Francine Jordi Leaves Husband Tony Rominger: Hooks Up With Florian Ast

By Stefan Wrana
CSMR Austrian Correspondent

KLAGENFURT am WORTHERSEE, AUSTRIA-- Swiss schlager star, Francine Jordi and Swiss rocker, Florian Ast have publicly come out and acknowleged their mutual attraction and have moved out of the residences that they shared with their respective spouses.

Francine Jordi (L) is leaving husband Tony Rominger
to hook up with Swiss rocker Florian Ast (R)

Rumors about the Jordi-Ast affair had been swirling around European music circles for some time, but this past summer, the Berner Zeitung came out publicly with a confirmation.

The two reportedly told their spouses back then of their mutual affection. Jordi moved out of the place she shared with her husband, Tony Rominger, taking with her their Labrador retriever, Theo, and moved to a location nearer her parents home in Worb.

Ast is leaving his wife of 9 years, Esther, a makeup artist, and Jordi hasn’t yet reached her third wedding anniversary with the Danish-born, European bicycle racing champ, Rominger, who, at age 51, is 16 years older than Jordi.

The two Swiss music stars first met nine years ago while recording their smash duet ballad, Trane (Teardrop) which reached #1 on the charts and remains one of the best selling records of all time by a Swiss duet.

Jordi and Ast reignited their flame in February of last year while recording a duet album. They have yet another joint musical effort planned for release in 2012.

Jordi and Ast haven’t publicly discussed plans for divorce and/or remarriage.

Popular sentiment over abandonment of their spouses by Jordi and Ast is hard to assess, but judging from the letters to the Berner Zeitung, it would appear that Swiss public sympathies lay on the side of the jilted partners.

Here are Jordi and Ast performing Trane (Teardrop), the ballad they made famous 9 years ago: