Sita Maria Vermeulen (born 8 June 1980), known by the

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Sita, is a Dutch pop singer, actress and tv personality. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as part of the pop group K-otic. After leaving the band in 2001, she had a brief solo career before turning to television, where she was featured primarily on

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and was a candidate on ''

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'', the Dutch adaption of ''

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'' as well as the Dutch version of ''

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''. Since 2009, she has been hosting the Dutch

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Biography

Sita's career started in 2001 when she entered in the Dutch television show ''Starmaker'', which was a casting show intended to create a band. During the show, Sita became a member of a band which was called K-otic. Due to the popularity of the show, the band scored a few hits. In December 2001, Sita left the band to pursue a solo career, releasing ''

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'', her first solo single, which topped the Dutch charts and also became a minor hit in some other European countries. In January 2002 her first solo album, also called ''Happy'', followed. In 2002, Sita released ''Happy'' in the

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, and the song "Happy" was also included in the

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of ''

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''. As a consequence, she received some coverage on

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. Within Europe, she became more known in 2003 when she had the hit song " Le Chemin" together with the French band Kyo. In 2007, Spanish singer

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released a cover of her song "Come With Me" under the name ''Ven Por Mi'', achieving success in the Spanish charts.

Discography

Happy (2002)

# Happy (written by Jacqueline Nemorin & Tobias Gad) - 4:08 # Jerk (written by Kim Stockwood & Naoise Sheridan) - 4:09 # Selfish (written by Andreas Karlegård & Lisa Lindebergh) - 3:58 # Hello (written by Daniel Gibson & Julius Bengtsson) - 3:02 # I Surrender (written by Linus Nordén, Negin Djafari, Patrick Johansson & Robert Zuddas) - 3:48 # The World Goes Round (written by Carol Ann Brown & Stephanie Bentley) - 3:59 # You Make Me Feel (Like Myself) (written by Douglas Carr, Nik Kershaw & Pär Lönn) - 2:58 # Twisted (written by Mareme Hernandez, Paul Varney & Sarah Nagourney) - 5:08 # Backseat (written by Douglas Carr & Tamara Champlin) - 4:01 # Strong Winds (written by Douglas Carr & Ulric Johansson) - 4:33 # Everything (written by Alexis Strum, Ian Bouman & Paul Westcott) - 3:44 # Whenever (written by Alex Von Soos & Tom Nichols) - 4:27

Come with Me (2003)

# Come with Me (written by Ben Copland, Lisa Lindebergh & Jimmy Monell) # Popstar (written by Johan Ekhé, Ulf Lindström,

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and

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) # Every Little Thing You Do (written by

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& George Teren) # My Kitchen (written by Lisa Lindebergh) # Hold Me for a Moment (written by Thomas Gustafsson, Jamie Hartman & Hugo Lira) # Red Guitar (written by Douglas Carr, Kasper Lindgren & Joakim Udd) # Even As Your Friend (written by Anders Bergström & Daniel Gibson) # Gravity (written by Peter Björklund, Patrik Johansson & Linus Nordén) # A Million Stars (written by Robert Åhlin & Kristina Johnsson) # Weak (written by Peter Björklund) # With You (written by Douglas Carr, Kasper Lindgren & Joakim Udd) # I Draw The Line (written by Tony Cornelissen & Jonas Filtenborg)

L'Envers du décor (2004)

References

External links

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''SitaWeb'' official fan site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sita 1980 births Living people People from Waterland Dutch pop singers 21st-century Dutch singers 21st-century Dutch women singers