Gjon Muharremaj (Gjon's Tears)

[Melinda Halliwell]

I've created this thread to share the music of someone I discovered on the Eurovision Song Contest earlier this year representing Switzerland by the name of Gjon Muharremaj or Gjon's Tears as his stage name goes by whose my new solo artist obsession obviously.

Born in Broc Switzerland to Kosovo father and Albanian mother Gjon's music career started when he was 8 singing Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling Love With You" to his Grandfather which moved him to tears that would inspire the name Gjon's Tears later in life.

Playing the piano because Gjon wanted to learn a talent like his school friends he competed in various talent shows over the years first Albanian's Got Talent then Switzerland's Got Talent before appearing on season 8 of The Voice France under Mika's team where he made it to the semi finals then.

Before being announced as the Swiss participant in the Eurovision Sing Contest in 2020 Gjon tried to represent Albania but was told no spot were available which proved advantageous for Switzerland but not so when the contest was sadly cancelled due to COVID 19. 

The song co written by him due to have been Switzerland's entry was called "Repondez Moi" meaning answer me in French detailing his life as a refugees son born and living in a foreign country. 

I'm still mad we never got to hear that on the Eurovision stage but this version for live TV compensated for that instead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TldMafPmsZU

Luckily Gjon was chosen to represent Switzerland again as well as other artists due to appear in Eurovision 2020 which he placed third overall with the song "Tout L'Univers" that replied to the answer in the previous years song naturally. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jznH_fltcYA

The saying goes you don't have to win competitions to do okay later on well this definitely applies to Gjon who secured a recording contract with a French label which he hopes to complete and sell his first album next year that I look forward to purchasing myself. 

TRIVIA - Gjon can speak 4 languages French, German, Albanian, and a few phrases in Italian and has his own band called Gjon And The Weeping Willows. 

Below in chronological order is what he's song from his child to adult self which I'll add then post any new songs he releases subsequent.

Just to note some of them don't have subtitle options so apologises in advance for no English translations.  

Before Albania's Got Talent

www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Lj5vgMT44

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiK-GXUddsE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8Za_r1-PQ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJGPEXP_j3k

Albanian's Got Talent

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLNrkdyEQ9Q

Switzerland's Got Talent

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpAVc-f6Fnc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdxU3vAwrFU

His First Single "Babi" Meaning Father In Albanian

www.youtube.com/watch?v=riBXh7XOKDM

His Second Single "Back In Light"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm4ghVCyOq8

The Voice France

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_DWSscOkgU&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL

www.youtube.com/watch?v=udqiEMZ88Tc&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL&index=3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yPokycS4ig&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL&index=4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=79cx4ruZQxo&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL&index=5

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGpv95Nb5iU&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL&index=6

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqadMbjJ08k&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL&index=7

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgAI2iVCkto&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL&index=8

College Du Sud 20217

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgcxUKr9UA

Eurovision Song Contest 2020

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_FH5OPI0L4&list=PL7iRwXL71a0z-AQJAFoAqcVys-oeJ_6dL&index=10

Eurovision 2021

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuimHmJMEFA

Songs After Eurovision 2021

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QseyoOAnjLA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz16ylDyDd8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0YiJQKP3Tg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5OATbLiiEQ

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFDbYjD-Rmo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FxAqOPhIw

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgFgY3fKDew

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IiIcT6T4Pc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4-k-M-4l-Q

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXdGdHCfBRI

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zepK7gWFnw0

[Tim]

Never heard of him.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Understandably but if you or anyone else get the chance to hear some of his music please do his voice is amazing.

Gjon's been compared to Dimash Kudiabergen and French singer and songwriter Daniel Balavoine in terms of vocal range which says something obviously so good on him is all I can say then.

[Tim]

Dimash Kudiabergen and French singer and songwriter Daniel Balavoine

Two more names that mean nothing to me

[Melinda Halliwell]

The Voice France will be celebrating 10 years of broadcasting with an All Stars season which'll have former contestants and past coaches on there then. 

The Voice Australia has done this a couple of times themselves already.

Gjon's been invited back and will audition on the 1st show starting tomorrow 9:05 pm French time naturally. 



I look forward to watching his journey on YouTube when his audition, mentoring sessions, subsequent battles, knockouts, and live show performances are uploaded by fans obviously. 

[Tim]

I look forward to watching his journey on YouTube when his audition, mentoring sessions, subsequent battles, knockouts, and live show performances are uploaded by fans obviously.

Hope you enjoy it.

Let us know what you think of it.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Thanks, Tim.

Obviously, I can't watch the Voice France on TV because it's not broadcast here in the UK but clips are posted on YouTube and because I'm subscribed to a couple of channels who are fans of him they may even post clips of things beside his performances like mentoring sessions then.

[adzpower]

Wow his voice is incredible. Crazy range. Really liked his song "Repondez-Moi". A lot more than his entry this year anyway.

[Tim]

Have to give this a try.  I just might like it.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Trust me Gjon Muharremaj will go places I tell you.

I loved both his Eurovision entries and couldn't chose my favourite obviously. 

