Hollie Steel

Here are some more photos of Hollie Steel in Hong Kong, performing on the JSG Top 10 Awards Show.

My source (Vicky) tells me: “Hollie sings Edelweiss on the show It was brilliant!!”

Vicky has kindly sent me some photos of Hollie Steel in Hong Kong yesterday.

The first  three photos are from The Worship Ceremony Of the JSG Top 10 Awards Show. The worship ceremony is a traditional ceremony that takes place to ensure that the show itself is successful.

The final four photos are from the rehearsal of the show.

Hollie Steel met Olivia in Hong Kong. Any of you who are regular visitors here or on Hollie’s Facebook page will know that Olivia is a huge fan of Hollie’s, so she was absolutely delighted to finally meet Hollie.

Olivia said on Facebook: “I got to see Hollie today and it was brill! We chatted a lot and Hollie gave her single to me which still isn’t available in Hong Kong!”

Olivia has also sent me a link to see Hollie in Hong Kong: http://mytv.tvb.com/variety/scoop/103914/1189#page-1

However,  the link only works if you are in Hong Kong , or if you access the video via a proxy server based in Hong Kong.

I have tried to use a free proxy server to view the video, but none of the ones I tried were working.

Hollie Steel will be performing in Hong Kong on January 16th. Vicky has kindly emailed me a link to a video of Hollie wishing a Happy New Year to all her fans in Hong Kong, and also a page from a magazine promoting Hollie’s appearance at the Jade Solid Gold (JSG) Top 10 Awards Show, which is one of the main Hong Kong pop music award shows.

Here is the video (click the photo to launch the video in a new window):

Here is the scanned magazine article (click it to view the article full size):

Vicky has also told me that she is going to meet Hollie and Nina and she will be providing us with more news from Hollie’s latest trip to Hong Kong soon! Thanks Vicky!

PS. I believe you need the latest version of the Quicktime plug-in to play the video.

“Corkey41″ has asked a question about Hollie on Yahoo Answers. The question is:

Did Hollie Steel win Britains Got Talent?

Ok, i saw this little ten year old sing on YouTube and she’s amazing! I’ve never heard anything like her, but i never found out if she won. So did she win or not? Did she get to sing some more? I hope some people heard her and she’s continuing to sing!

I have replied to the question with this answer:

Hollie Steel is indeed amazing. She came sixth in the “Britain’s Got Talent” competition and has since, sponsored by her family, released a single “Where are you Christmas” that is still on sale in HMV and can be downloaded from Amazon or iTunes. She will be releasing an album this year. Full details about Hollie can be found on her website, and she also has an official Facebook page.
Source(s):

http://holliesteel.org.uk

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Official-Hollie-Steel/210965685861

However, if you want to put your own reply, the question is still open and you can view it here.

An article in today’s Blackburn Citizen has confirmed what we already know – that Hollie will be releasing her debut album this year.

If a major record label does not pick up the option to release the album, Hollie’s family will release it on their own BB5 record label, named after the Accrington postcode.

Nina told the Citizen: “This year will be an amazing one for us. Last year Hollie was on national TV with Britain’s Got Talent and we now want to keep her profile as high as we can.

“The big thing for us this year is the album. It will definitely come out this year, even if we have to release it ourselves.

“Hopefully one day soon someone big will come along and sign her up. At the moment there are things and jobs that are coming along but nothing major.

“Hollie is just enjoying her singing and is happy, we are even planning to film some music videos to promote her.”

You can read the full article here. A similar story also appears in the Lancashire Telegraph.

Hollie Steel has been interviewed by Jason Dowd of the Expressionist and you can download to the Podcast here.

Jason has also written a lovely article about Hollie, entitled “Nerves Of Steel – Hollie Steel” which you can read in its entirety here.

An article has just appeared about Hollie Steel in The Examiner. We are told that not only is Hollie a captivating performer, but they also mention that her album will be out during 2010.

Meanwhile, I have attached a festive photo of Hollie to cheer you up – thanks to Léopold for sending me it.

Also, click here if you want to see Hollie opening her Christmas presents. She looks so sweet.

You can check out the lovely video for Hollie Steel’s “Where are You Christmas” that has been cleverly created by Robert Buttrick here.

Nina has admitted to being “heart broken” that Hollie’s version of Where Are You, Christmas? was not played by the major radio stations and thus did not make it into the top 40 Christmas chart.

The record was played by the local stations 2BR and the Bee, but the major stations told her Hollie was ‘not established enough’.

Nina Steel said: “It’s no surprise that it hasn’t charted this week because nobody’s heard it.

“She’s not had the air play because there’s too many big artists.

“Radio stations have had the playlists with upcoming songs, including Hollie’s, for months and months.

“But they say they have no space to play hers.

“I don’t know how she’ll ever get established if they don’t give her a chance.”

Nina added that Hollie is looking forward to Christmas, saying: “She’s worked really, really hard and it feels like it was all for nothing. She has a beautiful song out there.

“Sometimes this country lets young people down and we want people to get behind Hollie and support her.

“It is heartbreaking for me and her but she’s a little girl and will bounce back.”