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'''Dave van Vuuren''' (born 1990, Westville, [[Durban]], South Africa) is the South African winner of the [[Idols South Africa (season 7)|seventh season]] in of [[South Africa]]n [[Idols (South Africa)|''Idols'']] after a close public vote in the finale held on 4 October 2011, with Van Vuuren getting 50.49% of the votes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/Idols-7-winner-revealed-20111004-2 |title=Dave van Vuuren wins Idols 7 |publisher=Channel24 |date=2011-10-04 |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref> against 49.51% for the other finalist and eventual runner-up Mark Haze. He was the first series winner who came back after landing in the bottom 3 in earlier performance.
'''Dave van Vuuren''' (born 30 June 1990)<ref name="birthdate" /><ref name="bdayage">{{Cite Instagram |postid=BkqVARflwuH |user=davevanvuuren__ |title=People get older. We age, that's how it goes. Don't hide. I'm 28 years old today, and all I have to say is that if I had to die right now I'd die a happy man. Not because I am content, I don't think anyone could ever feel content. I'd die a happy man because I know deep down that I'm not alone and I never have been. The people I've met in this life have added to it with inexplicable value. Negatively or positively, I'm happy to have met you all. I truly am, and I've met some extremely bad people. I have no solutions. All I have is moments, moments that have turned into everlasting memories. What are these memories and what significance do they have? I'll never know, I'm just glad to be living, I'm just happy to feel the things I feel. |date=2018-06-30 |first=Dave |last=Van Vuuren |access-date=2024-03-20 |language=en-za |location=[[Kalk Bay]] |link=https://www.instagram.com/p/BkqVARflwuH/ |df=dmy}}</ref> is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist from [[Westville, KwaZulu-Natal|Westville]] near [[Durban]]. He first gained popularity through winning the [[Idols South Africa (season 7)|seventh season]] of ''[[Idols South Africa]]'' after a close public vote in the finale held on 4 October 2011, with Van Vuuren getting 50.49% of the votes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/Idols-7-winner-revealed-20111004-2 |title=Dave Van Vuuren wins Idols 7 |publisher=Channel24 |date=4 October 2011 |access-date=2014-08-10}}</ref> against 49.51% for the other finalist and eventual runner-up Mark Haze. He was the first series winner who came back after landing in the bottom 3 in an earlier performance.


