Gina G
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Despite hailing from Brisbane, Australia, Gina G would make her breakthrough representing the UK in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, having relocated to Britain the previous year. Born Gina Gardner on August 3rd, 1970, the singer and DJ first came onto the radar of dance music aficionados as a member of the Australian group Bass Culture, credited as Geena on their 1992 house single and minor ARIA chart success âLove the Lifeâ. After winning the public vote with her 1995 appearance on A Song for Europe, a televised show determining the UKâs annual Eurovision entrant, she placed eighth in the international contest with âOoh Ahh⦠Just a Little Bitâ. The song nonetheless found commercial success; it was the first non-winning Eurovision entry to top the UK Singles Chart since 1968, later gaining BPI Gold certification and also reaching number twelve on the United Statesâ Billboard Hot 100. Gardner swiftly followed this up with a string of singles including âI Belong to Youâ and âFresh!â, both of which reached the UK top ten. Her debut album, Fresh!, arrived in 1997, entering the UK charts at number twelve. Following a brief hiatus, she returned with a little-known CD single, and found herself in the spotlight once more as the 2003 winner of the reality show Reborn in the USA. After unsuccessfully auditioning to represent the UK at Eurovision again in 2005, she released a sophomore album, Get Up & Dance, the same year. Inking a distribution deal with Universal for her own label, Stuntgirl, in 2006, she released the non-album single âTonightâs the Nightâ, which reached number 57 in the UK. Another standalone single, the non-charting âNext 2 Youâ, surfaced in 2011.
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