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Without You (Re-union Song)
The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Without You" written by Ed van Otterdijk and Angeline van Otterdijk. The song was performed by the duo Re-union. The Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) organised the national final ''Nationaal Songfestival 2004'' in collaboration with broadcaster Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) in order to select the Dutch entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. 24 entries competed in the national final which consisted of six shows: four semi-finals, a wildcard round and a final. Ten entries qualified from to compete in the final on 22 February 2004 where "Without You" performed by Re-union was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public vote. The Netherlands competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 22, "Without You" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Re-union (duo)
Re-union was a short-lived Dutch musical duo, known for representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song " Without You". It consisted of Dutch singer Paul de Corte (born 28 February 1979) and Italian-born Belgian singer and guitarist Fabrizio Pennisi (born 29 September 1979). History Pennisi was a founding member of the Dutch boy band All Of Us, formed in 1998, which De Corte joined in 2001. The band split up in late 2002, but De Corte and Pennisi remained friends and were offered the chance to perform the song " Without You" as a duo in the , the Dutch selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, in 2004. After advancing from the first semi-final, they performed in the final on 22 February, where "Without You" was chosen as the winner. Due to the increasing number of countries wishing to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, it had been decided that a semi-final would be introduced in the 2004 contest. As the Netherlands had not placed in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationaal Songfestival
(; ) was an annual music competition, which was originally organised by the Dutch public broadcaster (NTS), and later by the (NOS) and (TROS). It was staged almost every year between 1956 and 2012 to determine the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The festival has produced four Eurovision winners and eight top-five placings for the Netherlands at the contest. Due to declining interest in the competition and the Netherlands' poor performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it was decided that the Dutch entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 would be internally selected. As this led to the Netherlands' best Eurovision result in over ten years, the has not been organised since. The children's version of the competition, , is still active. History From 1956 to 1969, the was organised by the (NTS). From 1970 onwards, the show was produced and broadcast by the (NOS), with the exception of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Michael (musician)
Alen J. Matković (born 20 July 1970), known professionally as Alan Michael, is a Yugoslav-born Polish-Dutch singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for his participation in the 1987 Sopot International Song Festival and for being one of the songwriters of the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entries " One Good Reason" () and " One More Night" (). Biography Matković was born on 20 July 1970 in Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to a Polish mother and a Yugoslav father. He moved to the Netherlands in his early childhood and grew up in Zandvoort, North Holland. Matković began playing piano at the age of six, and recorded his first single when he was twelve years old. His second single, "Is That You", was released by the record label Warner-Elektra-Atlantic (WEA) in 1987. In the same year, he represented the Netherlands in the Sopot International Song Festival with the song "Romeo and Juliet", alongside Maywood with the song "Stay with Me". For his performance, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charly Luske
Charles René Pierre (Charly) Luske-Jess (born 19 September 1978) is a Dutch singer, actor, television presenter, and voice actor. Career He played the role of Ray in several episodes of the soap opera ''Goede Tijden, slechte Tijden'', the role of Piet Schuringa in ''Meiden van de Wit,'' and the role of Peter in the Youth television series ''Zoop''. He played the role of Judas Iscariot in the 2012 edition of '' The Passion'', a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011. He also participated in season 2 of ''The Voice of Holland'' where he was eliminated in the semifinals. He participated in the 2004 edition of the ''Nationaal Songfestival'', an annual competition held almost every year between 1956 and 2012 to select the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. He finished in 4th place. In 2012, he appeared in an episode of the television game show ''De Jongens tegen de Meisjes''. In that same year, he also played the role of Glenn in the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Logan (singer)
Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard (born 13 May 1954), better known by his stage name Johnny Logan, is an Irish singer and composer. He is known as being the only performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in Eurovision Song Contest 1980, 1980 and Eurovision Song Contest 1987, 1987. He also composed the winning song in Eurovision Song Contest 1992, 1992. Logan first won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, with the song "What's Another Year" written by Shay Healy. In Eurovision Song Contest 1984, 1984, Logan composed the song "Terminal 3 (song), Terminal 3" which placed second at Eurovision, performed by Linda Martin. He won the contest for a second time in 1987 with "Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan song), Hold Me Now", which he also wrote himself. His third win came in 1992, as composer of Linda Martin's winning entry "Why Me? (Linda Martin song), Why Me?". Early life Johnny Logan was born Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard on 13 May 1954 in Frankston, Victoria, Frankston, nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands In The Eurovision Song Contest 1993
