Barbara Dex

Belgian singer

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 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.

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

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. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (26 May 2013). "Moje 3 wins the Barbara Dex Award". 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barbara Dex.
  • Official website (in Dutch)
  • Barbara Dex at IMDb
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  • "1 Life"
  • "À la folie ou pas du tout"
  • "Als het weer lente is"
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  • "Ma petite chatte"
  • "Macédomienne"
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  • "Me and My Guitar"
  • "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine"
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  • "Mother"
  • "Nous, on veut des violons"
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  • "Ellada, hora tou fotos"
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  • "Esmer Yarim"
  • "Hombres"
  • "Iemand als jij"
  • "In Your Eyes"
  • "Mama Corsica"
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  • "Mi stamatas"
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  • "Shiru"
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  • "Tih deževen dan"
  • "This Time"
  • "Tule luo"
  • "Under stjernerne på himlen"
  • "Viel zu weit"
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  • "Amnestia na neveru"
  • "Árva reggel"
  • "Muretut meelt ja südametuld"
  • "Nu pleca"
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