Jeroen van der Boom (born 22 June 1972 in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer who rose to fame in 2007 with his No. 1 hit single ''

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''.

Biography

During his time as a student, Jeroen van der Boom was already an artist. He played in a relatively unknown band called ''The Travellers''. After he graduated, he started working in the entertainment industry.

Television

In 1996, he was employed by

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as the presenter of the TV programme Real TV, which was later renamed to ''Explosief''. After that, he also worked for the music show ''15 Miljoen Mensen'', ''Barney's Dart Show'' (with Raymond van Barneveld), and

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. In 2002, he founded his own production company: ''Rebel-TV & Events''. He played in several theatre shows, including ''Barcelona'' and ''Novomundo''. As of 2007, Van der Boom is a voice actor for '' Café de Wereld'', and an entertainer in '' Koppensnellers''. In 2010, he acted as one of the four judges, for the first season of the TV show ''

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''. For the 2011–2012 season of the Voice of Holland, Van Der Boom did not return as a judge. Instead, on 12 March 2011, he became the host of the game show ''

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'', the Dutch version of

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broadcast on TV. In 2022, he won that year's season of the Dutch version of the television show ''

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''.

Music

Van der Boom regularly gave concerts in the

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, and was eventually given the opportunity to record an album. This album featured

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s of (amongst others) ''

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'' (by

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) and ''Wonderful Tonight'' (by Eric Clapton). In 2007, he recorded a cover of Tom Jones's song ''

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'', and was a supporting act during Jones's concert in the

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on 21 April 2007. On 18 June 2007, his single ''

'' (a cover of

David Bisbal David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''. He has since released five studio albums, all of whi ...

's '' Silencio'') was released. It unexpectedly became a huge hit, and rose to the first place on both the

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and the Single Top 100. On 12 November 2007, a new single was released, Eén wereld. In December, this song went to the number 1 position in the charts, and remained there for two weeks. Jeroen represented The Netherlands as a part of the male group

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in the

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. In January 2016, Van der Boom was accused of plagiarizing "Não dá" by the Portuguese band D.A.M.A in his song "Overal waar ik ga" released in June 2015.

Awards

On 12 September 2007 Van der Boom received the "Pluim van de Duim" from Juan da Silva, head of

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, for his "positive contribution to the Dutch pop music scene" with ''Jij bent zo''.

Discography

Singles

* Café de Wereldcup (2006) (as Café de Wereld) *

(2007) * Eén Wereld (2007) * Betekenis (2008) * Het Is Over (2008) * Alles Min Een (2009)

Albums

*Jij bent zo (2007) *Verder (2009) *Grote liefde (2011)

References

External links

Official website
(in

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