The Netherlands was represented by Ruth Jacott, with the song "Vrede", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Millstreet, Ireland on 15 May. The song was chosen at the Dutch national final on 26 March. Before Eurovision Nationaal Songfestival 1993 The final took place on 26 March 1993 at the Discothèque Escape in Amsterdam, hosted by Paul de Leeuw. All eight songs were performed by Jacott, with the winner being decided by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded votes as 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. (For reasons which are unclear, on the night the votes were announced in multiples of 1,000 - i.e. the favourite song was awarded 10,000 points.) "Vrede" won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries. At Eurovision On the night of the final Jacott performed 20th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Croatia. At the close of voting "Vrede" had received 92 points from 14 countries, placing the Netherlands 6t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Jacott
Ruth Jacott (born 2 September 1960) is a Surinamese-Dutch singer. Jacott transitioned from musical theatre to popular music in 1993, when she represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Her song, "Vrede" (Peace), was one of the favorites to win, and ended up ranking sixth out of 25 at Millstreet. She has since released nine Dutch-language albums, four of which made the Top Ten on the Dutch music charts. Biography Ruth Jacott was born in Suriname and at nine, moved with her family to The Netherlands, where at 17 she took part in a talent contest, after which she received many offers to perform. She dropped out of the Hilversum Conservatory and began her career with The Vips and bands like The Skymasters, the VARA-Dansorkest and the Metropole Orkest. Breakthrough In 1988, Jacott won the Knokke Festival in Belgium. After this success, she had many offers to work in the musical world. She landed key roles in Dutch and German-language productions of ''Cats'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Stenders
Rob Stenders (born 18 April 1965) is a Dutch radio DJ. Stenders had a long-lasting career in radio starting with local radio stations. Stenders followed up Edwin Evers with the 3FM morning show "Stenders Vroeg" for the public radio and television company "VARA". In 2004 Stenders and his sidekicks moved to the commercial radio station "Yorin FM" and renamed his show "Stenders Vroeg Op". When Yorin was bought by SBS the name changed into Caz! and the format of the station changed, upon which Rob Stenders decided to quit. Between April 2006 and May 2007, he temporarily was no longer a DJ on national radio. He remained at his own internet radio station KX Radio and he has had his own late-night show on Dutch TV-channel Tien. Starting 7 May, he is back on the public network radio station 3FM with his new show "RobRadio" Fridays between 14:00 and 16:00. And Stenders Late Vermaak on Fridays between 22:00 and 01:00 CET. In the beginning of 2015 Stenders moved to NPO Radio 2. Init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Bakker
Cor Bakker (born 19 August 1961) is a Dutch pianist. Bakker was born at Landsmeer. He rose to fame playing in '' De Schreeuw van De Leeuw'', a television show starring Paul de Leeuw He has had his own Radio Show called ''Music Minded'', which he continued on television titled ''Cor & Co'' from 1996 until 2001. He also hosted ''Cor op Reis'', a travel documentary A travel documentary is a documentary film, television program, or online series that describes travel in general or tourist attractions without recommending particular package deals or tour operators. A travelogue film is an early type of travel ... series. It was announced in July 2018 that he would participate on the trivia gameshow ''The Smartest Person''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skik
''Skik'' is a Dutch pop group, originating from the town of Erica, Drenthe. The band mainly sings in Drèents, a variation of Low-Saxon, which is traditionally spoken in Drenthe. ''Skik'' is Drèents for ''fun'' or ''enjoyment''. Biography Skik's first performance was in 1994, on Muzem, a festival dedicated to the dialect, in Emmen, Netherlands. Later they got several hits, including ''Op Fietse'' ''(Gone cycling)'' and ''Hoe kan dat nou? (How come?)''. These two songs are both from their first popular album, ''Niks Is Zoas 't Lek (Nothing's the way it seems to be)''. The follow-up of this album, '''s Nachts (At night)'', produces the hits '''t Giet Zoas 't Giet (It goes the way it goes)'' and ''Af & Toe'' ''(Now & Then)''. The CD ''Overal & Nergens (Everywhere & Nowhere)'' meant a breaking of the ties with the Drèents, which resulted in a song in ABN (Broadcast Dutch). ''Ik Ga Als Een Speer ''made it to the charts, but no of the other songs did. The next song of theirs t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornald Maas
Cornald Maas is a Dutch television presenter who has been known for presenting talk shows in the Netherlands. He is the brother of Frans Maas. Early career He was an editor involved in ''The Scream of the Lion'' (VARA) with Paul de Leeuw, ''Sonja on Saturday'' (VARA) with Sonja Barend and ''Rolling Fire'' ( NOS) with Philip Freriks and Leoni Jansen. Eurovision Song Contest In 2004 and 2005 Maas provided the Dutch commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals. He took over as regular commentator for the Dutch television in 2006 for both the semi's and the final after the regular Dutch commentator Willem van Beusekom stepped down and subsequently died the week of the contest from colon cancer. In 2006 and 2007 he co-hosted the finals with Paul de Leeuw (who was the spokesperson for the Netherlands). De Leeuw was providing the commentary from the Netherlands via satellite project Olympus. On 29 June 2010 Maas announced he would not be commenting at The 56th Eurovision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nederland 2
NPO 2 (''NPO twee'', formerly Nederland 2 until 2014) is a Dutch television channel, sister channel of NPO 1 and NPO 3. It was established on 1 October 1964 at 20:00, initially with a 2.5 hours schedule until 22:30. NPO 2 tends to broadcast arts, culture, politics, news, current affairs, documentaries and religious programmes. In the mornings, NPO 2 simulcasts NPO 1's news bulletins with sign language. History Test transmissions started on 4 March 1964. These broadcasts were only received through the IJsselstein-Lopik transmitter. On 1 October 1964, the official broadcasts of Nederland 2 started and the first public broadcasting channel NTS was renamed into Nederland 1. In September 1967, colour broadcasts were introduced on Nederland 2. After the launch of Nederland 3 in 1988, Nederland 2 became the mainstay channel of the broadcasters AVRO, TROS, VOO/Veronica and VPRO, earning it the nickname ''ATV''. On 30 September 1991, AVRO moved to Nederland 1 whereas VARA moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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