Udo Mechels (Brussels, 10 May 1976), artist name Udo, is a Belgian singer. He won the first Belgian edition of X-factor in 2005. Nickname: Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: , Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Government  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area  - Region 162 km²  (62. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Udo performing live

Biography

In 2003 Udo was one of the participants of the first edition of Belgian Idols (Idool 2003). Unfortunately, in the semi-finals, not he, but Chris D. Morton and Tom Olaerts made it to the next round. In 2005 he gave it a second shot with X Factor. This was his breakthrough. He won the show convincingly in December 2005. Since then, his debut album U-turn was released, and he scored his first number #1 hit with his debut single "Isn't it time" (cover of the Babys song) X-Factor was a Marvel comic book series, published from 1985 until 1998. ...

After this, he released the singles "Winter In July", "Back Against The Wall" and "Eyes Of A Stranger".

2006 was also the year he received a TMF Award for "Beste Nieuwkomer" (best new artist) and the Radio 2 trophy for "Doorbraak van het Jaar" (breakthrough of the year!

His new album is expected to be released in January 2008.

Udo has his own live-band "Udo Live!", with a first performance on 28 March 2007 at De Zuiderkroon in Antwerp. The live band consists of : David Demeyere (drums), Jan Samyn (keyboard), Roberto Mercurio (bass), Chris Van Nauw (guitar), Marva Nielsen and Dany Caen (backing vocals).

On March 30 2007, Udo won the show Zo is er maar één on the flemish tv station één. He performed the song 'Ik mis je zo' by Will Tura. Udo released this song on 19 April 2007, with as a b-side 'Tu me manques', the french version of this song. Will Tura (born August 2, 1940 in Veurne) is the stage name of Arthur, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherlands. ...

Discography

• Albums:
  • U-Turn and U-Turn Limited Edition(CD+DVD > for sale exclusively at Free Record Shop) (5/06/2006)
  • U-Turn Limited Edition with Ik mis je zo (from 8/05/2007)
• Singles:
  • Isn't it time (21/12/2005)
  • Winter in July (17/04/2006)
  • Back against the wall (01/08/2006)
  • Eyes of a stranger (download only)
  • Ik mis je zo (19/04/2007)

External links

• Officiële website
• Myspace
• Fansite