Jamai Johannes Loman (born 30 June 1986) is a

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singer, musical actor and presenter who was the winner of the first series of '' Idols'', the Dutch variant of ''

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Biography

Loman (at that time living with his parents and two elder sisters, Naomi and Chantal), grew up in

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, where he started his "career" in a school musical. He also performed at the school's "Shownight" in 2000, and played in the school

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band called 8CC. In 2003, he entered the Dutch Idols competition. To his surprise, he survived round after round and was voted the winner. At the 2003,

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however, he only received 36 points and came in last, with a slashing Jury report. Shortly after releasing his third single, Loman decided to move from the music business to acting and he starred in the musicals ''Doornroosje'' (Sleeping Beauty), '' Hello, Dolly!'' and ''

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''. January 2007, he was in ''

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'', where he is playing the role of the Wiz and alternating the role of the

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. In 2008, Loman played the role of Marius in the Dutch revival version of ''

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'', for which he received a John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ in a large musical production. In 2009, Loman is set to play the part of Bobby Strong in the M-Lab production of ''

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''. Since 2016, he is one of the jury members of Idols 2016. The other jury members are

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, Martijn Krabbe and Jeroen Nieuwenhuis. In 2021 was Loman the winner of the third season of the Dutch version of the

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as Cupido. In 2022, he was a co-presenter of the third season of the show ''

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''.

Personal life

At the end of 2003, Loman confirmed his suspicions in Ruud de Wild's radio program that he is gay. He stated that he was in a relationship with Boris Schreurs, one of his dancers. After that, he was in a relationship with Ron Link for quite some time. In November 2008, the couple broke up after being together for almost two years. Loman got into a relationship with actor Michael Muller in 2010. This relationship ended after more than two years in April 2012. In 2018, Loman had a kidney transplant due to kidney failure.

''Dutch Idol'' Performances

* Top 30: Always on My Mind by

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* Top 10: Everything I Do, I Do It For You by

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* Top 09: Love Is All Around * Top 08: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by

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* Top 07: De Vleugels Van Mijn Vlucht * Top 06: Relight My Fire by

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* Top 05: Always * Top 04: Angels by

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* Top 04: Let's Get Loud by

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* Top 03: If You Don't Know Me By Now by

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* Top 03: Celebration by

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* Finale: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by

* Finale: Your Song by

* Finale: Step Right Up

Discography

* 2003 ''Step Right Up'', Single * 2003 ''Greatest Moments'', Idols Album * 2003 ''Jamai'', Album * 2003 ''When you walk in the room'', Single (ft. Dewi, 4th place Idols) * 2004 ''Wango Tango'', Single * 2005 ''Super Guppie zingt'', Album starring different artists, in connection with the Dutch "Children's Books Week" * 2006 ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', Dutch Original Cast Album * 2018 ''Genoeg Te Doen'', Album

Theater

*2003 ''Bij Paul op de koffie'', Theater tour with Dutch artist Paul de Leeuw *2004 Musical ''Doornroosje'' (Sleeping Beauty), Jonathan, Nationale Tour, Studio 100 *2004–2005 ''Hello, Dolly!'',

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, Dutch tour *2005–2006 ''Jesus Christ Superstar'',

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, Nationale Tour, Joop van den Ende theaterproducties/Stage-entertainment *2006 ''Musicals in Ahoy –

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*2006–2007 ''The Wiz'', Scarecrow en The Wiz, Beatrix Theater Utrecht, Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties/Stage Entertainment *2008 ''Les Misérables'', Marius, Luxor Theater Rotterdam – Royal Theatre Carré Amsterdam, Joop van den Ende theaterproducties/Stage-entertainment *2009 ''Urinetown'', Bobby Strong, M-Lab *2009–2010 ''Disney Musical Sing a long'', Soloist. *2010 ''Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat'', Alternate Joseph, Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties. *2010–2011 ''Urinetown'', Bobby Strong, Nationale Tour, Joop van den Ende theaterproducties/Stage-entertainment *2011 ''Maria!'', Teunis, M-lab Amsterdam *2011–2012 ''De Winnaar'', M-Lab Amsterdam *2012 ''Droomvlucht'', Krakeel, Theater De Efteling, Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties/Stage Entertainment *2012 ''Miss Saigon'', Chris, Beatrix Theater Utrecht, Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties/Stage Entertainment *2012–2013 ''Shrek'', Heer Farquaad, RAI Theater Amsterdam en Nationale Tour, Albert Verlinde Entertainment

Awards

* In 2003, Loman won the "Gouden Vedel", a price awarded by the Dutch Association of Dancing Teachers to artists who release a good dance record. He received this award for his single ''Step Right Up'', used in dancing classes for learning the

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. * Loman won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2005" for Best Upcoming Talent, for his role of Barnaby Tucker in ''Hello, Dolly!''. The Award includes a scholarship of

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10,000. * Nominated for the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2006" for Best Male Supporting Role for Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar. * In 2008, Loman won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award 2008" for Best Male Supporting Role for Marius Pontmercy in Les Misérables.

Miscellaneous

* In October 2006, Loman started presenting the children's Television program ''Jetix Max'', together with actress Nicolette van Dam. * In December 2006, he dubbed the voice for penguin Mumble in the animated movie ''

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''. * Loman has been an Ambassador for the

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in the Netherlands since May 2004. * In July 2009, Loman was announced the winner of the fourth season of the Dutch ''

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.'' * From July till August 2009 Loman is also co-presenting the "waar is Elvis" (where is Elvis) television show for RTL4.

References

External links

Official Website
* Jamai Loman a
IMDb
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loman, Jamai 1986 births Living people Dutch male musical theatre actors Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch pop singers Idols (TV series) winners Dancing with the Stars winners Contestants on Dutch game shows People from Gouda, South Holland People from Schoonhoven Masked Singer winners Gay musicians Dutch LGBT singers 21st-century Dutch people