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Belgian singer
Sandra Kim
Kim in 2012
BornSandra Caldarone
(1972-10-15) 15 October 1972 (age 52)
Montegnée, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
OccupationSinger
Spouses
Olivier Gerard ​ ​(m. 1994; div. 1995)​
Jurgen Delanghe ​(m. 2001)​

Sandra Caldarone (born 15 October 1972), better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway. Her father was an Italian immigrant from Torrebruna in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

At the time of her Eurovision win, she was only 13 years old, making her the youngest winner of the contest, even though the lyrics of her song "J'aime la vie" ("I love life") imply that she is 15; the Swiss petitioned to have the song disqualified after her real age was revealed. This petition ended up failing and Kim went on to win that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Kim also represented Belgium at the Yamaha Music Festival in Tokyo during the autumn of 1986 and sang the title song for the French animated television series Il était une fois... la vie. Kim's pop rock album Make Up was released on 12 May 2011, containing songs written by famous Belgian artists like Salvatore Adamo, Dani Klein (Vaya Con Dios), Ozark Henry, Anthony Sinatra (Piano Club), Jacques Duval and David Bartholomé (Sharko). She also won the first season of the Belgian version of The Masked Singer as “Queen”.

In March 2023, Kim was a guest celebrity judge in the episode A deux c’est mieux of the Belgian French-language reality television series Drag Race Belgique, which was broadcast on Tipik.

Early life

Kim was born in Montegnée, near Liège to a hairdresser mother and accordionist father, and started singing when she was seven.

Personal life

In 1994, Kim married Olivier Gerard. They divorced a year later. She has been married to Jurgen Delanghe since 2001.

Discography

Albums

  • J'aime la vie (1986, French)
  • Bien dans ma peau (1988, French)
  • Balance tout (1991, French) / Met open ogen (1991, Dutch)
  • Les Sixties (1993, French) / Sixties (1993, Dutch)
  • Onvergetelijk (1997, Dutch)
  • Heel diep in mijn hart (1998, Dutch, 2-track single)
  • Make Up (2011, English and French)

Singles

  • Ami-ami (French, 1985)
  • Tokyo Boy (French, 1986)
  • Sorry (French, 1987)
  • Bel me, schrijf me (duet with Flemish singer Luc Steeno, Dutch, 1989)
  • Anyway The Wind Blows (2010, English)
  • Who Are You (2020, English)

References

  1. "Spéciale Italie: gros plan sur la solidarité belge". Rtbf.be. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
  3. Grégoire, Juliette (22 March 2023). "Sandra Kim et David Jeanmotte illuminent le plateau de cette 6ème émission de Drag Race Belgique". www.rtbf.be (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MAR%2F1986%2F05%2F09&id=Ar08700&sk=659C26C8
  5. Houbrechts, Dirk (December 2001). "Sandra Kim". The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives. Flanders Music Centre.
  6. "Sandra Kim". Eurosong nieuwsbrief (in Dutch). DGW Internet Solutions. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
Awards and achievements
Preceded byNorway Bobbysocks!
with "La det swinge" 		Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
1986 		Succeeded byRepublic of Ireland Johnny Logan
with "Hold Me Now"
Preceded byLinda Lepomme
with "Laat me nu gaan" 		Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
1986 		Succeeded byLiliane Saint-Pierre
with "Soldiers of Love"

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  • "1 Life"
  • "À la folie ou pas du tout"
  • "Als het weer lente is"
  • "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie"
  • "Avanti la vie"
  • "Baby, Baby"
  • "Because of You"
  • "Before the Party's Over"
  • "City Lights"
  • "Copycat"
  • "Dis oui"
  • "Door de wind"
  • "Envie de vivre"
  • "Euro-Vision"
  • "Fleur de liberté"
  • "Geef het op"
  • "Gelukkig zijn"
  • "Goeiemorgen, morgen"
  • "Le Grand soir"
  • "Hey Nana"
  • "Hou toch van mij"
  • "Iemand als jij"
  • "Ik heb zorgen"
  • "J'aime la vie"
  • "Je t'adore"
  • "Jennifer Jennings"
  • "Judy et Cie"
  • "Laat me nu gaan"
  • "Laissez briller le soleil"
  • "Liefde is een kaartspel"
  • "Like the Wind"
  • "Love Kills"
  • "Love Power"
  • "Ma petite chatte"
  • "Macédomienne"
  • "A Matter of Time"
  • "Me and My Guitar"
  • "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine"
  • "A Million in One, Two, Three"
  • "Miss You"
  • "Mon amour pour toi"
  • "Mother"
  • "Nous, on veut des violons"
  • "O Julissi"
  • "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel"
  • "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie"
  • "Près de ma rivière"
  • "Quand tu reviendras"
  • "Release Me"
  • "Rendez-vous"
  • "Rhythm Inside"
  • "Samson"
  • "Sanomi"
  • "September, gouden roos"
  • "Si tu aimes ma musique"
  • "Sister"
  • "Soldiers of Love"
  • "Straatdeuntje"
  • "Ton nom"
  • "Viens l'oublier"
  • "La Voix est libre"
  • "Waarom?"
  • "Wake Up"
  • "What's the Pressure"
  • "With Love Baby"
  • "Would You?"
  • "The Wrong Place"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
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  • "Alles heeft ritme"
  • "L'Amour de ma vie"
  • "Du er fuld af løgn"
  • "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
  • "Européennes"
  • "Gleðibankinn"
  • "Halley"
  • "J'aime la vie"
  • "Não sejas mau para mim"
  • "Never the End"
  • "Pas pour moi"
  • "Romeo"
  • "Runner in the Night"
  • "Tora zo"
  • "Über die Brücke geh'n"
  • "Valentino"
  • "Yavo Yom"
  • "You Can Count On Me"
  • "Die Zeit ist einsam"
  • "Željo moja"
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  • "Wagon-lit"


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