Willeke Alberti

Willeke Alberti
Background Information
Origin	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Birth date	3 February 1945
Death date	N/A
Age	80
Eurovision Song Contest
Country	The Netherlands
Year	1994
Song	Waar is de zon?
Semi Position	--
Semi Points	--
Final Position	23rd
Final Points	4

Willy Albertina Verbrugge, better known as Willeke Alberti, is a Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin, Ireland with the song Waar is de zon?, which finished in 23rd place.

She started her career at the early age of eleven in the musical "Duel om Barbara" and she recorded her first single in 1958 together with her father. During the 1960s, she was a well-known singer in the Netherlands and had at least one #1 hit with "De winter was lang" ("It was a long winter"), however there was no official Dutch chart at the time. Willeke and her father had a television show between 1965 and 1969. Her singing career from 1970 onwards is less active, however Alberti still releases singles and albums at an irregular interval and plays minor roles in television programs and movies.

Through the years Alberti has become embraced in the Netherlands as a gay icon, due to a combination of her song repertoire, her durability and her performances in support of many gay causes.