Anyway here's Gjon's blind audition for the Voice France All Stars which as you can tell he got 5 chair turns as I knew he would.



And he didn't even need to nail his usual falsetto's to do so as Gjon's very good at low notes also. In fact give him the playbook and he can sing anything of course.

He went with a different coach this time who in season 8 was Mika.

Mika and Jenifer remembered him whilst the other coaches didn't having not being on the show the year Gjon competed originally.

The black jacket reminded me of the white lab coat type jacket he wore on the red carpet at the Eurovision Song Contest as well as for his live on tape performance of "Tout L'Univers".

His white trainers he takes everywhere with him because he's obsessed with them. 

Supposedly this was filmed before Eurovision 2021 apparently. 

Gjon got to the semi finals last time so hopefully he'll go one step further this time and win perhaps possibly which if he does he thoroughly deserves it. 

This has English subtitles for anyone who needs it then.

[Tim]

Yeah, he could have a bright future.  All the best to him.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Here are the coaches after the premiere show of the Voice France All Stars talking about Gjon's Tears audition and what they thought of it before he talks about the Eurovision Song Contest. 

English subtitles are available thankfully.  



Zazie compares Gjon to having a Harry Potter side about him which he does when you look at him with the glasses and everything plus the fact he reminded her of a Swiss sunflower being from Switzerland which I agreed with as well.  

On a side note I found an interview from Huffpost explaining why Gjon decided to return to the Voice of course.

"The Voice All Stars": Gjon's Tears explains the reasons for his return.

The 23-year-old Swiss singer told HuffPost in particular his admiration for singer Zazie, back in the tele-hook jury after three years of absence.

SOURCE: Benjamin-Ferrari www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/the-voice-all-stars-gjons-tears-tf1-eurovision_fr_613b43b8e4b09519c5039024

THE VOICE - It's D-Day. The Voice makes its comeback this Saturday, September 11 on TF1. This new season (which replaces The Voice: Kids in the program schedule this fall) is however not like the others, since for the 10 years of the show, 13 former candidates of the musical tele-hook are making their mark. return to the jury made up of Mika, Zazie, Jenifer, Florent Pagny and Patrick Fiori. These talents Al.Hy , Amalya, Flo Malley and Louis Delort (season 1), Olympus, Luc Arbogast and Anthony Touma (season 2), Anne Sila and Victoria Adamo (season 4), MB-14 (season 5) Emmy Liyana (season 6), Ecco (season 7), or even Gjon's Tears (season 8).

If the latter's name is familiar to you, that's okay. After his semi-final of The Voice in 2019, the 23-year-old musician represented Switzerland at the last Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. With his title All the Universe , the singer finished in an excellent third place, just behind Barbara Pravi . He was even first after the jury's vote, before the public's vote upset the established order. Now, building on the success of his song and the popularity it gained last May, the artist is embarking once again on The Voice adventure.

A choice that can intrigue, the young man not really having much to prove on television since his hatching, but that he justifies in several ways. “When Bruno Berberes (casting director of the show) told me about the All Stars edition, I told him that if he found me a label, I would participate in the show. It was our deal ”, he explains initially to HuffPost , revealing that this fine negotiation had enabled him to sign with Jo & Co.

“In addition, I dream of collaborating with Zazie, it is really very important for me. This is one of the reasons why I am going to settle and work in France ”. A musical admiration that he describes as “enormous” for the interpreter of Je suis un homme , whose return to the jury had been made official a few months ago.

Gjon's Tears narrowly missed her on her first appearance. The singer, present the four previous years, had indeed decided to leave the tele-hook during season 8 to devote herself to her new album. Selected by Mika, the Swiss had finished at the gates of the final won by Whitney Marine. A beautiful result that will inevitably be difficult to match.

“When you win, you are not necessarily the best”

But if the young man wishes to “take risks” and “challenge himself”, he nevertheless recognizes that if he does not win, he will not experience it as a failure. “We have already seen that there are plenty of winners that we don't necessarily hear about. I sincerely believe that when you win a contest, you are loved the most, but not necessarily the best, ”he told HuffPost . He explains: “And in this specific case, you have to prove twice as much. Some do it well, others less depending on their surroundings and the way in which they are building their careers ”.

And when asked what Eurovision could bring him during this All Stars, the artist does not hesitate: “Experience and professionalism”. And to clarify: “I think that I had already acquired a lot of things during my first season on The Voice . But participating in Eurovision allowed me to be comfortable with myself on stage, and to be consistent with the energy I want to release ”.

A gain in maturity that he intends to show in front of the jury, and this from the blind auditions. “I want to share another facet of me, more fragile, more sensitive and thus get out of the madness and performance. The song that I chose represents me moreover a lot (at the time of the recording of the episode) ”. It only remains to know which one.

[Tim]

Sounds like you enjoy this fellow.

At least that's the impression I get.

[Melinda Halliwell]

I do yes. His voice is amazing. I'm waiting for his album to come out next year COVID provided.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Brilliant rendition of Gjon performing Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror with a live orchestra.