De Romeo's

The schlager-pop trio De Romeo's, steeped in traditional sounds, came together in the early 2000s when Chris Van Tongelen and Davy Gilles—who had previously shared the stage in the musical Romeo en Julia, Van Haat Tot Liefde—joined forces with Familie soap actor Gunther Levi. Their breakthrough arrived after performing before Angela Merkel at the 2005 Bundespresseball, after which they emerged among the foremost Flemish party acts, logging five Top 40 albums, hit duets with Belgian diva Laura Lynn ("Naar de Kermis!") and Dutch vocalist Jan Smit ("Zingen Lachen Dansen"), and a Top 40 cover of Tony Christie's "Is This the Way to Amarillo."