Telcontar Posted June 1, 2007 Report post Posted June 1, 2007 Ari Koivunen (born June 7, 1984, Kouvola) is the winner of the 2007 Finnish Idols competition. Prior to entering Idols, Koivunen won the Finnish Karaoke Championships in 2005, and placed third in the Karaoke World Championships the same year. A resident of Lahti, Koivunen breezed into the finals after winning 86% of the public vote for his rendition of Billy Joel's Piano Man. On the first of March, 2007, Koivunen reserved himself a place in the second round of competition with his version of Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers. Koivunen moved into the third round of competition on March 8th with his performance of the Iron Maiden classic The Evil That Men Do. On the 15th of March, Koivunen made it into the fourth round of competition, singing the Whitesnake hit, Here I Go Again. Despite some criticism from the judges for singing only heavy metal songs in the finals, Koivunen was unperturbed. "I don't see any reason to consider what people might like, since it seems they like the same thing I do," said Koivunen. At the end of the evening, Koivunen, the six other Idols finalists, and three of the semifinalists were presented with gold records for their album Idols 2007, which sold over 15,000 copies in the two days after its release. The fourth Idols final was held on March 22, and Koivunen chose to sing, in keeping with the week's theme, two songs by his own idols, the Led Zeppelin hit Rock and Roll and Hunting High and Low by the Finnish metal band Stratovarius.1 The judges, however, were not pleased with Koivunen's continuance of the heavy metal line, and gave him an unprecedented four negative reviews. The voting public was of a different opinion, as Koivunen again made it into the next round without being in danger of elimination. The fifth Idols final was held on March 29, and Koivunen won over the judges completely with his version of the Broadcast ballad You Break My Heart. For his second song, Koivunen sang the Finnish hit Sielut iskee tulta by the heavy metal band Kilpi.1. With these performances, Koivunen made it to the Idols final which was held on April 6, 2007 in the Helsinki Ice Arena, where he defeated his fellow competitor Anna Abreu by gaining 57% of the public vote. Koivunen sang the Sonata Arctica song Full Moon (which he also sang in the auditions), the Soundgarden hit Black Hole Sun (chosen by the judges), the Scorpions ballad Still Loving You and the song On the Top of the World which was composed for the Idols winner. As his reward for winning Idols 2007, Koivunen received a recording contract with Sony BMG, and an advance payment of 30,000 Euros. His first solo single was On Top Of the World, the song composed for the Idols winner.; he had already sung with the other Idols finalists on the single "Pop-musiikkia" On the seventh of May, 2007, it was announced that Koivunen's debut album, Fuel For The Fire, will be released on the 30th of May. The album was released for download sale on the 21st of May. The first single from that album, Hear My Call, was released on May 11th. "Fuel for the Fire" was produced by Nino Laurenne (THUNDERSTONE) and Pasi Heikkilä (45 DEGREE WOMAN). Among the metal luminaries who have contributed material to the album are Timo Tolkki (STRATOVARIUS), Tomi Putaansuu (a.k.a. Mr. Lordi; LORDI), Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT), Janne Joutsenniemi (SUBURBAN TRIBE), Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA) and Jarkko Ahola (TERÄSBETONI). The following musicians appear on the CD: Tuomas Wäinölä (KOTIPELTO, NYLON BEAT) - Guitar Mikko Kosonen (MAIJA VILKKUMAA) - Guitar Nino Laurenne (THUNDERSTONE) - Guitar Mirka Rantanen (THUNDERSTONE) - Drums Mikko Kaakkuriniemi (KOTIPELTO) - Drums Pasi Heikkilä (45 DEGREE WOMAN) - Bass Janne Wirman (CHILDREN OF BODOM) - Keyboards Kimmo Valtanen of SonyBMG told Helsingin Sanomat that the label recognized Ari's potential early on in the competition and that the company would have made an album with Ari even if he hadn't won the contest. Ari Koivunen's touring band will consist of the following musicians; Erkka Korhonen (RASKAS JOULU, CHEAT CODE) - Guitar Vili Ollila (TUNNELVISION, RASKAS