Bart Kaëll (born 2 August 1960 in

Oudenaarde Oudenaarde (; french: Audenarde ; in English sometimes ''Oudenarde'') is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, Heu ...

) is the stage name of Bart Marcel Emilienne Gyselinck, a Flemish singer and TV host.

Career

Kaëll studied music in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

, after finishing school he landed a job as a singer and in 1982 he took part in the ''Baccara-beker'', which he won. In 1983 Kaëll took part in Eurosong (Belgium heats for the

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) with the song ''Symphonie'', he finished in third place. His next single ''La mamadora'' did well in the Flemish charts which he released in 1986. Kaëll took part again in Eurosong in 1987 with the song ''Carrousel'', he was a favourite to win and represent Belgium at the Eurovision, however at the close of voting ''Carrousel'' had picked up 58 points placing Kaëll in second place, the winner was

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. In 1997 Kaëll was offered by vtm to host the talent shows

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) and Rad van Fortuin.

Personal life

In 2010, in response to rumors, Kaëll

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as homosexual; his partner is television presenter

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Discography

Albums

* ''Bart Kaëll'' (1989) * ''Amor Amor'' (1990) * ''Mini Playback'' (1990) * ''Gewoon omdat ik van je hou'' (1991) * ''Bart Kaëll in kleur'' (1992) * ''Dicht bij jou'' (1993) * ''Het beste van Bart Kaëll'' (1994) * ''Nooit meer alleen'' (1995) * ''Dag en Nacht'' (1997) * ''Noord en Zuid'' (1998) * ''Face to Face'' (1998) * ''15 jaar Bart Kaëll'' (1999) * ''Costa Romantica'' (mit Vanessa Chinitor; 2001) * ''Het beste van Bart Kaëll – 25 jaar hits'' (2008) * ''Hallo, hier ben ik'' (2011)

Singles

* "Symphonie" (1983) * "La Mamadora" (1986) * "Carrousel" (1987) * "De Marie-Louise" (1989) * "Duizend terrassen in Rome" (1989) * "Zeil je voor het eerst" (1989) * "Ik heb je lief" (1998) * "Beetje bij beetje" (2002) * "Het is volle maan vannacht" (2006) * "Dansen in Bahia" (2008) * "Donder en bliksem" (2009) * "Hallo goeie morgen!" (2010) * "Mee met de wind" (2010) * "Elke dag een beetje mooier" (2010) * "Beetje gek" (2011) * "Kap'tein" (2012)

External links

Bart Kaëll official website
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