Thor Salden
Belgian singer
Thor Salden (born 28 November 1997), better known as Thor!, is a former child singer. Salden rose to fame in 2006, being the Belgian contestant at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Een tocht door het donker". The song topped the Flemish Ultratop charts for one week. Salden withdrew from the stage at the age of 11.
Life and career
Salden was born in Antwerp and lived in Schoten. In 2006, at the age of eight, he participated in the Belgian preselection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania. Salden won both the first semi-final of 17 September and the final of 1 October 2006 of the selection. In the opening of the shows, he performed together with Attic and Clouseau.
Salden had first sung and recorded his self-written "Een toch door het donker" on a Fisher-Price toy recorder. The eventual final version of "Een tocht door het donker" ("A Journey Through The Dark"), produced by Peter Gillis was released as a single on 13 October 2006.
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