FRESH

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Gina G, whose real name is Gina Mary Gardiner (born 3 August 1970 in Brisbane), is an Australian singer. She represented the United Kingdom at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit. Gina G is a DJ in Melbourne and a singer in the Australian dance group Bass Culture. She appears under the name Geena for a track co-written with the group Love the Life, released in Australia in May 1992. In 1995, she moved to the United Kingdom and took part in the A Song for Europe contest. She won it and became the British representative at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest. Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit, after its eighth-place finish at Eurovision, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart2. The song also enjoyed success in the United States: #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the Hot Dance Club Play, #13 on the Rhythmic Top 40, #5 on the Top 40 Mainstream, #25 on the Adult Top 40 and #11 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales. It was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Dance Recording category in 1998. Gina G then released I Belong to You, which entered the UK top 10. The following year, she recorded a string of British hits with Fresh!, Ti Amo, Gimme Some Love and Everytime I Fall, all included on her debut album Fresh!; the album cover, showing Gina G covered in chocolate icing, was created by the famous photographer David LaChapelle.