Patty Brard


Patty Brard is a Dutch entertainer of Indo descent. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a former member of the girl group Luv'. For four decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.
In the late 1970s, Luv' scored a string of international hit records such as "You're the Greatest Lover", "Trojan Horse", "Casanova" and "Ooh, Yes I Do" on the charts. The group reunited on several occasions. Since 1983, Brard has been active on television as a host/presenter of Candid Camera-like TV shows such as Bananasplit and Gaan met die Banaan as well as the 1985 edition of the San Remo Festival and the 2001 version of Big Brother. Inspired by the success of The Osbournes, she appeared in reality television shows that featured her life, the most popular being Patty's Posse. In recent years, she was often invited on talk shows. Her funny participation in the ice skating competition Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs and Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag were highly covered events. Between 2007 and 2017, she was a showbiz expert on the entertainment news program Shownieuws on SBS 6. Brard has also been involved in other shows on the same channel including De Nieuwe Uri Geller, Wie Ben Ik?, K3 zoekt K3" and Bonje Met De Buren''.
After Sanoma and Talpa took over SBS Nederland in 2011, her contract was not extended. Between 2011 and 2013, she worked as a freelancer for SBS 6 and RTL Nederland. In 2013 and 2015, she signed exclusive deals with SBS Broadcasting B.V. On August 31, 2017, she ended her partnership definitively with SBS 6.

Musical career

The Luv' years

In 1976, she was recruited by Hans van Hemert to be part of a girl group called Luv' with José Hoebee and Marga Scheide. On December 31, 1979, Luv' received the Buma Export Award. The trio scored a string of hit records in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mexico. In 1980, she left the group and took part in two comebacks with Luv'.

The Post Luv' era

In 1981, Brard was the first Luv' member to start a solo career. She recorded in the 1980s three albums in Los Angeles. She collaborated with session musicians. Brard's American recordings were not big selling discs like those of Luv'.
She is used to record duets:
In 1997, as the Spice Girls world phenomenon reached its peak, Brard hired five young women to form a short-lived female pop group Patty Cash. Hans van Hemert did the production on the quintet's recordings.
Moreover, the same year, she was part of a Dutch All Stars choir which recorded "Hij gaat voor C", a parodic cover version of "We Are the World" that reached the 3rd position on the Dutch Top 40. Six years later, she briefly formed her own girls band "Enuv'", inspired by her experience as a Luv' member. In 2010, NRGY Music released Brard's Schlager oriented single "Het leven is een feest" for the Carnival festivities in the Netherlands, which peaked at No. 8 in the Netherlands. In 2011, she had two other hits: "Waarom zou drinken een zonde zijn" and "Bunga, Bunga".

Discography

Albums

Since 1983, Patty Brard has hosted many TV shows, such as Banana Split, Gaan met die banaan, Brard gaat extreem, Onder de B van Brard and Hart van de stad.
In 1985, she presented with Pippo Baudo the Sanremo Music Festival on the Italian TV channel Rai Uno.
In early 2001, in her TV show Absolutely Patty on Yorin, she interviewed VIPs in her house. In that year she also hosted the third Dutch edition of Big Brother.
Two years later, a reality TV programme Patty's Posse featured her domestic life, her friends and her family.
In the autumn of 2004, she was filmed with other celebrities as they were having a health cure in Ibiza.
On March 25, 2005, she celebrated her 50th birthday, which spawned a special TV programme Pat's Life was prepared. Later that year RTL 5 broadcast Lieve Patty, in which Brard helped desperate candidates to solve their love problems.
In 2006, the docusoap Back in Luv' featured Luv's reunion.
Her funny performance in Sterren Dansen op het IJs in January 2007 was a heavily covered media event. After a 15-year-long partnership with RTL Nederland, she signed a contract with SBS 6. She was involved in several programs:
In addition to the presentation of her own shows, Brard has often been invited on successful TV shows, like.
In April 2011, Sanoma and Talpa took over SBS Nederland. One month later, Brard's deal was not extended. Soon after, RTL Nederland announced that Brard would appear in September 2011 on a reality program Diva's draaien door, with former rivals Patricia Paay and Tatjana Simic.
Her participation in Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag in 2012 boosted her career. 2013 saw her return on SBS 6.

TV shows

Radio

In 1996, Brard hosted Radio Romantica on Hitradio Veronica, in which she gave the listeners advice about their love problems. In 2003 and 2004, she worked on a weekend show on Noordzee FM.

Playboy

In January 1988, Brard was the cover girl of one issue of the Dutch edition of Playboy. Nowadays, the pictures of this photo session can easily be found on internet.

Columnist and interviewer

In 2005 and 2006, she wrote a weekly column in Weekend about her career and her point of view about show business. In August 2007, she was a temporary correspondent of Privé in which she writes another column about her holidays in Ibiza. She interviewed female stars for the glossy publication Beau Monde between 2008 and 2010. 2012 saw her comeback as a columnist for Weekend.

Acting and dubbing

Brard appeared in Odyssée d'amour, a movie directed by Pim de la Parra in 1987 as well as in Costa! and the series based on it in 2001. She also played cameo roles in the TV series Pittige tijden as well as in the films Spion van Oranje and Sinterklaas en de Pepernoten Chaos.
Since 2010, Brard has been voicing characters for the Dutch versions of 3-D animated comedies and children's films: How to Train Your Dragon and Sammy's Adventures in 2010, Heksje Lilly en de reis naar Mandolan in 2011, ' in 2012, ' in 2015 and The Emoji Movie in 2017.

Advertisements and TV commercials

In the early 1990s, she had a fashion store in The Hague. In 2016, she launched her corrective underwear line named "Patty sexy correctie". In 2017, she intended to open a gift shop in Ibiza.

Personal life

Husbands

The Luv' singer got married four times:
Her cousin Stanley Brard was a professional footballer with Feyenoord.

Brard's bankruptcy in 1993

Due to the flop of Hello/Brard, Brard went bankrupt in December 1993. She was obliged to sell all her possessions. It took years to recover.

Biography

A journalist, Pieter Ploeg wrote her biography which was published by Strengholt in 2003.