Ich Troje
Ich Troje(" The Three of Them") is a Polish pop band.
Former members are Magdalena Pokora( a.k.a. Magda Femme, 1996–2000), Justyna Majkowska( 2000 – 2003), Elli Mücke( 2003) and Ania Wisniewska( 2003 – 2010).
Ich Troje was founded in 1996 by songwriter Michał Wiśniewski and composer Jacek Łągwa.
Despite this, the group had five members when taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, with German rapper O- Jay( Olaf Jeglitza) as the fifth member.
Their music is castigated by critics, and Michal Wisniewski has said himself that he ca n't actually sing.
Nevertheless, since 2000, Ich Troje has been one of the most successful Polish groups.
They have sold more than 1.5 million records since June 2001.
For the past two years, Ich Troje have given over 300 concerts.
Their songs are typically about love, betrayal and break- ups.
On 25 January 2003, Polish TV viewers chose Ich Troje to represent them in 2003 Eurovision Song Contest by televoting.
They performed a song called" Keine Grenzen- Żadnych granic", which was sung in three languages:( Polish, German, and Russian).
The song finished seventh.
A fully German version of the song was recorded as well.
Another trilingual version( French, English, Esperanto) was recorded in 2016.
In 2006, Polish TV viewers once again chose Ich Troje to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest, this time with the song" Follow My Heart", featuring O- Jay of the German Eurodance act, Real McCoy.
They finished eleventh in the semi-final, thus not qualifying for the final.
After a series of auditions including fan votes, Norwegian singer Jeanette Vik was in December 2010 chosen as the band's next lead singer.
3 (Ich Troje album)
3 is Ich Troje's third studio album, released in 1999, excluding their compilation album which was released not long beforehand.
ITI CD
ITI CD is the second album to be released by the Polish band Ich Troje, in 1997.
The track" Mandy" is a Polish- language cover of the Barry Manilow song of the same name.
Across the Great Divide tour
The Across the Great Divide tour was a concert tour by Australian alternative rock bands Powderfinger and Silverchair in 2007.
The tour featured concerts in 26 towns across Australia and multiple shows in New Zealand.
According to Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning, the aim of the tour was to" show[ that] both bands are behind the idea of reconciliation."
Both bands aimed to increase awareness of the efforts of Reconciliation Australia to reduce the current 17- year gap in life expectancy between the average Australian life and that of Indigenous Australians.
A triple DVD set was released with the same title as the tour on 1 December 2007 with the Melbourne performances for both bands and backstage occurrences from the tour.
Ad.4
Ad.4 is the fourth studio album( excluding" The Best Of...") to be released by Polish band Ich Troje in 2001.
Paralamas e Titãs Juntos e Ao Vivo
Paralamas e Titãs Juntos e Ao Vivo is a live album by Brazilian rock bands Paralamas do Sucesso and Titãs in 2008.
It is the second live album recorded by both bands together, and it has been released as a DVD as well.
The album is part of the bands' 25 years of career celebration, and several other shows took place in the beginning of 2008, with both bands sharing stage.
Some well- known Brazilian artists made guest appearances during the show, like Andreas Kisser( from Sepultura), Samuel Rosa( from Skank), and Arnaldo Antunes( former Titãs member).
For the live performances, both bands were nominated for" Best Live Act" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Brazil awards
Justyna Majkowska
Justyna Majkowska( born Zduńska Wola, 17 July 1977) is a Polish singer.
Her career started with the band Erato.
Next, she was a member of Ich Troje, which represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga with the 7th place song" Keine Grenzen- Żadnych Granic".
In 2003 Justyna left the band.
But in 2006 she came back with 1st Ich Troje vocalist Magda Femme.
Ich Troje( 5 persons now) won Polish preselections to Eurovision Contest" Piosenka Dla Europy", and they represented Poland for the second time at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens.
Johnny Foreigner / Stagecoach
Johnny Foreigner/ Stagecoach is a split EP between Johnny Foreigner and Stagecoach.
Released on November 15, 2010 through Alcopop!
Records it features an original track from both bands as well as another track in which both bands perform a cover song of each other's songs and was limited to 500 copies.
Checkfield
Checkfield is an American new- age music ensemble from San Diego.
Checkfield was founded by Ron Satterfield and John Archer, who first met in 1970 at Mesa College.
They reunited to work together in 1977, making home recordings and playing live locally.
They released their first album," Spirit", in 1982, and then signed to American Gramaphone, who released four albums between 1986 and 1992.
The most commercially successful of these was" A View from the Edge"( 1990), which hit# 15 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart.
They released a retrospective on the Gallery label in 1997.
Follow My Heart
" Follow My Heart" was the Polish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in English, Polish, German, Russian and Spanish by Ich Troje and Real McCoy.
This was the fourth year in succession that the Polish entry featured multiple languages; however, only in 2003 had the entry( also performed by Ich Troje) featured more than two languages.
Musically, the song is inspired by the Eurodance style of the 1990s, a style with which Real McCoy( the name only being applied to" O- Jay" Jeglitza following the dissolution of the band) is associated.
In keeping with this style, Ich Troje's verses and choruses are sung, while Jeglitza performs a rap somewhat reminiscent of his band's earlier hit" Come And Get Your Love".
Lyrically, Jeglitza begins with a bilingual( Spanish and English) rap in which he tells a girl that" you're the one for me/ Your love made me a believer" and asks her to" take my gasolina".
Michał Wiśniewski then sings in Polish, begging his lover to" let me at least touch your hands", and tells her" I'll get to your heart, do you want it?"
At this point, the lyrics switch to English, and feature all the members of Ich Troje singing that they will follow their hearts in order to be guided towards their lovers.
After another Spanish rap from Jeglitza, Wiśniewski switches to German to sing that love can enable one to see the truth, before the band then sings in Russian that one must always listen to one's heart.
The final chorus is then delivered in English again.
At the Contest, the members of Ich Troje were dressed flamboyantly in costumes inspired by European aristocracy of the 18th century.
A number of them also wore or carried masquerade masks, continuing with the lyrical theme of masking one's true feelings.
Unusually, Jeglitza performed his parts from among the audience, rather than onstage with the rest of the group, only joining them at the end of the song.
Wiśniewski ended the performance by bending down to draw attention to his wife Wiśniewska's pregnancy.
As Poland had not ended the 2005 Contest in the top ten, the song was performed in the semi-final.
Here, it was performed twelfth( following Macedonia's Elena Risteska with" Ninanajna" and preceding Russia's Dima Bilan with" Never Let You Go").
At the close of voting, it had received 70 points, placing 11th in a field of 23 and missing out on qualification for the final by one place( and 6 points), thus requiring Poland to qualify through the semi-final at the next Contest.
It was succeeded as Polish representative at the 2007 Contest by The Jet Set with" Time To Party".

Question: Are both bands, Ich Troje and Checkfield, from the same country?
Answer: no