Evi Hanssen

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Evi Hanssen
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Born
Evi Greta Roberta Hanssen

(1978-11-09) 9 November 1978 (age 45)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • presenter
Years active1995
Career
Stations
Previous show Samson en Gert

Evi Greta Roberta Hanssen (born 9 November 1978) is a Flemish singer and presenter. [1]

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Biography

Hanssen grew up with three older brothers in Antwerp. She started as a background singer in the Samson en Gert Christmas shows and played on her 16th in Samson en Gert 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 TMF Flanders, where she presented with Elke Vanelderen in Boobietrap. She also presented at major festivals such as Marktrock, Suikerrock, TW Classic and I Love Techno. She interviewed Lenny Kravitz and Justin Timberlake, 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 Greenpeace 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 Sporza. 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 Expeditie Robinson 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 Project Runway , 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 De Wereld Draait Door . In 2016, together with Freek Vonk, she presented De Super Freek Show.

In 2019, she was a candidate on the Dutch television show Wie is de Mol? She was the first candidate to leave the game in episode 2. [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. [3]

Television

YearsTitleNotes
1995–96 Samson en Gert Actress (Sofie)
2001BoobietrapPresenter
2002Aan Tafel
2003 Garfield Voice
De FarmPresenter
71° Noord
2006–13 Expeditie Robinson
2007De Foute Quiz
GodzijDank
2008–09De DesignersPresenter, Flemish version of Project Runway
2010–11De dagshowPresenter, showbizz programme
2013FunnymalsVoice actress of the week
De Grote Sprong Presenter
2014Beat da Bompaz
Mijn Pop-uprestaurant
2014–present3 op Reis
De Wereld Draait Door Table lady
2016De Super Freek ShowPresenter
2018Wie is de Mol?Candidate
2021Over de OceaanCandidate

Radio

YearsTitleNotes
2021–presentDe Wild in de MiddagCo-host

Discography

Singles

Single with hit notation(s) in the Flemish Ultratop 50Year of appearanceDate of entryHighest positionNo. of weeksNotes
When I'm away from U200717 Feb 2017tip18with Fred Di Bono
Het aya lied201229 Sep 2012143

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References

  1. "Evi Hanssen". DWDD (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 Jan 2018.
  2. "Wie is de Mol? | Finale | 2019".
  3. "Evi Hanssen vrijgezel" (in Dutch). Showbizzsite.be. 23 Dec 2011. Retrieved 15 Jan 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. nl:De Kraaien