Double Dragon Twins
Double Dragon Twins | |
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| Birth name | Andrea Ramos Irene Ramos |
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| Born | March 18, 1988[2] San Borja District, Lima, Peru |
| Website | www.doubledragontwins.com |
Andrea Ramos and Irene Ramos (born March 18, 1988), also known as the Double Dragon Twins (or just “Double Dragon”),[2]are a Peruvian-born American singing duo. They are best known as La Voz Peru participants☃☃, their audition at season's 15 of America's Got Talent and their most notable win as they were crowned the Divas of Peru in the show "Dos para la Siete"☃☃
Life and career[edit]
Childhood and early life[edit]
The Identical twins were born in Lima, Peru to Percy G. Ramos and Ethel Aldana. They have an elder brother named Percy Luis. It is said the sisters always had a passion for dancing and performing in front of others at a very early age.[3][2]
TV Competitions & Career[edit]
The twins made their TV debut at the young age of 9 years old at Peru's ATV (Peruvian TV channel) De Colores" (named after the popular spanish folk song) (1996) as backup dancers, where they remained until the cancellation of the show and its subsequent spin-offs "Tornasol" and "Club de las Gemelas" (Twins' club). They landed a spot in the Kid's TV Show by participating in a dancing contest. They made it to the semi-finals of the contest, and thought they did not win, they were invited to join the show as dancers.[2] The Double Dragon Twins expressed in an interview that everything they learned in the entertainment showbusiness is thanks for this experience.[4]
In 2004, at the age of 16, Irene auditioned to a singing competition called "Desafio de Estrellas" (Stars Challenge) in Habacilar (Showed aired by América Televisión) where the winners of 7 groups of 7 participants each would face off to determine who was the best singer with Irene prevailing as the absolute winner. The same year Andrea would audition to a TV reality competition called "Pop tu Show" and she would go on to win a spot in the prize which was to be casted in a girls' band of 5 members. Despite that, the group would never come to fruition. The twins expressed that their inspiration to start participating in this competition was Simon Cowell. They became huge fans of the American Idol judge at the time since they enjoyed watching him on cable television.[2]
In 2012, Andrea and Irene were part of the TV show known as "Divas" in "America TV" where again they were casted to participate as a duet. The show would go on to become a success and they won the show to become known as the new "Divas" of Peru.[5][6]
In 2014 the twins, would go to become participants of La Voz Peru via Latina Televisión (The Voice), they auditioned separately, Irene spinned all 4 chairs in her rendition of "Fallin' by Alicia Keys" and Andrea followed her sister's audition by doing the same her in blind audition and getting all four judges to turn their chair with her interpretation of "Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston". Irene picked Jose Luis Rodriguez as her coach, and Andrea picked Eva Ayllon as hers.[2]
After the success of La Voz Peru the twins ventured in creating a band and performing all around Peru.[2][7]
Controversial elimination from La Voz Peru[edit]
Despite the controversy it caused, Irene Ramos was eliminated by Claudia Serpa . A tremendous battle was experienced in La Voz Peru. Claudia Serpa and Irene Ramos engaged in a duel of talents in the last edition of the phase of 'The Battles' in show.[8]
When many thought that Irene took the battle, the Puma came out with an unexpected decision and chose to choose Claudia Serpa, who did not think of being the winner of the battle. Also, the elimination of Andrea and from La Voz Perú not only caused surprise, it also generated controversy among the followers of the Frecuencia Latina show, which he reached its end on Friday, December 20, 2013. Andrea was also a fan favorite to get to the final. However, the votes of the public decided that the young representative of the team of Eva Ayllón, did not continue in the competition. Most fans were against these results. The Twins elimination in the first season of the voice was considered to be controversial due to the popularity of the duo, as they were considered to be the sensation of the show.[9][10]
Career after La Voz Peru[edit]
After the success of La Voz, the twins continued to perform at private venues and small concerts throughout Lima until they decided to migrate to America in 2017 after their naturalized U.S Citizen father asked them to accept his petition to become permanent U.S Residents. They had their farewell show at Cocodrilo Verde on March 16th, 2017[11]. However, destiny would deliver a heavy blow to the sisters' the following year when their father was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer to the bile ducts and was given a few weeks to live in the month of April.[12][13]
Their father was an avid soccer fan, and given that Peru had finally managed to classify the World Cup after a 36-year absence. The sisters' managed to get a hold of a professional soccer player that shared their fathers' story to several members of Peru national football team and given that they understood he would not make it to watch Peru in the world cup the players sent him videos encouraging him to stay strong. However, Percy Sr. would go on to express that he was deeply saddened to miss his daughters accomplishing their long term dream of meeting Simon and participating in a US Talent TV Show.[13]
In an interview with Peruvian newspaper El Comercio they were asked what they would tell their father now (after his passing) and after a brief silence Irene responded "Thank you for helping us make our dreams come true". Andrea said she would say "We did it".
America's Got Talent[edit]
During Season 15 of America's Got Talent the twins were in featured in the premiere episode of the show on May 26, 2020 and introduced themselves as Double Dragon, where they mentioned to now live in San Francisco, California and performed a cover of the Weather Girls' It's Raining Men. After they auditioned they were voted in with 4 Si's from the judges.[14][15][16]
Covers[edit]
They have covered many popular songs and gone viral. They include an Ed Sheeran "Shape of you" mash-up with "Despacito", as well as, Flashdance - What a feeling and New York New York in Spanish. However, their most popular cover is the Spanish version of The Climb.[1]
See also[edit]
External Links[edit]
- Double Dragon Twins on Instagram
- Double Dragon Twins on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Double Dragon Twins on Facebook
- Gemelas Ramos a.k.a Double Dragon Twins on iTunes
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Meet 'AGT's Double Dragon, The Twin Sisters With Powerhouse Voices". Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Double Dragon Twins / Gemelas Ramos Bio". El Comercio (in Spanish). Peru. Retrieved 9 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "America's got talent con sabor a Colombia" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 17 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Double Dragon Twins", la historia detrás de las gemelas peruanas que conquistaron Estados Unidos con su increíble voz" (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved 10 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Ramos Twins crowned Divas of Peru". RPP. RPP. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gemelas Ramos Divas" (in Spanish). Peru: Peru.com. Peru.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Peru - Gemelas Ramos ganadoras de Divas" (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: Peru.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "La Voz Perú: Claudia Serpa dejó fuera a Irene Ramos por decisión de El Puma [VIDEO]". OMG. November 8, 2013.
- ↑ https://peru.com/entretenimiento/tv/voz-peru-gemelas-son-sensacion-programa-video-noticia-199051
- ↑ http://archivo.elcomercio.pe/tvmas/television/voz-peru-eliminacion-andrea-ramos-johnny-lau-origina-controversia-noticia-1671235
- ↑ "Gemelas Ramos se despiden del Perú" (in Spanish). ntevee.com.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Estas Gemelas Peruanas conquistan a los jueces de America's Got Talent" (in Spanish). United States of America. NBC. Retrieved 10 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Falleció padre de gemelas peruanas que conquistan exitoso reality". Diario Correo (in Spanish). Peru. Retrieved 9 June 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Double Dragon Twins Wow 'AGT' Judges With 'It's Raining Men' Performance". North America. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ↑
"Double Dragon E! AGT Premiere". United States of America. E! Entertainment. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
the twins who go by the name Double Dragon and pulled out a performance of "It's Raining Men" that might just blow your socks off
- ↑ "'America's Got Talent' Season 15: Double Dragon twins light up the stage with their fiery vocals". Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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