Dean Delannoit (born 27 January 1989), most known by the mononym Dean, is a Belgian singer who was the winner of Idool 2007, the third season of the Belgian version of Pop Idol. His first album, So Many Ways, released in 2007, spent 11 weeks in the #1 spot in the Belgian charts. In May 2012, he joined Kevin Kayirangwa (winner of Idool 2011) and Dennis De Neyer (a contestant in the same series to form the Belgian Flemish boyband 3M8S.

Songs performed on Idool 2007

After Idool

Singing career

Dean was signed to a label where he had relative success with a number of singles and the album So Many Ways, an album of covers of well-known hits in addition to the title track "So many Ways", his winning song in Idool. The album topped the Ultratop Belgian Flemish Singles Chart, after the title track had reached #2 on the Ultratop Belgian Flemish Singles Chart.

Television career

In 2010, he was co-host of the Belgian version of the Belenlux edition of My Camp Rock titled My Rock Camp Benelux alongside host Sita Vermeulen. The show aired on the local Disney Channel. The winners of the show were Cheyenne & Mayleen. In 2011, he took part in another reality television show, Disney's Friends for Change Games as part of 9-member Red Team, called the World Wildlife Fund with their captain and leader Mitchel Musso (Captain). His red team won. Delannoit was the only member from Europe in Team Red. All the eight other teammates were Americans: Mitchel Musso (Captain), Jake T. Austin, Kelsey Chow, Davis Cleveland, Zendaya, Roshon Fegan, Carlon Jeffery and Doc Shaw.

In band 3M8S

Starting May 2012, he is a member of the boyband 3M8S (pronounced Three mates). The band includes besides Dean (Idool 2007 season 3 winner), Idool 2011 (season 4) winner Kevin Kayirangwa and 2011 contestant Dennis De Neyer, who had finished 5th-6th on the 2011 show.

Personal life

He is smaller cousin to the Belgian boxer Cyrille Delannoit (1926-1998)

Discography

Albums

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other singles