Dilana
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| Birth name | Dilana Jansen VanVüren | |
| Born | August 10, 1972 Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Genre(s) | Rock, Classic Rock, Alternative Rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar | |
| Label(s) | Rusty Harp (Dilana's Own Record Label) | |
Dilana is a singer, songwriter, and performer who lives in Los Angeles, California. She is best known as the runner-up contestant on the CBS reality television show Rock Star: Supernova.
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[edit] Biography
Dilana Jansen VanVüren was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 10, 1972. Her surname changed to Smith when she was about two years old, when her mother married her step-father, and he adopted her. Dilana used singing as an escape from an unpleasant home scene, participating in school choir competitions and festivals, as well as church choir.
When the opportunity presented itself, Dilana dropped everything and started performing full time, from a traveling duo, to a mixture of bands in South Africa and Holland. Moving to the Netherlands, she formed her own band, focusing more on original works and becoming one of the country’s highest paid live performers.
Recording her first album Wonderfool in 2000 led to four music videos, five singles and well over 200 gigs. She also sang the title tracks for two major motion pictures and performed in a festival in Belgium supporting Joe Cocker, K's Choice and Heather Nova to a crowd of more than 100,000 people. Dilana also performed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with other Dutch performers.
[edit] Supernova
Dilana was one of the finalists on the CBS reality television show of season two of Rock Star, where she finished runner-up to Lukas Rossi. The show is a competition in which the band chooses a lead singer from a group of contestants. Although Dilana received the most consistent praise for her performances of all the contestants, she came under fire from fans, her competition, and from Supernova because of comments she made during a staged press conference, in which she was forthcoming with her opinion of her competitors. Although she apologized repeatedly for her remarks afterwards, it appears that her first "bottom three" appearance was a result of this controversy. The controversy seemed to die down by the end of the program; on the final night of voting, she was said to have received the highest number of votes at least at one point during the evening, and ended up with the second highest number overall. On November 17, 2006, Gilby Clarke revealed that Lukas Rossi defeated Dilana because "he made [their] music sound more like a band, whereas Dilana sounded like a singer, with Rock Star Supernova backing her."
[edit] Gigs and Tours
Following her participation on Rock Star, Dilana performed various venues with fellow Rock Star: Supernova finalist Magni; with Magni, she won an FM957 People's Choice Award (Icelandic Grammy) for "Gig of the Year" in January of 2007. From November to December of 2006, Dilana headlined her first independent tour in the United States, sponsored by Urok clothing, which also distributes and sells her new clothing line.[1] From January to February of 2007, she opened for the Rock Star Supernova tour, playing an acoustic set with Magni on guitar. While critics generally panned Rock Star Supernova, Dilana's performances were met with positive reception. [2] [3] Following the Rock Star Supernova tour, Dilana will perform at various locations before embarking on another solo tour following the release of her album. This includes opening for the legendary band Aerosmith on April 28, 2007 at the Manadalay Bay in Las Vegas. [4]
[edit] Line Up For Tour
- Dilana - Vocals
- Jerrod Bettis (Thunder Thunder) - Drums
- Kim Chi (The Distillers) - Bass
- Christian McAlhaney (Acceptance) - Guitar
- Nick Radovanovic (Acceptance) - Guitar
[edit] In the Studio
Dilana has stated that her upcoming album is slated for a Summer 2007 release date. It will be recorded with the help of Gilby Clarke, No Doubt drummer Adrian Young, former Acceptance members and the Rock Star houseband and released through her newly created record label "Rusty Harp." She has also mentioned that this album will feature her original work, opposed to covers; however, she has released covers of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire and The Police classic Roxanne (song). It is unclear whether they will be included on the final tracklisting. Through YouTube on her personal account "DilanaVids", she released the music video for Holiday, which she created using footage from her life after rising to fame in the United States. Fans can view the video for free here.
Dilana was also featured on a re-recording of "Black", a track on Gilby Clarke's best-of album released January 30, 2007. [5]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Album
| Album Name | Release Date | Charts |
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| Wonderfool | September 5, 2000 | #62 (Netherlands) |
[edit] Singles
| Single Title | Release Date | Charts |
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| +Do You Now | 2000 | #29 (Netherlands) |
| +To All Planets | 2000 | #25 (Netherlands) |
| *Roxanne | November 28, 2006 | #1 (Iceland) |
| *Supersoul | November 28, 2006 | |
| *+Holiday | February 20, 2007 | |
| *Ring of Fire | February 20, 2007 |
*Released exclusively through digital download websites.
+Music video created for single.
