I personally think we hit the jackpot with Anette because her voice is really strong, but she can also do some wonderful interpretations. The hard task was to find someone who had the same power and passion and emotion in her voice, but still sounded different. We thought it was time to move on and not find a copycat. The only thing we knew for sure was we did not want another classically trained operatic singer in the band. We just trusted the right one would be out there. We didn’t build a profile of what the new singer should sound like, what she should look like, or where she should be from. We absolutely wanted to have something different. Were you looking for someone with a different vocal style than Tarja, or is that just how it turned out? We felt she would be the right one, and everybody agreed. We took a formal vote, but it was unanimous that she would be the one. How was the actual decision made to select Anette? Then just one by one we ended up choosing Anette. Out of these 50 we met with about 10 face to face. Out of those 2000, about 50 were promising enough that we contacted them and sent them an instrumental CD so they could sing three songs and we could hear how their voice sounds in a Nightwish song.
Over a period of about 14 months we received about 2000 demos from 55 different countries. Tuomas Holopainen: Here are some statistics. Nightwish is currently on tour in the U.S., and I spoke to founding member, main songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen about their singer search, how Anette is fitting in, the new album, and their goal of conquering North America.Ĭhad Bowar: Take us through the process of finding a new singer after Tarja’s exit from the band. After the public exit of former singer Tarja Turunen, the band embarked on a worldwide search for her replacement. The band’s latest CD is Dark Passion Play, which features new vocalist Anette Olzon. Roadrunner Records Nightwish are hugely successful in Europe, and are making inroads in North America as well.
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