Richard Groenendijk finds it very annoying that everyone keeps asking him to rid our country of Cornald Maas as the eternal commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest. “I know him!”
Somehow Cornald Maas has managed to maintain himself as a commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest for years and years. He is not popular, because he always tackles the job very dryly, as if the music fair is a matter of life and death. However, he will not be attending next year, because AvroTros is anti-Israel and has therefore canceled.
Great tour
The TV broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest will now be provided by NOS and NTR and they are looking for a new commentator. Richard Groenendijk is frequently tipped. Does he like it?
A reporter from Show news he asks. “I once said that I would really enjoy doing it, but that won’t happen this year anyway, because I’m on a really big tour.”
Very annoying
Richard does not want to go along with the suggestion that he would be a better option. “What’s so funny is that on certain sites Cornald and I have been played off against each other for a year and a half, which I find very annoying and which Cornald finds very annoying, because we are just friends with each other.”
A reassurance for Richard: Cornald is not averse to a bit of heating. Anyway: in the future maybe? Just the two of us, if necessary? “I’ve mentioned it before. I once said: ‘Joh Cornald, I’ll go with you.’ But no, I’m just stuck in Hairpsray until June 1.”