Close II You was a Dutch girl band. It was created in 1996 by the producers Eeg van Kruysdijk en Ed van Otterdijk by means of audition. In august of that year Natascha Scheffers, Sascha Koninkx, Nadja Nooijen, Sally Flissinger en Marsha van de Berg score their first hit with Nice & Nasty. The group is soon known as the dutch counterpart of the Spice Girls.
The girls scored their biggest hit at the end of 1997 with their single Baby don’t go. The succes of the group claims her toll as Sacha is forced to leave the group at the end of ‘98, officially ‘because of health related issues’. The group continues with the four remaining. Allthough being only moderatly succesfull afterwards, they continue to perform.
In may 2000 Marsha leaves the group, after which Sascha is asked to return. But only four months after the switch Sally decides to leave the group. No replacement is searched for and in 2001 Close II You is disbanned. Natascha, Sascha and Nadja continue as Girls Toghether Outrageously, short GTO. Their only single I’ll be around is no succes and in october 2003 the girls finally quit.
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