Marthe De Pillecyn (born 16 July 1996) is a Belgian singer, actor, and television presenter. Since 2015 she has been a member of the Belgian–Dutch girl group K3.
Early life De Pillecyn has been active as the singer of the group K3 since 2015 and was the youngest member until the end of 2021. She studied at the Catholic Sint-Norbertus Institute in Duffel, but interrupted her studies to be part of the new K3. In addition, she has been part of the Studio 100 choir since the age of 10, with whom she has performed among others at the Antwerp Sportpaleis and the Amsterdam ArenA. She has already sung in the background on several occasions during K3 performances. She has also released a number of covers on her own YouTube channel.
Career From 2009, De Pillecyn became a permanent background singer of De Grote Sinterklaasshow, an annual show in the Antwerp Sportpaleis in celebration of Sinterklaas. In 2013, De Pillecyn participated in the television show Belgium's Got Talent as a member of the Young Artist Academy (the choir of Studio 100), a group made up of 53 singers aged 9 to 25. She also had a role in the soap Galaxy Park. A year later she had the role of a student of the music class in the series Ghost Rockers.
In 2015, she participated in the television show K3 Zoekt K3 (K3 seeks K3), intended to find three new members for the pop group K3 to take over from Karen Damen, Kristel Verbeke and Josje Huisman. De Pillecyn was finally selected on 6 November 2015 and formed the new group with Klaasje Meijer and Hanne Verbruggen.
Begin 2021, De Pillecyn covered the single Try by Colbie Caillat together with her brother. Which resulted the production of a music video and being broadcast by Qmusic.
After Meijer announced in February 2021 that she would be leaving K3, De Pillecyn and Verbruggen started looking for a new colleague in the K2 zoekt K3 program in the same year. At the end of November 2021, Julia Boschman won the contest and completed the girl group again.
In December 2024, De Pillecyn was a candidate in the program Bestemming X-mas.
Personal life De Pillecyn had been in a relationship for several years with Viktor Verhulst, the son of boss Gert Verhulst. In November 2017, they were voted "Favorite Couple of Flanders". They broke up in 2018. Since 2022, Marthe De Pillecyn has been married to Studio 100 choreographer Sinerjey Meyfroodt, with whom she has been in a relationship since 2019. Together they also run a dance studio. In early 2025, they became parents for the first time, and in early 2026 Marthe announced she was expecting a second child.
Discography
Studio albums 2015: 10.000 Luchtballonnen 2016: Ushuaia 2017: Love Cruise 2018: Roller Disco 2019: Dromen 2020: Dans van de farao 2021: Waterval 2022: Vleugels 2024: Het lied van de zeemeermin
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2017 K3 Love Cruise Marthe K3 theater movies, main role 2020K3 Dans van de Farao2024K3 en Het Lied van de Zeemeermin Television Year Title Role Notes2013Belgium's Got TalentCandidatePart of the group Young Artist Academy2013Galaxy ParkExtra2014Ghost Rockers 2015K3 zoekt K3 Candidate Winner together with Hanne Verbruggen and Klaasje Meijer 2015–K3 - MuziekclipsHerself 2015Welkom bij K32015 Iedereen beroemd2016Dit is K32016Wij zijn K32016Is er Wifi in Tahiti?CandidateTogether with Hanne Verbruggen and Klaasje Meijer2016De avonturen van K3MartheVoice2016–2017Iedereen K3Presenter2016–2017K3 Dansstudio20162 Meisjes op het Strand2016–2017Radio 2 ZomerhitCandidateTogether with Hanne Verbruggen and Klaasje Meijer2016Mijn Pop-uprestaurantHerself2016–2018Het dagboek van K32017Ligt er Flan op de Mont Blanc?CandidateTogether with Hanne Verbruggen and Klaasje Meijer2017–K3 VlogtHerself2017Tegen de Sterren op2017Camping Karen & James2017Overal K32017Wedden dat ik het kan2017Knoop Gala2018De Wensboom2018De tafel van K3Presenter2018–2020The Voice KidsJudge/coachTogether with Hanne Verbruggen, Klaasje Meijer (2018–2020) and Julia Boschman (2022)2018Zet 'm op!Herself2018–2020K3 Roller DiscoMarthe2019K3 DromenMarthie2020Het RadHerself2020, 2022Code van CoppensCandidateTogether with Hanne Verbruggen and Julia Boschman2020K3 Roller Disco ClubPresenter2021K2 zoekt K3Herself2021K2 zoekt mee2021K3, een nieuw begin2022Marble ManiaCandidateTogether with Hanne Verbruggen and Julia Boschman2022K3, een nieuwe startHerself2022, 2024Zin in Zappelin2022K3 Vriendenboek2022K3, één jaar later2022The Big Show2023–2024Liefde voor muziekCandidateTogether with Hanne Verbruggen and Julia Boschman2023Team K3Herself2023Een terugblik op 25 jaar K32024Bestemming X-masCandidate2025Hallo Kroket!Herself2025The Masked SingerGuest panelistTogether with Hanne Verbruggen and Julia Boschman2026James & coHerself
External links
Official site K3 (Dutch) K3 Ultratop.be (Dutch) K3 Dutch Charts (Dutch)
References