Nina Sampermans (; born 1993), known professionally as Ravvel, is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She is known for her work with, among others,

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, Hooverphonic and Gjon's Tears.

Early life and education

Sampermans was born in

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in 1993 to a sound engineer and a music teacher. In 2016, she graduated from the Codarts University for the Arts in

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Career

Sampermans began her career as a songwriter in 2011. In early 2012, Walter Mannaerts, and she submitted the song " Would You?" to '' Eurosong 2012: Een song voor Iris'', the Belgian preselection for the

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. The song was chosen by VRT to compete in the final, and was ultimately selected to represent

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Belgium participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Would You?" written by Nina Sampermans, Jean Bosco Safari and Walter Mannaerts. The song was performed by Iris, who was internally selected by the Flemish broadcaster Vlaamse ...

with 53% of the televote. In late 2014 and early 2015, she broke through as a singer with the single " Wild Eyes", which she had recorded with the Norwegian electronic music duo

. The single peaked at the top of the

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and at number 4 in the Flemish Ultratop Singles Chart. One year later, Sampermans became one of the three lead singers of the Belgian band Hooverphonic during their ''

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'' tour. Following the cancellation of the

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, Dutch composer

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and she co-wrote the song "

Tout l'univers "Tout l'univers" (; ) is a song by Swiss singer Gjon's Tears released as a single on 10 March 2021 by Jo & Co and Sony Music Entertainment. It was written and composed by the singer himself alongside Nina Sampermans, Wouter Hardy and Xavier Mi ...

" for the Swiss representative Gjon's Tears at a songwriting camp in

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. The song was selected by a professional jury to represent

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "" written by Gjon Muharremaj, Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans and Xavier Michel. The song was performed by Gjon's Tears, which is the artistic name of singer Gjon Muharrem ...

. At Eurovision, the entry finished in third place with 432 points; Switzerland's best placement since 1993.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Uncredited lead vocals

Songwriting discography

Eurovision Song Contest entries

References

{{Authority control 1994 births 21st-century Belgian musicians 21st-century women musicians Belgian women singers Belgian singer-songwriters Belgian songwriters Living people Musicians from Antwerp Codarts University for the Arts alumni