Category “Music”
Eyakeno Ekpo
Eyakeno grew up in his native country of Nigeria until he was ten years old, before emigrating to the United States with his parents. As an entertainer and singer on a cruise ship, he met the love of his life – a Swiss woman – in Barcelona and now lives with his small family in Kriens in the canton of Lucerne.
Michael Waeckerlin aka The Human Jukebox
After years of voice training at a jazz school and at the Scala Opera in Milan, there is hardly a musical genre that Michael hasn’t mastered: from heavy metal to hits to classical opera, he sings almost everything. He is 46 years old, works as an assistant in a law firm and lives in the Zurich area.
ROCK OUT
The rock band ROCK-OUT consists of singer and guitarist Florian Badertscher, 24, drummer David Bärtschi, 20, bassist Luca Gfeller, 24, and guitarist Severin Held, 24. With their performance at “Stadt Land Talent » breathe new life into Swiss rock music.
Erna Maria Fries
At 87, Erna Maria Fries is the oldest talent in the second season of “Stadt Land Talent”. She now lives in Biel BE and registered with “SLT” mainly because of Scout Stefanie Heinzmann. It is therefore particularly important to her to touch Stefanie Heinzmann with her singing and her zither.
mixed flames
The girl group from the canton of Zurich consists of the singers Perissa, 26, Marlou, 26, Andjela, 22, Yordanos, 28, and Yanê, 27. They stand for diversity and empowerment. With “Stadt Land Talent” they want to convey their message and inspire Stefanie Heinzmann with a cover song they arranged themselves.
Category «Dance»
Alicia Lehmann
In the life of the 20-year-old from Rheinfelden AG, everything revolves around dancing. She is just starting out as a professional dancer and wishes to one day be able to open her own dance school.
Chibu family
The dance group Chibu Fam is the reigning Swiss champion in hip-hop street dance and is led by Audrey Moreno. The dancers come from the canton of Zurich and train together in Audrey Moreno’s dance studio in Uster ZH.
Janusha & Mithuja Amirthalingam
The sisters Janusha, 26, and Mithuja, 30, grew up in Schwamendingen ZH and live together in Glattbrugg ZH. In addition to their work as primary school teachers, the two are passionate about dancing. They combine elements from the Tamil dance art “Bharatanāṭyam” with dance styles from other cultures.
Maja Kucharczyk & Davide Corrodi
Maja, 21, and Davide, 22, from Hausen a. Albis ZH are not only a couple on the dance floor, the two are also inseparable in private. In addition to their successful dance sport careers, the two are studying economics at the HSG.
Category “Variety”
Lorenzo Manetti & Gionata Pieracci
With their artistic performances consisting of Lorenzo’s sand painting accompanied live by Gionata’s piano playing, they want to make people pay more attention to the environment. For four years they have been traveling together with the “Oceano Straordinario” (“Unique Ocean”) project.
Bardogs Zurich
The street workout group from Zurich impresses with a combination of strength and creativity. In addition to show appearances, they run a calisthenics studio where they offer workshops and training sessions.
Tifanny Portela & Marina Licini
Marina, 19, was unable to perform at the performance in Basel for health reasons. No reason for Tifanny, 23, to give up. She has changed the “routine” and appears alone. The two western Swiss from Yverdon-les-Bains are currently the most successful athletes in twirling. Twirling is a mixture of gymnastics and juggling.
