Lio

Biography

Lio, born Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos on June 17, 1962, in Mangualde, Portugal, is a Portuguese-Belgian singer and actress who rose to fame in France and Belgium during the 1980s. She began her career as an electro-pop artist with Telex and later became known for hits like "Le Banana Split" and "Amoureux solitaires". Lio has continued to act, starring in films such as Claude Lelouch's "Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté", and more recently, began serving as a judge on Drag Race Belgium in 2024.