| Ravvel | |
| Birth Name: | Nina Sampermans |
| Birth Place: | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Occupation: | Singer, songwriter |
| Years Active: | 2011–present |
Nina Sampermans (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈninaː ˈsɑmpərˌmɑns/; born 1993), known professionally as Ravvel, is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She is known for her work with, among others, Broiler, Hooverphonic and Gjon's Tears.
Sampermans was born in Antwerp in 1993 to a sound engineer and a music teacher.[1] In 2016, she graduated from the Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]
Sampermans began her career as a songwriter in 2011.[1] In early 2012, Walter Mannaerts, and she submitted the song "Would You?" to Eurosong 2012: Een song voor Iris, the Belgian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[2] The song was chosen by VRT to compete in the final, and was ultimately selected to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with 53% of the televote.[2]
In late 2014 and early 2015, she broke through as a singer with the single "Wild Eyes", which she had recorded with the Norwegian electronic music duo Broiler.[3] The single peaked at the top of the VG-lista and at number 4 in the Flemish Ultratop Singles Chart. One year later, Sampermans became one of the three lead singers of the Belgian band Hooverphonic during their In Wonderland tour.[3]
Following the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, Dutch composer Wouter Hardy and she co-wrote the song "Tout l'univers" for the Swiss representative Gjon's Tears at a songwriting camp in Zürich.[4] The song was selected by a professional jury to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[4] At Eurovision, the entry finished in third place with 432 points; Switzerland's best placement since 1993.
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Pick Your Poison" | 2018 | |
| "Ego" (Roufaida cover) | 2019 | Ego (The Reworks) |
| "Stay" | 2020 | Stay / Leave |
| "Leave" |
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Gij zijt alles" | 2017 | Charl Delemarre | Charl | |
| "365" | 2020 | Phuture Noize | Silver Bullet |
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Co-writers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Big Bang" | 2011 | Alexandra | Junior Eurosong 2011 | Guus Fluit, Alexandra Gadzina, Walter Mannaerts, Wouter Vander Veken |
| "In de band" | Bandits | Bandits | Guus Fluit, Walter Mannaerts, Wouter Vander Veken | |
| "Would You?" | 2012 | Iris | Seventeen | Walter Mannaerts, |
| "Wild Eyes" | 2014 | Broiler ft. Ravvel | Simen Auke, Mikkel Christiansen, Christoffer Huse, Trond Opsahl | |
| "My Love Is Yours" | 2015 | Merdan Taplak | Imperial Dancefloor Material | Serge Ramaekers, Merdan Taplak |
| "That's Life" | Anna Rune | Anna De Volder | ||
| "Gij zijt alles" | 2017 | Charl Delemarre | Charl | Charl Delemarre |
| "Homebound" | Droeloe | A Moment In Time | Arie Storm, Vincent Jacobus Rooijers | |
| "Game" | 2018 | Jill Shaw | David Poltrock, Jill Shaw | |
| "Lethal Skies" | Hooverphonic | Looking for Stars | Alex Callier | |
| "Paranoid Affair" | ||||
| "On and On" | ||||
| "Run All the Red Lights" | 2019 | Bovie & Gaillard ft. Meds | Yves Gaillard, Daniel Van Wouwe | |
| "Love Vaccination" | Billie | Love Vaccination | Mohamed Alitou, Billie Bentein, Joel Macdonald | |
| "Grey Zone" | Sem Thomasson | Thomas Sempels | ||
| "Hiding" | Tessa Dixson | Luuk Cox, Tessa Dixson, Reinhard Vanbergen | ||
| "Control" | Ibe | Hans Francken, Ibe Wuyts | ||
| "Summer Sun" | 2020 | Hooverphonic | Alex Callier | |
| "365" | Phuture Noize | Silver Bullet | Marco Spronk, Robert Spronk | |
| "Mistakes" | Sem Thomasson | Thomas Sempels | ||
| "Push & Pull" | 2021 | |||
| "Tout l'univers" | Gjon's Tears | Wouter Hardy, Xavier Michel, Gjon Muharremaj | ||
| "Long Night" | Ola | Wouter Hardy, Olamide Polet | ||
| "Wasted Time" | Charles | Falling While Rising | Charlotte Foret, Wouter Hardy | |
| "Riddle" | ||||
| "Without You" | ||||
| "The Fall" | ||||
| "Far Gone" | ||||
| "He Knows" | ||||
| "Moody" | Sarah B | Sarah Bossuwe | ||
| "A Simple Glitch of the Heart" | Hooverphonic | Hidden Stories | Alex Callier | |
| "Lift Me Up" | ||||
| "Bridges" | 2022 | Alika | Alika Milova, Wouter Hardy | |
| "Before the Party's Over" | 2024 | Mustii | Pierre Dumoulin, Benoit Leclercq, Thomas Mustin, Arianna D'amato, Charlotte Clark |
| Year | Country | Song | Artist | Semi-final | Final | Marcel Bezençon Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Pts. | Place | Pts. | |||||
| 2012 | "Would You?" | Iris | 17 | 16 | — | |||
| 2021 | "Tout l'univers" | Gjon's Tears | 1 | 291 | 3 | 432 | Composer Award | |
| 2023 | "Bridges" | Alika | 10 | 74 | 8 | 168 | — | |
| 2024 | "Before the Party's Over" | Mustii | 13 | 18 | ||||