Sandra Kim

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Sandra Caldarone

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Sandra Caldarone (born 15 October 1972), better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway.

Early life

Kim was born in Montegnée, near Liège to a hairdresser mother and accordionist father,[1] and started singing when she was seven. Her father was an Italian immigrant from Torrebruna in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy.[2]

Career

1986: Eurovision Song Contest

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;[3] 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.

Subsequent ventures

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).

In 2020, Kim won the first season of the Flemish version of The Masked Singer as "Queen".[4]

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.[5]

Personal life

In 1994, Kim married Olivier Gerard. They divorced a year later.[6] She has been married to Jurgen Delanghe since 2001.[7]

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)
  • "Inner Hero" (with Celien Hermans, English, 2025)

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."אוסף העיתונות" [Press collection]. הספרייה הלאומית (The National Library) (in עברית). 9 May 1986. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spéciale Italie: gros plan sur la solidarité belge". Rtbf.be. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 Template:ISBN
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sandra Kim wins 'The Masked Singer'". Songfestival.be. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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 français). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Houbrechts, Dirk (December 2001). "Sandra Kim". The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives. Flanders Music Centre.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sandra Kim". Eurosong nieuwsbrief (in Nederlands). DGW Internet Solutions. Retrieved 10 January 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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