==''Idol''==
==Before ''Idols''==
David fronted a South African underground Metal-Core band called Freedom for Your Life.
He performed the following songs during the season:
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!Song choice
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|Top 15
|General
|"[[With or Without You]]"
|[[U2]]
|8
|Safe
|-
|Top 10
|Radio Chart Toppers
|"[[Sex on Fire]]"
|[[Kings of Leon]]
|10
|Safe
|-
|Top 9
|Homegrew
|"Blue Eyes"
|[[Springbok Nude Girls]]
|4
|Safe
|-
|Top 8
|R'n'B in all its diversity
|"[[Sexual Healing]]"
|[[Marvin Gaye]]
|2
|Safe
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|Top 8
|Mzansi Youth Choir
|"[[Bridge Over Troubled Water]]"
|[[Simon & Garfunkel]]
|6
|Safe
|-
| style="background:#e0f0ff;"|Top 6
| style="background:#e0f0ff;"|Showstopper!
| style="background:#e0f0ff;"|"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]
| style="background:#e0f0ff;"|[[Big Mama Thornton|Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton]]
| style="background:#e0f0ff;"|4
| style="background:#e0f0ff;"|Bottom 3
|-
|rowspan=2|Top 5
|rowspan=2|Rock
|"[[Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Iris]]"
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|rowspan=2|Safe
|-
|"[[Come Together]]"
|[[The Beatles]]
|9
|- style="background:#b8dbff;"
| rowspan="3"|Top 4
| rowspan="3"|Grammy-Nominated songs
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||[[Bruce Springsteen]]
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| rowspan="3"|Bottom 2
|- style="background:#b8dbff;"
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||[[U2]]
||5
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| style="background:#b8dbff;"|<small>Duet</small> "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]" <small>(with Freddie Van'Dango)</small>
| style="background:#b8dbff;"|[[John Legend]] & [[P!nk]]
| style="background:#b8dbff;"|9
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|rowspan=3|Top 3
|rowspan=2|Top Threes Terrific Trio
|"[[Mr. Jones (Counting Crows song)|Mr. Jones]]"
|[[Counting Crows]]
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|"[[Vincent (song)|Vincent]]"
|[[Don McLean]]
|6
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|Song from Year of Birth
|"[[Enjoy The Silence]]" <small>- 1990</small>
|[[Depeche Mode]]
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||"Hall of Mirrors"
||Dave van Vuuren
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==Idols controversy==
In addition to a record contract, he won R500,000, a new car and R25,000 worth of shopping vouchers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2011/10/05/dave-van-vuuren-is-the-2011-idols-winner |title=Dave van Vuuren is the 2011 Idols winner |publisher=Sowetan LIVE |date=2011-10-05 |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref>
Unable to embrace the pop star mould, and unsettled by the post-Idols album he had to record, he soon went his own way. David was invited to perform on the finale of the [[Idols South Africa (season 8)|eighth season]] of Idols as is a tradition when the new Idols winner gets announced. In a move to try and shake the Idols image, and as a rebellious act against his label, David and his band ''Free the Animals'' went on live national television before [[Khaya Mthethwa]] was announced the winner of the new season and performed an original, Progressive Rock song called "Feels Like the Ocean" which spanned 6 minutes.


David and his band had rehearsed with the Idols production team two days prior with a different song chosen by the label. Without telling a soul, they went on stage and wreaked Rock n' Roll havoc upon the stage in front of a live television audience. The video of the performance was completely removed off the internet the next day by [[M-Net]], but over 3 million people saw it that night on live TV.
==After ''Idol''==

David has gone on to form an emotive, critically acclaimed Rock band called Southern Wild. They have played at some of Southern Africa's most prestigious festivals including Oppikoppi, Rocking The Daisies, Up The Creek and STRAB. They were chosen as one of four Deezer Next artists for South Africa in 2017 and released their debut album a few weeks later in July. The album is titled, "Lead Role in a Classic Horror". It was recorded by Raiven Hunter at Popsicle Studios in Woodstock, Cape Town and has gone on to be streamed over 500,000 times on Deezer, in countries such as Germany, Brazil, France, Australia and South Africa.
==After ''Idols''==
{{BLP sources section|date=November 2019}}
After releasing a compulsory, ''post-Idols'' record through [[Universal Music]], he then toured Southern Africa extensively as a solo acoustic artist, releasing an independent, fully original and self-funded folk EP, entitled "The Raging Sea" in the process.

David has since gone on to form a critically acclaimed{{According to whom|date=November 2019}} Rock band called Southern Wild. They have played at some of Southern Africa's most prestigious festivals including Oppikoppi, Rocking The Daisies, Up The Creek, and STRAB. They were chosen as one of four [[Deezer]] Next artists for South Africa in 2017 and released their debut album a few weeks later in May. The album is titled, "Lead Role in a Classic Horror". It was recorded by Raiven Hunter at Popsicle Studios in Woodstock, Cape Town and has gone on to be streamed over 1,000,000 times on Deezer, in countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Brazil, France, Australia and South Africa.

His band Southern Wild has since opened for [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] on their "8" world tour and more recently opened for [[The Cure]] in South Africa. Southern Wild is now signed to Bellville Records, a famous studio run and owned by South African musician Theo Crous of [[Springbok Nude Girls]] and [[Kobus!]]. Bellville Studios has produced many famous records from South African artists including [[Karen Zoid]], [[Arno Carstens]], [[Prime Circle]], Hog Hoggidy Hog, [[Chris Chameleon]], [[Parlotones]], [[Fokofpolisiekar]], [[Dan Patlansky]], and more. His band is currently recording their highly anticipated second album at the legendary studios, with no release date announced as of yet.

