What the hell, what sort of garments was I sporting there? It was the very first thing Jelle van Dael thought when she noticed the pictures of her participation in Let’s go Lasgo, sixteen years in the past. “Luckily I’ve improved in that space,” laughs the singer who received the expertise present on JIM, after which she succeeded Evi Goffin as frontwoman of the dance group. “I used to be nonetheless very younger then, I had simply turned eighteen. I nonetheless bear in mind it being very intense. From day one, quite a bit was coming my approach: performances at house and overseas, all that spotlight… I do know that in these first days I usually walked round with my mouth open: ‘Is this actual?’ I shortly stopped being the woman I used to be earlier than that match.”
Jelle van Dael simply after her victory in ‘Let’s go Lasgo’. — © Heidi Winters
Jumping rabbit
That woman from Opglabbeek knew very early that she needed to change into a singer. “I needed to register for Idool or Let’s go Lasgo. It then turned the final match. I used to be a fan of dance music and I’m fairly a jumper. (laughs) The music was appropriate for that. Did I even have one other plan that had nothing to do with music? Not me. My dad and mom might have had one thing totally different in thoughts. (laughs) They most well-liked me to check. But when the chance arose, I had no selection however to take it. And I nonetheless do not remorse it. What you choose up throughout such performances can’t be discovered at college.”
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Private highway
Jelle has carried out virtually in every single place on the earth: from England, to Scandinavia and Australia. “When corona broke out and all the pieces got here to a standstill, I began to recharge my batteries. Who am I and what else do I need to do? I had additionally had the ambition to be artistic myself for some time. At Lasgo, virtually all the pieces was determined by the homeowners and I used to be at a loss: I needed to resolve issues myself, I needed to proceed to develop. (searches for her phrases) You know, it was clear to all of us that we should always go our personal approach.”
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And the blonde has been doing that solo for some time now. She has already launched a number of singles – FireFall is the newest – and on May 18 she’s going to give her first showcase. That day she shares the line-up with Regi, who will do his first try-out of the season later that night, along with Linda Mertens and friends. “We are busy rehearsing. It shall be my first present with a band, I’ve been dreaming about that each one my life. With Lasgo I all the time stood alone, or with a number of dancers, on stage and sang dwell on tape. Now all the pieces is dwell and I’m within the driver’s seat of all the pieces. I get pleasure from each step. I keep true to the dance style, however I need to transfer ahead and produce new issues. No longer simply singing classics, like with Lasgo. Now I’m alone, I’m my very own.”
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Son
Her son Kellen shall be within the entrance row on May 18 in Heusden-Zolder. “I hope I can name him my little Kellen for a very long time, however he’s already twelve years outdated. He will go to secondary college in September. He is prepared for it, I possibly rather less so,” Jelle laughs. “I’m very pleased with him. When he was youthful, he noticed me carry out often. But I had the impression that that was troublesome for him. He could not fairly perceive why I paid consideration to so many individuals on the time, and rather less to him. But now he is older and he can let go of that higher.”
Own mattress
On Friday in Sing Again, Jelle will carry out Something by Lasgo once more. “They identified to me that I’ve been concerned for sixteen years. That was fairly one thing to swallow. How shortly did that occur? Unbelievable. I’ve change into older and wiser,” says Jelle, who celebrated her thirty fourth birthday final week. “I’ve been capable of fill a critical backpack with expertise, which I can now proceed to make use of. Fortunately, I’ve additionally been capable of make a residing from my music all these years. That is actually not given to everybody. I’ve all the time saved nicely.”
Jelle throughout ‘Sing Again’. — © vtm
“I generally get the query: ‘Why do not we hear from you anymore?’ But I’ve all the time remained busy, primarily overseas,” she continues. “I additionally traveled round as a DJ for some time. That was a pleasant interim section, however I’ve to have the ability to stroll round on a stage. I’ve to have that feeling with my viewers. And as a DJ you’re primarily tied to that turntable. Requests are nonetheless coming in, however for now I need to give attention to performing with my band. That offers extra satisfaction. Performing overseas is fantastic, but when attainable, ideally again in Belgium and the Netherlands extra usually. I’ve been overseas a lot, so I’d get pleasure from being in my very own nation a little bit extra. Then my son can come and watch, and I can sleep in my very own mattress,” she laughs.
Sing once more, at 8.40 pm on VTM and VTM GOShowcase Jelle van Dael, on 18/5 in The Max Heusden.