Despite hailing from Brisbane, Australia, Gina G would make her breakthrough
representing the UK in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, having relocated to
Britain the previous year. Born Gina Gardner on August 3rd, 1970, the singer and
DJ first came onto the radar of dance music aficionados as a member of the
Australian group Bass Culture, credited as Geena on their 1992 house single and
minor ARIA chart success “Love the Life”. After winning the public vote with her
1995 appearance on A Song for Europe, a televised show determining the UK’s
annual Eurovision entrant, she placed e...