==Personal life==
Van Vuuren has been married to his wife, Jessica, since 8 March 2013.<ref name="wife">{{Cite Instagram |postid=C4P0lwjKQZE |user=davevanvuuren__ |title=Happy 11th year wedding anniversary to my beautiful bride! You're an exceptional human being, and you mean the absolute world to me. I love you with all that I am and will cherish you with everything I have forever. Not a single day passes where I don't realise how truly blessed I am to go through this crazy life with you ✨️ |date=2024-03-08 |first=Dave |last=Van Vuuren |access-date=2024-03-20 |language=en-za |link=https://www.instagram.com/p/C4P0lwjKQZE/ |df=dmy}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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===Albums===
===Albums===
*2011: ''Free The Animals''<ref>{{cite web |author=David Van Vuuren |url=http://www.musica.co.za/cd/id/6009143495036/David_Van-Vuuren-Free_The_Animals |title=David Van Vuuren, Free The Animals, CDs, Musica A World awaits - 6009143495036 |publisher=Musica.co.za |date=2011-12-01 |accessdate=2014-08-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222054757/http://www.musica.co.za/cd/id/6009143495036/David_Van-Vuuren-Free_The_Animals |archivedate=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*2011: ''Free The Animals''<ref>{{cite web |author=David Van Vuuren |url=http://www.musica.co.za/cd/id/6009143495036/David_Van-Vuuren-Free_The_Animals |title=David Van Vuuren, Free The Animals, CDs, Musica A World awaits – 6009143495036 |publisher=Musica.co.za |date=1 December 2011 |access-date=2014-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222054757/http://www.musica.co.za/cd/id/6009143495036/David_Van-Vuuren-Free_The_Animals |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>
*2013: The Raging Sea EP
*2013: The Raging Sea EP
*2017: Lead Role in a Classic Horror
*2017: Lead Role in a Classic Horror
'''Track listing'''
'''Track listing'''
*Disc 1:
*Disc 1:
Track 1 - You Will Leave A Mark 3:26
Track 1 – You Will Leave A Mark 3:26
Track 2 - Hall Of Mirrors 3:47
Track 2 – Hall of Mirrors 3:47


Track 3 - Utopia (Find Me) 3:52
Track 3 – Utopia (Find Me) 3:52


Track 4 - Lovers Fight To The End 3:40
Track 4 – Lovers Fight to the End 3:40
Track 5 - Killing The Innocence 3:15
Track 5 – Killing The Innocence 3:15


Track 6 - Soul Boy 4:38
Track 6 – Soul Boy 4:38


Track 7 - Amazing 3:18
Track 7 – Amazing 3:18


Track 8 - Troublesome Mind 3:19
Track 8 – Troublesome Mind 3:19


Track 9 - Never Say Never 3:49
Track 9 – Never Say Never 3:49


Track 10 - If We Don't Fear 4:12
Track 10 – If We Don't Fear 4:12


Track 11 - Streets Of Philadelphia 3:44
Track 11 – Streets of Philadelphia 3:44


*Disc 2:
*Disc 2:


Track 1 - Vincent 2:44
Track 1 – Vincent 2:44


Track 2 - The Blower's Daughter 3:48
Track 2 – The Blower's Daughter 3:48


Track 3 - Day Old Hate 3:58
Track 3 – Day Old Hate 3:58


Track 4 - Cowgirl In The Sand 3:43
Track 4 – Cowgirl in the Sand 3:43


Track 5 - I Shall Be Released 2:41
Track 5 – I Shall Be Released 2:41


Track 6 - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:53
Track 6 – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:53


