The Ostriches

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The Ostriches is a Belgian 5-piece girl group which was active between 2002 and 2010, signed under Mellrose Records and Universal Music Belgium and created by Belgian songwriters and producers Wouter Vander Veken and Jens Amino. The 5 members of The Ostriches are: Dani Reynaerts Marie-Rose Costermans Germaine Chavroux Britt Devolder Esther Levy-Houbrechts The group was created after the huge success of K3 and the group's creators wanted to create a girl group composed of 5 members and with English-language works. The group's outfits are Barbie- and 90s-inspired and are mostly designed by Ann De Meulemeester (part of the Antwerp Six). Prior to the group's debut, Germaine participated in the talent show "Soundmixshow" in 1998, broadcasted by the Flemish commercial broadcaster VTM, and recorded the song "Doesn't Matter" for the soundtrack of the Belgian police series "Flikken", which was first broadcasted on the Belgian TV channel TV1 (now known as VRT) in 1999. Germaine comes from Borgloon, in Belgian Limburg. Dani's full first name is Danielle and imitated Emma Bunton in "Spijker Girls", a cover group which performed Spice Girls songs. She comes from Kortrijk, in West Flanders. Apart from singing, Marie-Rose also appeared in musicals, including "Tintin and the Sunny Temple", "The Smurfs", "Maya the Bee" and "The Little Mermaid". She comes from Turnhout, in the Antwerp province. Britt is married to Belgian actor Gilles Van Bouwel, and they appeared in the 2005 Belgian movie "De hel van Tanger" together. Britt comes from Londerzeel, in the Flemish Brabant province. Discography (albums): The Ostriches (2003) Main Street (2006) Supersonic (2008) Our Eyes on Belgium (2009) Auditions took place between June 2001 and February 2002. The Ostriches did not reach the final at the Belgian national finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with the song "Sweet Dreams". Other signature songs by The Ostriches include "Mutant Angels", "Rotten to the Core", "Eagle" & "Melons".