Maribelle

Maribelle is a Dutch singer. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. In 1981, Maribelle performed two songs, "Marionette" and "Fantasie", in the Dutch Eurovision pre-selection, only to finish second and third, behind Linda Williams. She had better luck in 1984, when her two songs finished first and second, with "Ik hou van jou" edging out "Vanavond", and going forward as the Netherlands' representative to the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, held in Luxembourg City on 5 May. Prior to the contest, "Ik hou van jou" had been fancied to do well so its final placing of 13th out of the 19 entries was very disappointing. Despite its poor Eurovision performance, "Ik hou van jou" has gone on to be an enduring and popular song in the Dutch language market, having been covered successfully by Gordon Heuckeroth, Dana Winner, Thomaz and Roxeanne Hazes. Maribelle continues to record, and has placed several singles on the Dutch chart, most recently "Ik geef me over", a top 40 hit in October 2009. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maribelle) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)