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 Dex
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| Born | Barbara Maria Karel Deckx (1974-01-22) 22 January 1974 (age 50) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | singer |
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.
Dex has released several albums between 1993 and 2011.
First album Iemand contains songs in Dutch. Since 1994 she has performed songs only in English.
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.
| Preceded by | Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 |
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