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Kizzy Profile |
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Birth Date: March 14, 1979
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Birth Place: Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Birth Name: Kizzy Yuanda Constance Getrouw
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Biography |
Kizzy is a Dutch singer-songwriter and television
personality. She became a household name in the Netherlands
Antilles with a hit album and a weekly TV show. In the
United States she is best known for hosting both The Gossip
Swapp on XY TV and The Vip with Chris Shine (Kiss 108).
Kizzy was born to a Surinamese father and an Antillean
mother (Sint Eustatius). At the age of four, her family
moved to the Caribbean island of Curacao. Starting at the
age of nine, she had lead roles in various televised
musicals and plays, and won numerous talent competitions
including The European Caribbean Talent Contest in 1995. In
the following year she represented the Netherlands Antilles
at the Caribbean Broadcasting Union Song Festival in
Barbados, finishing in second place . This event enabled her
a great degree of fame through Caribbean, West Indian and
South American press. Moreover, she performed at award
shows, beauty pageants and sang the National Anthem for
presidential and big sports events, including The Caribbean
Olympics and the Andruw Jones Awards.
Kizzy's career as a singer took off in 1997 with the
success of the hit album Lamu-Lamu on Crown Records, which
became a number one selling album in the Netherlands
Antilles. She also became the host of Wie is er
Nieuwsgierig? a successful Dutch TV show that aired twice a
week.
In 1998, Kizzy was signed to German label TMP. During the
recording sessions in Majorca she was accepted at Berklee
College of Music on a full scholarship awarded by the
Curacao Government, thanks to her achievements at the CBU.
Kizzy moved to Boston, MA. Her German CD was not released.
In the summer of 1999 Kizzy flew to Amsterdam to host and
perform at the Kwakoe Festival, the Netherlands' biggest
annual multicutural festival. She recorded the official
commercial that was used to promote the event and the
producers of Radio Wereld Omroep in Hilversum recorded a
documentary of her career that was aired on TV.
Prior to graduating from Berklee in 2003 with a degree in
Performance, she was featured at the college's most
prestigious concerts such as Tribute to David Bowie
Commencement Concert, Singer's Showcase and The Berklee
Gospel Choir. She performed as a back up vocalist for
artists such as Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Al Kooper, Grammy
nominee Susan Tedeschi, and Grammy award winner Kim Burrell.
Around the same time, Getrouw appeared on the VH1 TV series
SoundEffects with an interview on her career and a musical
performance. In addition, she was featured on the cover of
The Improper Bostonian Magazine (January 26 Issue). In 2005,
Kizzy Became the lead singer of the Bo Winiker Orchestra. |
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since August 4, 2008