Evi Greta Roberta Hanssen (born 9 November 1978) is a

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singer and presenter.

Biography

Hanssen grew up with three older brothers in Antwerp. She started as a background singer in the ''

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'' Christmas shows and played on her 16th in ''

'' Sofie, the niece of the mayor. Hanssen was second in the election for 'Look of the year' in 1996. After secondary school she studied at the Jazzstudio in Antwerp for two years and received her candidacy as a jazz singer at the conservatory.

Career

In April 2001 Hanssen started as a VJ on

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, where she presented with Elke Vanelderen in ''Boobietrap''. She also presented at major festivals such as

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, Suikerrock, TW Classic and I Love Techno. She interviewed

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and

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, among others. In the summer of 2002 she was asked to replace Yasmine at ''Aan tafel'' on TV1. She was also regularly seen in ''Het Swingpaleis''. Her debut single "Down as she goes" with the new group Hookers Green became the new favourite song of

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in Belgium. The song is about the decline of the world in every possible way. In October 2003 she left TMF to concentrate on her music. She worked on a theatre jazz project and on a Dutch-language album with Patrick Hamilton. She was heard as a flying reporter at ''Radio Donna staat op'' and can be seen on the sports channel

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. For '' Garfield: The Movie'' she dubbed the voice of the American cartoon cat. She then worked for VTM, where she presented ''De Farm'' and ''71° Noord''. From 2006 to 2013 she presented ''

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'' annually. Since March 2007 she can also be seen in ''De Foute Quiz'' and ''GodzijDank''. In 2008 and 2009, Evi presented the Flemish version of ''

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'', ''De Designers''. In 2010 she was on show in ''De dagshow'', a showbiz programme on VTM. In 2013 she presented with Kürt Rogiers in '' De Grote Sprong'', in 2014 ''Beat da Bompaz'' and ''Mijn Pop-uprestaurant''. From 2014 she can be seen on Dutch television in "3 op Reis". In September 2014 she started as a table lady at ''

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''. In 2016, together with

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, she presented ''De Super Freek Show''. In 2019, she was a candidate on the Dutch television show ''

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'' She was the first candidate to leave the game in episode 2.

Private life

Hanssen married in September 2005 to Fred di Bono, front man of the Belgian formation Silverene. They founded the production house Bonhanssa together. Later they had two children. The couple split up at the end of 2011.

Television

Discography

Singles

Trivia

*UMA, the band of Evi Hanssen, released their first album, ''Polaroid'', at the end of 2011. *Hanssen can be seen in the video ''Ik vind je lekker'' from The Haagse band De Kraaien. *In 2004 Hanssen participated in the second season of ''De Slimste Mens ter Wereld''. During her first participation she lost the final and consequently she had to leave the quiz. *In 2017 Hanssen again participated in ''De Slimste Mens ter Wereld''. This time she kept the one episode longer.

References

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