Ingeborg (born Ingeborg Thérèse Marguerite Sergeant, 15 October 1966,

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) is a Belgian singer and television presenter, best known outside Belgium for her participation in the 1989

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Early career

Ingeborg studied at the Studio Herman Teirlinck in

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, a training school for young singers and stage performers. One of her fellow students was the Dutch singer

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, with whom she formed a professional and personal relationship. With other colleagues, they formed a group called Zwiep en Brons and won the jury prize in the 1988 ''Leids Cabaret Festival'' in the Dutch city of

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Eurovision Song Contest

In 1989, Ingeborg's song "

Door de wind Belgium was represented by Ingeborg, with the song "Door de wind", at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Lausanne, Switzerland on 6 May. Ingeborg was the winner of the Belgian national final for the contest, held in Brussels ...

" ("Through the Wind") was chosen as the Belgian representative in the 34th

, which took place on 6 May in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

, Switzerland. For the second consecutive year, the Belgian song did not prove popular with the voting juries, ending the evening in 19th place of 22 entries.

Later career

In 1990 Ingeborg began working as a presenter for television channel VTM. She presented shows such as ''Blind Date'', ''All You Need is Love'' and ''Bluff!'', and was known as the face of the children's programme ''Schuif Af!'' which she fronted from 1990 until 2006. Since 1999 Ingeborg has also worked as a

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and

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instructor. In 2007 she began working as a presenter and editor for digital channel .

Private life

Ingeborg is married to her manager, Roland Keyaert. The couple have one child, born in 1994, and live in

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* (in Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingeborg 1966 births Living people People from Menen Belgian women singers Belgian children's television presenters Belgian women television presenters Belgian pop singers Dutch-language singers of Belgium Belgian game show hosts Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Belgium Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1989 Yoga teachers