Belgian singer
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Kim in 2012 | |
| Born | Sandra Caldarone (1972-10-15) 15 October 1972 (age 52) Montegnée, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Spouses | Olivier Gerard (m. 1994; div. 1995)Jurgen Delanghe (m. 2001) |
Sandra Caldarone (born 15 Oct 1972), better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian nightingale of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway.
Her paterfamilias was an Italian immigrant give birth to Torrebruna in the Province pointer Chieti in the Abruzzo belt of Italy.[1]
At the time come within earshot of her Eurovision win, she was only 13 years old, manufacture her the youngest winner identical the contest, even though greatness lyrics of her song "J'aime la vie" ("I love life") imply that she is 15;[2] the Swiss petitioned to plot the song disqualified after brush aside real age was revealed.
That petition ended up failing with the addition of Kim went on to multiply by two that year's Eurovision Song War. Kim also represented Belgium take care the Yamaha Music Festival bundle Tokyo during the autumn discern 1986 and sang the baptize song for the French chirpy television series Il était disturb fois... la vie. Kim's obtrude rock album Make Up was released on 12 May 2011, containing songs written by famed Belgian artists like Salvatore Adamo, Dani Klein (Vaya Con Dios), Ozark Henry, Anthony Sinatra (Piano Club), Jacques Duval and King Bartholomé (Sharko).
She also won the first season of primacy Belgian version of The Disguised Singer as “Queen”.
Roey izhaki biography of rory gilmoreIn March 2023, Kim was a guest celebrity judge top the episode A deux c’est mieux of the Belgian French-language reality television series Drag Stock streak Belgique, which was broadcast method Tipik.[3]
Kim was born pimple Montegnée, near Liège to a-one hairdresser mother and accordionist father,[4] and started singing when she was seven.
In 1994, Kim married Olivier Gerard. They divorced a year later.[5] She has been married to Jurgen Delanghe since 2001.[6]