Lynne & Tessa
Lynne & Tessa are two young women from Frankfurt, Germany, who have released internet videos of themselves lip-synching to famous pop songs that, for a brief period during 2006-2007, brought them a considerable online following as well as local media attention.
History
In their videos, Lynne and Tessa mime to current pop hits, gamely pulling exaggerated "emotive" faces while lip-syncing and performing a variety of silly gestures, hilariously overwrought dance moves, clever physical comedy routines, and other spontaneous and charming antics.
Lynne and Tessa have been featured on several German television channels, including RTL, Sat.1 and Pro 7, on the German radio station YOU FM, and in the print media. Their videos have met with great popularity and have been viewed more than 16 million times by people around the world. Before their original videos were mysteriously removed from Google Video around December 7, 2007, several could be found on Google Video's Top 100 list[1] at any given time. One video, based on Aqua's 1997 hit "Barbie Girl", was ranked as Google Video's 8th most popular video overall.[2] Fans have dedicated tribute or remake videos to the pair.[3]
In July 2006, Lynne and Tessa won the Google Idol Pop Webcam Competition 3.[4] In December 2006 and January 2007, they hosted a lip-sync video contest on the German website clipfish.de.[5] In May 2007, in conjunction with Clipfish, the duo hosted a TV program, The Lynne & Tessa Show, which aired on the German network channel RTL2 on the evening of May 28, 2007.[6] The show consisted of a collection of humorous video clips that have circulated on the internet, intermixed with commentary and several short skits by Lynne and Tessa. Viewership was below expectations, and Tessa subsequently announced in her blog[7] that by mutual agreement no more shows will be produced. In September, 2007, the two made an odd video which appears to be part of an online marketing scheme for a new Pringles product.[8] They have made no further videos or media appearances since late 2007—and now that two of them have gone back to being students full-time, it appears that Lynne and Tessa's meteoric rise to (a short-lived) internet and television stardom has ended.
Notes
- ↑ Top 100, Google Video
- ↑ Barbie Girl, by Lynne and Tessa.
- ↑ TG Tribute Video to L&T
- ↑ Google Idol Pop Webcam Competition 3 (via Wayback Machine)
- ↑ Clipfish lipsync contest
- ↑ Clipfish
- ↑ Tessa's blog
- ↑ Pringles "commercial"
References
- "Lynne und Tessa: Zwei Frankfurterinnen auf dem Weg zum Internet-Star". Lübecker Nachrichten. June 28, 2006.
- "Lynne und Tessa: Alles hat im Spaß begonnen und soll im Spaß enden (interview)". Lübecker Nachrichten. June 28, 2006.
- "Inside Lynne & Tessa - das Interview (English translation)". Steffen Nork. June 24, 2006.
- "Inside Lynne & Tessa - das 2. Interview (English translation)". Steffen Nork. September 2, 2006.
- "Inside Lynne & Tessa - das 3. Interview (in German)". Steffen Nork. May 26, 2007.
- "Diese zwei süßen Mädels sind die neuen Internet-Superstars". Bild Online. November 17, 2006.
- "Die Lynne & Tessa Show". RTL II. May 28, 2007.