Barbara Dex

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Barbara Dex
Born
Barbara Maria Karel Deckx

(1974-01-22) 22 January 1974 (age 50)
Turnhout, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupationsinger

Barbara Maria Karel Deckx (born 22 January 1974), better known by her stage name Barbara Dex, is a

Iemand als jij
".

Dex had qualified via the Belgian national heat,

This Time
". Dex came last, in 25th place.

Barbara returned to the Belgian final in 2004, teaming up with Alides for the song "One Life" which placed third. A further Eurovision attempt came in 2006 with the country line-dancing flavoured "Crazy" which earned her fifth place.

Barbara Dex was born in Turnhout, one of the three children of Marcel Deckx, a Belgian singer better known by his stage name Marc Dex. Her brother Tom Deckx has played bass guitar in the musical groups Tush and Nuts.[1]

In Eurovision, Barbara wore a self-made dress, which inspired House of Eurovision's Barbara Dex Award for the contestant with the worst (later, "most striking") outfit.

Discography

Dex has released several albums between 1993 and 2011.

Albums

First album Iemand contains songs in Dutch. Since 1994 she has performed songs only in English.

  • Iemand (1993)
  • Waiting for a New Moon (1994)
  • Tender Touch (1996)
  • Strong (1998)
  • Timeless (2001)
  • Enjoy: a Taste of Gospel (2003)
  • Blue-eyed Girl (2006)
  • Only One Me (2008)
  • I Am Barbara Dex (2011)
  • Dex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll (2016)

Singles

  • "One life" (2004)
  • "Crazy" (2006)
  • "I am" (2010)
  • "Before" (2011)

Barbara Dex Award

Main article: Barbara Dex Award

The Barbara Dex Award was an annual fan award for the worst dressed artist in the Eurovision Song Contest, awarded between 1997 and 2016 by fansite House of Eurovision,[2] and from 2017 until 2021 by Songfestival.be.[3][4] It was then discontinued and replaced by the You're a Vision Award.

References

  1. ^ "Nuts!". Artist info sheet. artiestengids. Retrieved 11 February 2009. [dead link]
  2. Eurovision. European Broadcasting Union
    . Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Barbara Dex Award". House of Eurovision. 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Songfestival.be to organise the Barbara Dex Award from 2017 onwards!". songfestival.be. 22 May 2016.

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Preceded by
Nous, on veut des violons
"
 Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
1993 		Succeeded by
La voix est libre
"
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