| Patty Brard | |
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Patty Brard and Gerard Joling at Gay Pride Amsterdam 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Petula Louise Brard |
| Also known as | Patty Brard |
| Born | March 25, 1955 ; Sorong, Netherlands New Guinea |
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genres | pop |
| Occupations | TV presenter/host, Singer |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1977 - present |
| Associated acts |
Luv', José Hoebee, Marga Scheide, Hans van Hemert, Piet Souer, Billy Preston, Paulinho Da Costa |
| Website | www.pattybrard.nl |
Patty Brard (born Petula Louise Brard in Sorong, New Guinea/Indonesia, on March 25, 1955) is a famous Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) entertainer. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a member of the girl group Luv'. For three decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.
In the late 1970s, Luv' scored a string of international hit records such as "You're the Greatest Lover", "Trojan Horse", "Casanova" and "Ooh, Yes I Do". The group reunited in 2005. Since 1982, Patty has been active on television as a host/presenter of Candid Camera-like TV shows such as Bananasplit and Gaan met die Banaan as well as the 1985 edition of the San Remo Festival and the 2001 version of Big Brother. Inspired by the success of The Osbournes, she was involved from 2003 to 2006 in reality television shows that featured her life, the most popular being Patty's Posse. In recent years, she was often invited on famous talk shows (Jensen!, Mooi! Weer De Leeuw, De Wereld Draait Door...). Her funny participation in the ice skating competition Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs was a highly covered event in early 2007.[1] She hosted the entertainment news program Shownieuws between February 2007 and May 2011 on SBS 6. Brard also presented other shows on the same channel: De Nieuwe Uri Geller ("The new Uri Geller"), Wie Ben Ik? ("Who Am I?"), K2 zoekt K3" and "Prins zoekt vrouw". After Sanoma and Talpa had taken over SBS Nederland in 2011,[2] her contract was not extended.[3] In September 2011, she will appear with fellow celebrities Patricia Paay and Tatjana Simic on the RTL 4 reality program Diva's draaien door.[4]
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In 1976, she was recruited by Hans van Hemert to be part of Luv' (a female pop act) with two other girls (José Hoebee and Marga Scheide). In the late 1970s, Luv' was the best export act from the Netherlands[5][6] and scored a string of hit records in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Mexico. In 1980, she left the group and made two comebacks (in 1993-1996 and in 2005–present).
In 1981, Patty was the first Luv' member to start a solo career. She recorded in the 1980s three albums (All This Way, You're In The Pocket and Red Light) in Los Angeles. She collaborated with famous session musicians (like Billy Preston, Paulinho Da Costa, Paul Jackson, Jr. and Jai Winding).[7][8][9] Patty's American recordings weren't big selling discs like those of Luv' (except the single "Hold On To Love" which was a Top 20 hit in Holland, a Top 10 hit in Belgium and which reached the 12th position in South Africa in 1981).
She is used to record duets:
In 1997, as the Spice Girls world phenomenon reached its peak, Patty hired five young women to form a short-lived female pop group Patty Cash. Hans van Hemert did the production on the quintet's recordings. Moreover, the same year, she was part of a Dutch All Stars choir (BN'ers voor BNN) which recorded "Hij gaat voor C",[13] a parodic cover version of "We Are the World" that reached the 3rd position on the Dutch Top 40. Six years later, she briefly formed her own girls band "Enuv'", inspired by her experience as a Luv' member. In 2010, NRGY Music released Brard's Schlager oriented single "Het leven is een feest" (Life is a party)[14] for the Carnival festivities in the Netherlands, which peaked at #8[15] in Holland.
Since 1982, Patty Brard has hosted many TV shows, such as Banana Split, Gaan met die banaan, Brard gaat extreem, Onder de B van Brard and Hart van de stad. In 1985, she presented with Pippo Baudo the famous Sanremo Music Festival on the Italian TV channel Rai Uno.
In early 2001, in her TV show Absolutely Patty on Yorin, she interviewed VIPs in her house. In that year she also hosted the third Dutch edition of Big Brother.
Two years later, a reality TV programme Patty's Posse featured her domestic life, her friends and her family (her daughter Priscilla, and her third husband René). In the autumn of 2004, she was filmed with other celebrities (among them, her Luv' colleague Marga Scheide) as they were having a health cure in Ibiza.
On March 25, 2005, she celebrated her 50th birthday, which spawned a special TV programme Pat's Life (in which she met the most important persons in her life) was prepared. Later that year RTL 5 broadcasted Lieve Patty, in which Patty helped desperate candidates to solve their love problems. In 2006, the docusoap Back In Luv' featured Luv's reunion.
Her funny performance in Sterren Dansen op het IJs (the Dutch version of Skating with Celebrities) in January 2007 was a heavily covered media event. After a 15-year long partnership with RTL Nederland, she signed a contract with SBS 6. She was involved in several programs:
In addition to the presentation of her own shows, Brard has often been invited on successful TV shows, like (Mooi! Weer De Leeuw, Jensen! and Life & Cooking...).
In April 2011, Sanoma and Talpa took over SBS Nederland.[20] One month later, Patty's deal was not extended.[21] Soon after, RTL Nederland announced that Brard would appear in September 2011 on a reality program Diva's draaien door[22] with former rivals Patricia Paay and Tatjana Simic.
In 1996, Patty hosted Radio Romantica on Hitradio Veronica, in which she gave the listeners advices about their love problems. In 2003 and 2004, she worked on a weekend show on Noordzee FM.
In January 1988, Brard was the cover girl of one issue of the Dutch edition of Playboy. Nowadays, the pictures of this photo session can easily be found on internet.
In 2005 and 2006, she wrote a weekly column in Weekend (a Dutch gossip magazine) about her career and her point of view about show business. In August 2007, she was a temporary correspondent of Privé (a Dutch celebrity magazine) in which she writes another column about her holidays in Ibiza. She currently interviews female stars for the glossy publication Beau Monde.
Patty appeared in Odyssée d'amour, a movie directed by Pim de la Parra in 1987 as well as in Costa! and the series based on it in 2001. She also played cameo roles in the TV series Pittige tijden (a parody of Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden in 1997) and in the film Spion van Oranje (2009)[23][24] besides comedian Paul de Leeuw and singer Gerard Joling.
In 2010, Brard also dubbed characters voices for the Dutch version of two 3-D animated comedies: "How to train your dragon" (produced by DreamWorks) and Sammy's adventures (distributed by Universal Pictures). In 2011, she dubbed the voice of Spanish actress Pilar Bardem for the Walt Disney Movie "Heksje Lilly en de reis naar Mandolan" (the sequel of Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book).[25]
Since Luv's breakthrough, the Dutch tabloids have always been interested in Patty's privacy, especially in her love affairs.
The Luv' singer got married three times:
In addition to these weddings, she has had many affairs, including:
Her current lover is Antoine van de Vijver, an architect.
Due to the flop of Hello/Brard (a magazine she had launched with Eric Peute and that focused on women's fashion, beauty, health and entertainment), Patty went bankrupt in December 1993. She was obliged to sell all her possessions. It took years to recover.
A journalist, Pieter Ploeg wrote her biography (De Naakte Waarheid: The Naked Truth) which was published by Strengholt in 2003.