Xandee is a stage name of Sandy Boets (born 18 December 1978 in

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singer who represented Belgium at the

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. At the age of 16 she founded the pop duo Touch of Joy with Serge (Sergio) Quisquater. Sergio and his band

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represented Belgium in ESC 2002 with the song "Sister". At the

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Xandee sang the dance

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song " 1 Life" in the contest. The song was one of the major favourites before the contest, but only got 7 points, 5 of which from neighbouring country the Netherlands, on the final evening. It eventually got only 22nd place out of 24 participants. Xandee's fate was repeated two years later, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in

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, where fellow Belgian entry

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, despite being a hugely hyped favourite, failed to qualify from the semi-final.

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* 1978 births Living people People from Tienen Flemish musicians Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Belgium Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2004 21st-century Belgian women singers 21st-century Belgian singers {{Belgium-singer-stub