Editing X!NK (section)

==History==

===Junior Eurovision Song Contest===
In the national qualifying rounds for the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] in Belgium, X!NK competed against nine other contestants: Laura, Martijn, Remi, Kia, Jelly Pie, Simon MC, the twin girls Tonya and Charlotte. X!NK beat, Tonya the second-place winner with a difference of 3 points.

The band then represented [[Belgium]] at the first [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003|Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] on 15 November 2003 with the song "De Vriendschapsband" (The Bond/Band Between/Of Friends).<ref name="favorite">{{cite news | title = X!NK voorlopig grote favoriet op Junior Eurovisie Songfestival; 'De druk is soms groot' | work = Het Volk | pages = 2 | language = Dutch | date = 2003-11-13 }}</ref> The song, which they wrote themselves, is about the origin of their band and their friendship. In the field of 16 contestants, they ended in sixth place with 83 points at the final in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. The first place was for Dino representing Croatia and the second place for Sergio from Spain with a song dedicated to his mother who died some months before the contest.

Like the other contestants, they got to record their entry in a studio with a professional producer, in their case [[Paul Despiegelaere]]. Their winning song was released as a [[Single (music)|single]].

===After the Junior Eurovision Song Contest===
X!NK launched their second single, named "Oh-Ho" in the beginning of 2004. Later that year their first album, containing twelve songs was released. The album went [[Gold album|gold]] in [[Flanders]] (the Dutch language area of Belgium).

X!NK often perform at rock festivals in Belgium (for example [[Marktrock]] in [[Leuven]]). In 2004, they released the song "Laat Me Vrij" (Let Me Free) which served as the [[theme song]] for the Flemish version of ''[[Garfield: The Movie|Garfield]]''. For the sequel to ''Ice Age'', ''[[Ice Age: The Meltdown]]'' which debuted in Flemish cinemas on 31 March 2006, they recorded the song "De Andere Kant" (The Other Side) which served as the theme song for this film. Lead singer Jonas also provided the Dutch voice for the character Jimmy the Anteater in the film.<ref name="iceage2">{{cite news | last = Verleene | first = Sophie |author2=Jan Ruysbergh  | title = Dit is mijn droom; Jonas van X!nk leent stem in Ice Age 2 | work = [[Het Nieuwsblad]] | pages = 40 | language = Dutch | date = 2006-03-28 }}</ref>

Their second album ''Vergif'' (''Poison'') was released on 30 September 2005.
They also performed on the big 0110-event in Belgium. They opened the show in [[Ghent]]. 

The band announced their split in 2009.

Recently Niels and Thomas also play in another Belgian band called The Crackups with two other musicians.

===Reunion concert and comeback===
X!NK announced they would reunite for a concert in Brussels. When the concert sold out within minutes, the band announced three more shows, which are all sold out as well.  The band later announced new music, with a new lead single 'Misschien'.

After decent commercial success, and multiple succesfull shows and festival appearances, the band continued releasing new singles. After 'Misschien' we quickly got 'Aura' and 'Ik Wil de Wereld Zien'. The two newest songs did not catch the eye of the mainstream public as 'Misschien' did, but the band kept true to their philosophy of bringing raw, Flemish, pop punk and forged a core audience. 

2024 started with some bad news as bassist and original member of the double pair of brothers, Philip Valkiers, left the group. Citing differences within the group as his reason to leave. It took a while for the news to come out to the public, so a new bassist was quickly found in Jasper Mulier.

With Jasper, the band continued and announced an upcoming album 'Dag Nul'.