Barbara Maria Karel Deckx (born 22 January 1974), better known by her stage name Barbara Dex, is a Belgian singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Iemand als jij".
Dex had qualified via the Belgian national heat, Eurosong 93, held at the Casino Knokke on 6 March. At the Eurovision in Millstreet, she performed seventh, after Greece's entry "Ellada, chora tou fotos" and before Malta's song "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.
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.
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^"Nuts!". Artist info sheet. artiestengids. Retrieved 11 February 2009. [dead link]
barbara, barbara, maria, karel, deckx, born, january, 1974, better, known, stage, name, belgian, singer, represented, country, eurovision, song, contest, 1993, with, song, iemand, bornbarbara, maria, karel, deckx, 1974, january, 1974, turnhout, belgiumnational. Barbara Maria Karel Deckx born 22 January 1974 better known by her stage name Barbara Dex is a Belgian singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song Iemand als jij Barbara DexBornBarbara Maria Karel Deckx 1974 01 22 22 January 1974 age 50 Turnhout BelgiumNationalityBelgianOccupationsinger Dex had qualified via the Belgian national heat Eurosong 93 held at the Casino Knokke on 6 March At the Eurovision in Millstreet she performed seventh after Greece s entry Ellada chora tou fotos and before Malta s song 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 Contents 1 Discography 1 1 Albums 1 2 Singles 2 Barbara Dex Award 3 References 4 External linksDiscography editDex has released several albums between 1993 and 2011 Albums edit 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 amp Rock n Roll 2016 Singles edit One life 2004 Crazy 2006 I am 2010 Before 2011 Barbara Dex Award editMain 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 edit Nuts Artist info sheet artiestengids Retrieved 11 February 2009 dead link Roxburgh Gordon 26 May 2013 Moje 3 wins the Barbara Dex Award Eurovision European Broadcasting Union Retrieved 27 May 2013 Barbara Dex Award House of Eurovision 22 May 2016 Songfestival be to organise the Barbara Dex Award from 2017 onwards songfestival be 22 May 2016 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barbara Dex Official website in Dutch Barbara Dex at IMDb Preceded byMorganewith Nous on veut des violons Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest1993 Succeeded byFrederic Etherlinckwith La voix est libre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barbara Dex amp oldid 1221154553, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
