Joost Klein will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden next year. That is what AVRO-TROS makes announced on Monday. The broadcaster chose Klein, who became known as a ten-year-old boy with his own YouTube channel, over more than six hundred other entries.
In his music, 26-year-old Klein, who performs under the stage name Joost, mainly focuses on Dutch-language hip hop. According to the broadcaster, Klein knows how to “enchant” a growing national and international audience with his “catchy beats and creative wordplay”. The selection committee points out the “European hit potential of the submitted song”.
During the selection process, radio station NPO 3FM started a petition to guide the popular Klein to the annual event. That was passed at least 25,000 people signed. The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö next year between May 7 and 11.
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