Sharon Kips

Sharon Kips

Background information
Born	(1983-11-17) November 17, 1983 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Gospel, Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2006–present
Website	http://www.sharonkips.nl

Sharon Kips (born November 17, 1983 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is the winner of the first edition of the Dutch X Factor,^[1] 24 February 2007. She was constantly praised highly throughout the show, with high compliments from three of Holland's music experts Henk Temming, Marianne van Wijnkoop and Henkjan Smits. She beat contestants such as X6, Richy and Anja to become the eventual winner in February 2007. Her first single Heartbreak Away reached #1 in the Dutch Top 40 in the first week. In 2010 she auditioned as a "mystery"-kandidate for the Dutch version of Popstars and got through to the liveshows. In the liveshows she was one of the favorites. She placed third overall.

Discography

Albums

2007: 10
2009: Love Will Bring You Home

Singles

2007: "Heartbreak away" (reached #1 in the Dutch Top 40)
2007: "Heaven Knows"
2010: "Love for Life"

References

↑ "X FACTOR - Home" (in Dutch). RTL. Retrieved 3 December 2010.

Preceded by None	X Factor (Netherlands) Winner 2007	Succeeded by Lisa Hordijk

X Factor (Dutch TV series)

Series	1 (2007) 2 (2009) 3 (2010) 4 (2011) 5 (2013)

Hosts	Wendy van Dijk Martijn Krabbé

Judges	Henkjan Smits (1) Marianne van Wijnkoop (1) Henk Temming (1) Eric van Tijn (2-4) Stacey Rookhuizen (2-4) Angela Groothuizen (2-5) Gordon Heuckeroth (2-5) Ali Bouali (5) Candy Dulfer (5)

Winners	Sharon Kips Lisa Hordijk Jaap van Reesema Rochelle Perts Haris Alagic

Popstars (Netherlands)

Seasons	1 (2008) 2 (2009-2010) 3 (2010-2011)

Judges	Marc-Marie Huijbregts Henkjan Smits Simone Walraven Henkjan Smits Patricia Paay (Seasons 1 and 2)

Hosts	Nancy Coolen (series 1-2-3) Tooske Ragas (series 3 Liveshows) Gerard Joling (series 1-2 and in series 3 (only the auditions))

Winners	1: Brandi Russell Steffie Zoontjes Deon Leon (RED!) 2: Wesley Klein 3: Dean Saunders

Runner-ups	1: Norman Ramazan 2: Kim Stolker 3: Simone Nijssen

Notable contestants	2: Xander 3: Sharon Kips

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