*2017: ''Southern Wild, Lead Role in a Classic Horror''<ref>{{cite web|author=David Van Vuuren |url=https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/southern-wild |title=Southern Wild, Lead Role in a Classic Horror, |publisher=triplejunearthed.co.za |date=2017-03-16 |accessdate=2017-06-17}}</ref>
*2017: ''Southern Wild, Lead Role in a Classic Horror''<ref>{{cite web|author=David Van Vuuren |url=https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/southern-wild |title=Southern Wild, Lead Role in a Classic Horror |publisher=triplejunearthed.co.za |date=16 March 2017 |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>
'''Track listing'''
'''Track listing'''


Track 1 - Intro (The People)
Track 1 – Intro (The People)


Track 2 - The People
Track 2 – The People


Track 3 - Time Eraser
Track 3 – Time Eraser


Track 4 - Lead Role
Track 4 – Lead Role


Track 5 - In a Classic Horror
Track 5 – In a Classic Horror


Track 6 - Darkness at My Heels (Live In Studio)
Track 6 – Darkness at My Heels (Live in Studio)


Track 7 - I'm So Happy I Could Die
Track 7 – I'm So Happy I Could Die


Track 8 - Dirt Horse
Track 8 – Dirt Horse


Track 9 - Emotion Electric Love
Track 9 – Emotion Electric Love


Track 10 - Feels Like The Ocean
Track 10 – Feels Like The Ocean


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 09:52, 6 October 2024

Dave van Vuuren
Born (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 34)[1][2]
OriginWestville, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
GenresRock, indie
OccupationSinger
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active2011–present

Dave van Vuuren (born 30 June 1990)[1][2] is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist from Westville near Durban. He first gained popularity through winning the seventh season of Idols South Africa after a close public vote in the finale held on 4 October 2011, with Van Vuuren getting 50.49% of the votes,[3] against 49.51% for the other finalist and eventual runner-up Mark Haze. He was the first series winner who came back after landing in the bottom 3 in an earlier performance.

Before Idols

[edit]

David fronted a South African underground Metal-Core band called Freedom for Your Life.

Idols controversy

[edit]

Unable to embrace the pop star mould, and unsettled by the post-Idols album he had to record, he soon went his own way. David was invited to perform on the finale of the eighth season of Idols as is a tradition when the new Idols winner gets announced. In a move to try and shake the Idols image, and as a rebellious act against his label, David and his band Free the Animals went on live national television before Khaya Mthethwa was announced the winner of the new season and performed an original, Progressive Rock song called "Feels Like the Ocean" which spanned 6 minutes.

David and his band had rehearsed with the Idols production team two days prior with a different song chosen by the label. Without telling a soul, they went on stage and wreaked Rock n' Roll havoc upon the stage in front of a live television audience. The video of the performance was completely removed off the internet the next day by M-Net, but over 3 million people saw it that night on live TV.

After Idols

[edit]

After releasing a compulsory, post-Idols record through Universal Music, he then toured Southern Africa extensively as a solo acoustic artist, releasing an independent, fully original and self-funded folk EP, entitled "The Raging Sea" in the process.

David has since gone on to form a critically acclaimed[according to whom?] Rock band called Southern Wild. They have played at some of Southern Africa's most prestigious festivals including Oppikoppi, Rocking The Daisies, Up The Creek, and STRAB. They were chosen as one of four Deezer Next artists for South Africa in 2017 and released their debut album a few weeks later in May. The album is titled, "Lead Role in a Classic Horror". It was recorded by Raiven Hunter at Popsicle Studios in Woodstock, Cape Town and has gone on to be streamed over 1,000,000 times on Deezer, in countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Brazil, France, Australia and South Africa.

