Real Name: Alana Dante Was Born: December 1, 1969. Belgium Bio: At the age of 4, she started to
sing along with the songs she heard on the radio. Alana Dante also made up her
own songs. When she was 12, she went to the music academy where she studied
violin and took singing lessons during almost 8 years. In 1999 Alana won the
preselection of the Eurovision Songfestival with the single Get ready for the
Sunsand. She didn't go to Jerusalem to represent Belgium, Vanessa Chinitor was
selected and went to the Eurovision Songfestival, but the single Get Ready for
the Sunsand and the dutch version of it (which is called Vakantie) became a
huge hit in Belgium, it even reached #1 in the Belgium charts...