Nancy Anna Francina Coolen, known as Nance (born 10 September 1973 in Asten,

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) is a Dutch TV host who was previously the lead-singer of a Eurodance group called

Twenty 4 Seven Twenty 4 Seven is a Dutch Eurodance group formed in 1989 by Dutch producer Ruud van Rijen. The project is best known in Europe for the hit singles " I Can't Stand It", " Are You Dreaming?", " Slave to the Music", " Is It Love" and " Take Me Awa ...

. At the age of 15, Nance was discovered in a discothèque by dance-producer Ruud van Rijen. He created the dance-act Twenty 4 Seven, in which Nance performs along with rapper Tony Dawson-Harrison, more commonly known by his stage name, Captain Hollywood. When the latter left the project and was replaced by rapper Stay C the act scored its biggest hits, like ''Slave to the Music''. In 1996 Nance decided to leave Twenty 4 Seven to start up a solo-career, which led to a couple of small hits in The Netherlands. Around the same time she began working as a TV host for several channels. She hosted the Dutch Top 40 a couple of times for TMF Nederland. A little later she did the love quiz ''Liefde is...'' for

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. In 1999 she started hosting the game show ''Rappatongo'' for

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. After 200 episodes the show was cancelled. Nance started hosting the game show Lingo which she did until late 2005 when she decided to host programmes for

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. Nance was married to William Rutten from 4 May 1995 until March 2000, when they divorced. She now has a relationship with Pico van Sytzama.

Singles with Twenty 4 Seven

Solo

References

External links

Official website
1973 births Living people Dutch television presenters Dutch women television presenters People from Asten, Netherlands 21st-century Dutch singers Nationaal Songfestival presenters {{Netherlands-tv-stub