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Urban Trad

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Group Members:

Veronica Codesal 

Marie-Sophie Talbot

Yves Barbieux 

Didier Laloy

Dirk Naessens 

Cédric Waterschoot

Permanent members, but not on Eurovision stage:

Soetkin Collier

Philip Masure

Michel Morvan

Established:2000
Nationality:Belium
   
National Finals:
ESC Entries:Sanomi (2003)
   
Website:Facebook/Urban Trad

Biograph

Urban Trad is a Belgian folk music group.  They released their first album “One o four” in 2001.

Urban Trad participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. A few months before the contest, the selectors dropped singer Soetkin Collier on the advice of the Belgian security services, who claimed that she’d had extreme right sympathies in the past. Collier vigorously denied the claims, and later that year after an investigation it was concluded that the accusations were exaggerated and based on outdated information.

As a result of this, two versions of the song exist on record. One was the standard album version (4:08) and another version was released on single and on the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 album. Often known as the Eurovision edit, it cut down to 3:01 and it had Soetkin Collier’s vocals removed.

Marie-Sophie Talbot is no longer a member.

Michel Morvan died July 3, 2010

 

Entries

Country:Belgium
Year:2003
Language:Imaginary
   
Artist:Urban Trad
Song:Sanomi
Lyrics:Yves Barbieux
Composer(s):Yves Barbieux
Backings:
   
Backings  
Results 
Points:165
Position:2
Running order:22