The Netherlands: Edsilia Rombley and Skunk Anansie’s Skin team up for a live performance of Weak

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Dutch soul diva Edsilia Rombley and iconic British rock star Skin show their vocal strengths in a duet of Skunk Anansie’s 1996 hit Weak.

Eurovision veteran Edsilia Rombley recently released her version of Weak by legendary rock band Skunk Anansie, featured on the artists’ forthcoming album The Piano Ballads Volume 2.

Skunk Anansie’s frontwoman Skin (Deborah Anne Dyer) was pleasantly surprised by Edsilia’s version and approached the Dutch singer for a unique duet. Yesterday evening, in the talk show RTL Late Night, Edsilia and Skin presented their joint version of Weak and talked to host Twan Huys.

Skin was very impressed with Edsilia’s interpretation of Weak, noticing how she brought the sadness beneath the song’s apparent anger to life.

Enjoy Weak by Edsilia Rombley and Skin:

Edsilia Rombley was very happy with the performance, as she shared on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrOf6E1F-LH/

Eurovision dream couple?

This duet begs the question: would a collaboration between Edsilia Rombley and Skin be an option for the Eurovision stage, either for the Netherlands or the United Kingdom?

In any case, their unique voices have proved to blend very well.

On Last Time

Edsilia Rombley also performed a cover of the hit song One last time by popstar Ariana Grande:

The album The Piano Ballads 2 will be released on Friday 14 December 2018, while the tour The Piano Ballads And More starts on 10 January 2019.

For more information about the album and tour, ticket prices, dates and venues, please visit Edsilia Rombley’s official website.

Edsilia Rombley at Eurovision

In 1998, Edsilia Rombley (Amsterdam, 1978) represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, reaching an honourable 4th place with her song Hemel en aarde (“Heaven and earth”), earning 150 points.

The singer returned to the Eurovision stage in 2007, singing On top of the world (originally in Dutch: Nooit meer zonder jou) at the ESC in Helsinki, Finland. Unfortunately, she did not go through to the Grand Final, reaching a 21st place in the Semi-Final, with 38 points.