His band Southern Wild has since opened for Incubus on their "8" world tour and more recently opened for The Cure in South Africa. Southern Wild is now signed to Bellville Records, a famous studio run and owned by South African musician Theo Crous of Springbok Nude Girls and Kobus!. Bellville Studios has produced many famous records from South African artists including Karen Zoid, Arno Carstens, Prime Circle, Hog Hoggidy Hog, Chris Chameleon, Parlotones, Fokofpolisiekar, Dan Patlansky, and more. His band is currently recording their highly anticipated second album at the legendary studios, with no release date announced as of yet.

Personal life

[edit]

Van Vuuren has been married to his wife, Jessica, since 8 March 2013.[4]

Discography

[edit]

Singles

[edit]
  • 2011: "Hall of Mirrors"
  • 2017: "Time Eraser"
  • 2017: "Lead Role"
  • 2017: "In a Classic Horror"

Albums

[edit]
  • 2011: Free The Animals[5]
  • 2013: The Raging Sea EP
  • 2017: Lead Role in a Classic Horror

Track listing

  • Disc 1:

Track 1 – You Will Leave A Mark 3:26

Track 2 – Hall of Mirrors 3:47

Track 3 – Utopia (Find Me) 3:52

Track 4 – Lovers Fight to the End 3:40

Track 5 – Killing The Innocence 3:15

Track 6 – Soul Boy 4:38

Track 7 – Amazing 3:18

Track 8 – Troublesome Mind 3:19

Track 9 – Never Say Never 3:49

Track 10 – If We Don't Fear 4:12

Track 11 – Streets of Philadelphia 3:44

  • Disc 2:

Track 1 – Vincent 2:44

Track 2 – The Blower's Daughter 3:48

Track 3 – Day Old Hate 3:58

Track 4 – Cowgirl in the Sand 3:43

Track 5 – I Shall Be Released 2:41

Track 6 – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:53

  • 2017: Southern Wild, Lead Role in a Classic Horror[6]

Track listing

Track 1 – Intro (The People)

Track 2 – The People

Track 3 – Time Eraser

Track 4 – Lead Role

Track 5 – In a Classic Horror

Track 6 – Darkness at My Heels (Live in Studio)

Track 7 – I'm So Happy I Could Die

Track 8 – Dirt Horse

Track 9 – Emotion Electric Love

Track 10 – Feels Like The Ocean

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Van Vuuren, Dave [@davevanvuuren__] (30 June 2020). "Sweet lawd, I'm 30! Thanks to my wife, family, and friends for keeping me alive this long. I love you". Retrieved 2024-03-20 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ a b Van Vuuren, Dave [@davevanvuuren__] (30 June 2018). "People get older. We age, that's how it goes. Don't hide. I'm 28 years old today, and all I have to say is that if I had to die right now I'd die a happy man. Not because I am content, I don't think anyone could ever feel content. I'd die a happy man because I know deep down that I'm not alone and I never have been. The people I've met in this life have added to it with inexplicable value. Negatively or positively, I'm happy to have met you all. I truly am, and I've met some extremely bad people. I have no solutions. All I have is moments, moments that have turned into everlasting memories. What are these memories and what significance do they have? I'll never know, I'm just glad to be living, I'm just happy to feel the things I feel". Kalk Bay. Retrieved 2024-03-20 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ "Dave Van Vuuren wins Idols 7". Channel24. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ Van Vuuren, Dave [@davevanvuuren__] (8 March 2024). "Happy 11th year wedding anniversary to my beautiful bride! You're an exceptional human being, and you mean the absolute world to me. I love you with all that I am and will cherish you with everything I have forever. Not a single day passes where I don't realise how truly blessed I am to go through this crazy life with you ✨️". Retrieved 2024-03-20 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ David Van Vuuren (1 December 2011). "David Van Vuuren, Free The Animals, CDs, Musica A World awaits – 6009143495036". Musica.co.za. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  6. ^ David Van Vuuren (16 March 2017). "Southern Wild, Lead Role in a Classic Horror". triplejunearthed.co.za. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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