautiful Surprise
- Theater (trio rounds): Patti LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (trio)
- Theater (duo rounds): Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One
- Theater (solo rounds): Alicia Keys – If I Ain't Got You
- Workshops: The Trammps - Disco Inferno
- 1st Liveshow: Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
- 2nd Liveshow: Ilse DeLange - I'm Not So Tough
- 3rd Liveshow: Mary Wells - My Guy
- 4th Liveshow: Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
- 5th Liveshow: Blu Cantrell - Hit 'em Up Style
- 6th Liveshow: L.T.D. - Back in Love Again
- 7th Liveshow:
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- Roger Glover & Guests - Love is all
- Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
- 8th Liveshow:
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- Trijntje Oosterhuis & Marco Borsato - Wereld Zonder Jou
- De Dijk - Ik Kan Het Niet Alleen
- 9th Liveshow:
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- En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
- Nat King Cole - Straighten up and Fly Right
- 10th Liveshow:
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- Aretha Franklin - Think (Freedom)
- De Poema's - Mijn Houten Hart
- The Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
- Finale:
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- Aretha Franklin & Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves (duet with Floortje)
- The Trammps - Disco Inferno
- Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
- Raffaëla Paton - Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You)
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart | Peak |
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| 2006 | Raffaëla | Dutch Mega Album Top 100 | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Cover | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||
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| NL Top 40 | NL Singles 100 | NL Mega Top 50 | ||||
| 2006 |  |
"Right Here Right Now"
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1 (6) | 1 (6) | 1 (5) | Raffaëla |
| 2006 | "Mijn houten hart" (with Paul de Leeuw) |
– | 18 | – | Raffaëla | |
| 2006 | "Eeuwig en altijd" | – | – | – | Raffaëla | |
Trivia
- NVPI, the Dutch certificator, certified the song gold three days after the finale of Idols, which is a record in the history of the Netherlands, because never ever has a song been certified gold after three days. In the Netherlands this means the song/single has been downloaded/bought over 40,000 times. Raffaëla was given the price while she was on a popular talkshow called Jensen!, by Eric van Tijn, one of the judges during Idols.
- A week after the final, Sony reported that the single had sold over 80,000 copies, certifyïng the single platinum after a week, another record Raffaëla has achieved in the Netherlands.
| Preceded by Boris Titulaer |
Idols (Netherlands) Winner Season 3 (2006) |
Succeeded by ? |
