Bernadette (born Bernadette Kraakman on 1 March 1959) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1983

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

. Bernadette was not a well-known name when she took part with two songs in the 1983 Dutch Eurovision selection, but she emerged the narrow victor (by just one point) with " Sing Me a Song", which despite the title was sung in Dutch. She went forward to the 28th

, held in

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on 23 April, where "Sing Me a Song" finished a solid seventh of the 20 entries. Following her unsuccessful partnership with Ingrid Simons in the duo Double Trouble in 1986, Bernadette became a

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and backing singer, having worked with artists such as Harry Slinger and

Rob de Nijs Rob de Nijs (born 26 December 1942) is a Dutch singer and actor, active since the 1960s. Biography 1962–1968 De Nijs, backed by The Lords, won a talent-contest in 1962 and released his first single in 1962, " Ritme van de Regen". In 1965 D ...

.Short biography at Muziek Centrum Nederland
/ref> Bernadette was the voice of Snow White in the Dutch dubbing of Walt Disney's

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and the Blue Fairy in the Dutch version of

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References

External links

1983 at Dingadong.nl
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