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Alana Dante
12+ albums
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Alana Dante (real name : Christel Hoogewijs) was born in Belgium on the 1st December 1972 or 1969, according to biographies. At the age of 4, she started to sing along with the songs she heard on the radio. She also made up her own songs. When she was 12, she went to the music academy where she studied violin and took singing lessons during almost 8 years. After she had left school, she performed at karaoke club, disco's, etc... Where she soon was discovered by the Belgian dance-producer Peter Neefs. Peter immediately recognized Alana's talent and they buried themselves in the studio to find songs suited for Alana's voice. Their first choice was Celine Dion's worldwide hit Think Twice, which was Alana's first single released. Her first album was released in 1996. It sold pretty good in Germany and was released in India under ToCo license, it sold there 106 000 copies. February 21st 1999 Alana won the pre-selections for Eurovision 1999, with the single Get Ready For The Sunsand. But the following week the Belgian Broadcasting Company VRT selected Vanessa Chinitor to go to Jerusalem. On April 1999 she hit the Belgian Charts with Get Ready For The Sunsand and Vakantie, its Dutch version (Highest Position Number 1). June 25th 1999 : Alana released a new single Saturday Baby and performed during the Radio 2 Zommerhit event on August 6th 1999. On November 12th 1999 she released her new single Give You Up and on November 23rd 1999 she presented it on VRT 'Hitkracht'. Alana is
