The Netherlands: This is the Selection Committee to determine Jeangu Macrooy's ESC 2021 entry

The Netherlands: This is the Selection Committee to determine Jeangu Macrooy's ESC 2021 entry
Tuesday, 26 January 2021

  • The Dutch broadcaster, AVROTROS, released the names that will form the Selection Committee to determine Jeangu Macrooy's Eurovision 2021 entry. 

     

    Soon after the Eurovision 2020 cancellation the national broadcaster confirmed that the host nation's hopeful at Eurovision 2021  will be Jeangu MacrooyJeangu Macrooy. The Dutch broadcaster revealed to Songfestival Weblog the members of the committee that will determine the host nation's Eurovision entry. 

    The members of the selection committee are:

     

    • Cornald Maas — commentator
    • Jan Smit — singer, host and commentator of Eurovision 2021
    • Eric van Staade — Director of AVROTROS
    • Joyce Hoedelmans —  AVROTROS team
    • Coen Swijnenberg — Dj
    • Sander Lantinga — Dj
    • Jeangu Macrooy — Eurovision 2021 act

    This committee had selected last year Jeangu's ESC 2020 entry 'Grow' that will never got to see in Rotterdam as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. 

    The host nation's representative will perform his Eurovision entry on home soil retaining the 23rd spot in the Grand final on May 22, 2020 in Rotterdam Ahoy. 

     

    A few words for Jeangu Macrooy

    Jeangu Macrooy is born in 1993 in Paramaribo, Suriname. His musical journey begins when he receives a guitar from his parents at the age of thirteen and forms a musical duo with his twin brother Xillan. But Jeangu wants more, so in 2014 he boarded the plane to the Netherlands. There he meets producer / composer Perquisite, with whom he enters into a musical collaboration and who signs him with his label Unexpected Records. From that moment Jeangu steps through the Dutch music world with seven-mile boots. He becomes Serious Talent at 3FM, nominated several times for an Edison, a welcome guest at De Wereld Draait Door and participates in The Passion.

    With two successful albums to his name and several sold-out club tours, Jeangu is increasingly revealing his potential and taking the next international step on the road ahead with his Eurovision participation.