George Meiring

George Meiring was 5 years old when he, together with his sister Anne and older brother Bertus, won his first singing competition. He grew up on a farm in the Wesselsbron district and matriculated at Welkom Gimnasium. During his school years he actively participated in all the school concerts and excelled at sport achieving Free State colours in high jump; Springbok colours in hurdles and played Craven Week rugby. George also sang in the Free State Youth Choir and was the soloist when they toured Europe in his Grade 11 year. At the age of 21 he won the OFM (then Radio Oranje) Singing Talent Competion as well as The Star's Model of the Year and was chosen by New Face Model Agency to travel to Milan where he, among others, became a sought after Dolce &Gabana model. Deciding to amass a wealth of experience, George worked around the world for the following 11 years for a royal family where he performed exclusively at VIP functions in various countries including Dubai, London, Italy, Spain, Morocco and France. In 2006, encouraged by his mother, he entered SABC2's Supersterre and was crowned runner up after which Sony Music released 2 successful albums: 'Onthou die Tye' in 2007 and 'Ek Glo in Môre' in 2009. The highlight in 2008, was George being chosen to sing the National Anthem in New Zealand at the opening ceremony of the Three Nations rugby match. George went on to sing in many more local matches around the country. George was also part of the 2010 Face vs Voice OGAE competition, where he won the ‘Face’ section, came second in the ‘Voice’ section which placed him the runner up overall. The competition consisted of 26 top South African male performers which were judged by 50 adjudicators around the world. George has released his 3rd album ‘Vreemde Wêreld’