Dean Delannoit (born 27 January 1989) most known by the mononym Dean is the winner of ''

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'', in season 3 of the Belgian version of ''

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''. His first album, ''So Many Ways'', released in 2007, spent 11 weeks in the #1 spot in the Belgian charts. In May 2012, he joined

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(winner of ''

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'') and Dennis De Neyer (a contestant in the same series to form the Belgian Flemish boyband

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Songs performed on ''Idool 2007''

* Workshop 1: "Let's Work Together" (Canned Heat) * Workshop 2: "Snow (Hey Oh)" (Red Hot Chili Peppers) * My Idol: "She Moves in Her Own Way" (The Kooks) * Rolling Stones and The Beatles: "Start Me Up" (The Rolling Stones) * Dutch Songs: "Iedereen Is Van De Wereld" (The Lau) * My Birth Year: "Keep on Rocking in the Free World" (Neil Young) * French Songs: "Une Belle Histoire" (Michel Fugain) * Big Band: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" (Dean Martin) * Unplugged: "You Don't Know" (Milow); "Nothing Else Matters" (Metallica) * Rock Songs: "Ruby" (Kaiser Chiefs); "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day); "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis) * Finale: "Keep on Rocking in the Free World" (Neil Young); "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers); "She's the One" (Robbie Williams); "Start Me Up" (The Rolling Stones); "So Many Ways"

After ''Idool''

Singing career

Dean was signed to a label where he had relative success with a number of singles and the album ''So Many Ways'', an album of covers of well-known hits in addition to the title track "So many Ways", his winning song in ''Idool''. The album topped the

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Belgian Flemish Singles Chart, after the title track had reached #2 on the Ultratop Belgian Flemish Singles Chart.

Television career

In 2010, he was co-host of the Belgian version of the Belenlux edition of ''

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'' titled ''My Rock Camp Benelux'' alongside host Sita Vermeulen. The show aired on the local Disney Channel. The winners of the show were Cheyenne & Mayleen. In 2011, he took part in another reality television show, ''

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(Captain). His red team won. Delannoit was the only member from Europe in Team Red. All the eight other teammates were Americans:

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In band 3M8S

Starting May 2012, he is a member of the boyband 3M8S (pronounced Three mates). The band includes besides Dean (Idool 2007 season 3 winner), Idool 2011 (season 4) winner Kevin Kayirangwa and 2011 contestant Dennis De Neyer, who had finished 5th-6th on the 2011 show.

Personal life

He is smaller cousin to the Belgian boxer

Cyrille Delannoit Cyrille Delannoit (alternatively Cyriel Delannoit; Geraardsbergen, 13 March 1926 – 9 February 1998) was a Belgian boxer. He was also known by his nickname Tarzan. In 1948, he became European boxing champion in the middleweight class.

(1926-1998)

Discography

Albums

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other singles

*2012: "De allermooiste tijd van het jaar" (as part of A Stars)

References

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