JOULU, CHEAT CODE) - Keyboards Luca Gargano (CHEAT CODE) - Guitar Erkki Silvennoinen (AMORAL, CHEAT CODE) - Bass Mauro Gargano (CHEAT CODE) – Drums Album je neki Hard Rockish/Powerish mix... Decko stvarno fenomenalno peva, fantastican glas ima, a album je dosta kvalitetan, ok je za slusanje skroz, meni se svidja.. Favorit mi je "Hear my call" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overkill_vs Posted June 1, 2007 Report post Posted June 1, 2007 Ari Koivunen - Fuel for the Fire (2007) Tracklist: 01. God Of War 02. Hear My Call 03. Fuel For The Fire 04. Don't Try To Break Me 05. Angels Are Calling 06. I Fly 07. Our Beast 08. Losing My Insanity 09. Stay True 10. Stormwind 11. Heartstealer 12. Hetki lyö http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FWJBA3KM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Download_manager Posted June 1, 2007 Report post Posted June 1, 2007 Dosta solidan rad. Pred njime je uspešna karijera. Ima na Youtube njegovih klipova iz 'Idola' kad je pevao Purple, Maiden, Stratovarius, Scorpions. Preslušavajuci njegov album primetio sam dosta uticaja njegovog zemljaka Kotipelta. Heavy metalu je potrebno više mladih pevača i drago mi je da se pojavio neko kao Ari Koivunen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindrideR Posted June 2, 2007 Report post Posted June 2, 2007 @ overkill_vs: Hvala za megaupload link. Sad skidam pa cu da napisem utiske malo kasnije. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overkill_vs Posted June 2, 2007 Report post Posted June 2, 2007 @ overkill_vs: Hvala za megaupload link. Sad skidam pa cu da napisem utiske malo kasnije. No problemos! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya Posted June 2, 2007 Report post Posted June 2, 2007 He ja nisam videla link pa skinula preko rapidshare http://rapidshare.com/files/34087558/Ari_Koivunen.part1.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/34085584/Ari_Koivunen.part2.rar.html Inače simpatično čovek zvuči, još kad mu sazri glas do kraja, biće nešto od njega Tek sam jednom preslušala, pa ne mogu baš nešto određeno da komentarišem, ali eto što se glasa tiče sasvim lepo otpevano Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Download_manager Posted June 3, 2007 Report post Posted June 3, 2007 Inače simpatično čovek zvuči, još kad mu sazri glas do kraja, biće nešto od njega upravu si. još mu je glas dečački s obzirom da ima 23 godine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya Posted June 3, 2007 Report post Posted June 3, 2007 Pa mlad je, ima vremena. Pa poslušaj samo kako je Russel zvučao na The Damnation Game, a kako zvuči na Domination... Isti je glas, ali dobije na oštrini, dubini Ovako kad je mlad, može on strastveno da peva, ali nema to tu željenu težinu Uglavnom dečko ima potencijala, a to je bitno! Btw najviše mi se sviđa kako zvuči u Hetki Lyo nekako je najprirodnije "pustio glas" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErliK Posted June 5, 2007 Report post Posted June 5, 2007 Nije lose ali sto kazete zvuci kao klinac. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErliK Posted June 6, 2007 Report post Posted June 6, 2007 uh, sad sam provalio da je ova stvar Angels Are Calling maznuta od Toše Proeskog... STRAŠNO! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanya Posted June 6, 2007 Report post Posted June 6, 2007 Ha, ha, ja to nisam provalila, a i ne bih za sto god, jer ne znam Tošetove pesme Aj kaži koja je da je nađem? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vainglory Posted October 17, 2009 Report post Posted October 17, 2009 Neka, neka... danas je mozda bolje ali onaj Maiden cover je svakako neverovatno ispao.. Zvuci zenski, ali bolje kao matorije zensko, nego musko, manje zrelo :) :) Glas ima koji budi osecanja.. Iskoristio je sansu u talenat showu... Neka se developuje... vec bolje ide :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwakeN Posted October 17, 2009 Report post Posted October 17, 2009 Pisano je o njemu u predlozima pre godinu dana sigurno....mislim da ga je predlozila Shamandalie... Najaca stvar mi je balada Angels are Calling! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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