Barbara Alexandra "Sandra" Reemer (17 October 1950 – 6 June 2017) was an
Indo-Dutch singer and television presenter. She represented the
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions, tying with
Corry Brokken
Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken (3 December 1932 – 31 May 2016) was a Dutch singer, television presenter and jurist. In 1957, she won the second edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Net als toen", representing the Netherlands ...
for most appearances representing the country.
In 1972, she sang the song "
Als het om de liefde gaat" in a duet with
Dries Holten (she was credited as "Sandra", he was credited as "Andres"); the duo came fourth.
In 1976, this time credited under her real name, Reemer performed solo singing the song "
The Party's Over", which reached ninth place.
In 1979, she was credited as "Xandra" and sang the song "
Colorado
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", which placed twelfth.
She later returned to the contest to sing backing vocals (uncredited) for the Dutch entry in 1983, "Sing Me A Song", performed by Bernadette.
On Dutch television Reemer (co)hosted popular shows including ''Sterrenslag'', ''Wedden, dat..?'' and ''Showmasters''.
She died on 6 June 2017, following a long battle with
breast cancer
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.
See also
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Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972
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Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
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Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
References
1950 births
2017 deaths
Dutch women singers
Indonesian emigrants to the Netherlands
Dutch people of Chinese descent
People from Bandung
Indo people
Deaths from breast cancer in the Netherlands
Spanish-language singers of the Netherlands
Eurovision Song Contest entrants
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