Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: vocals - caption: xandee during the eurovision song contest 2004 - birth name: sandy boets - origin: belgium - genre: pop , r & b - birth date: 18 december 1978 - name: xandee - background: solo_singer - image: xandee - belgium 2004.jpg - occupation: singer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of xandee .
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xandee is a stage name of sandy boets -lrb- born 18 december 1978 in tienen -rrb- , flemish singer who represented belgium at the eurovision song contest 2004 .at the age of 16 she founded the pop duo touch of joy with serge -lrb- sergio -rrb- quisquater .sergio and his band sergio & the ladies represented belgium in esc 2002 with the song '' sister '' .at the eurovision song contest 2004 in istanbul xandee sang the dance uptempo song '' 1 life '' in the contest .the song was one of the major favourites before the contest , but only got 7 points , 5 of which from neighbouring country the netherlands , on the final evening .it eventually got only 22nd place out of 24 participants .xandee 's fate was repeated two years later , at the eurovision song contest 2006 in athens , where fellow belgian entry kate ryan , despite being a hugely hyped favourite , failed to qualify from the semi-final .