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Dave Benton
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Oranjestad, Aruba
Dave Benton (born January 31, 1951, birth name Efrén Eugene Benita) is a pop musician from Aruba who lives in Estonia. He is one of the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. At the age of 50 years and 101 days at the time of his victory, Benton is the oldest singer ever to win Eurovision.
Known for
- Infinite Summer — Solo Guy2025
- The Dissidents — Cuban2017
- Estonia Dreams of Eurovision! — Self2002
- Eurolaul — Self - Contestant1993
- Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Contestant1956
- Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Opening Act1956
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Key facts
- Born
- Efrem Eugene Benita , ( 1951-01-31 ) 31 January 1951 (age 75) , Oranjestad, Aruba
- Genres
- Pop
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Oranjestad
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2001
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Dave Benton.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dave Benton
- date of birth
- 1951-01-31
- location of formation
- Aruba
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- name in native language
- Dave Benton
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Encyclopedic overview
Efrem Eugene Benita (born 31 January 1951), also known as Dave Benton, is an Aruban-born Estonian pop musician. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 along Tanel Padar and 2XL with the song "Everybody" representing Estonia; becoming the oldest singer ever to win the contest.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dave Benton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.