when she was barely 20 years old , holland singer edsilia rombley got her first large taste of world spotlight . already a winner of the smaller imitation contest soundmix shows , she determined to shoot low . with a great deal of effort , she played in front of hundreds of millions of television viewers at the 1998 eurovision song contest in birmingham , us kingdom . her piece , the r & b flavored " hemel en aarde " ( heaven and land ) , came fourth and gave her country their highest placing at wembley before their last win in 1975 . no irish contestant after her has been able to place similarly .
edsilia rombley is a dutch model .