The choice to send Claude to the Eurovision Song Contest has generally been positively received, although Ronald Molendijk wonders whether asylum minister Marjolein Faber is happy with it.
There are some doubts about his young age — he is only 21 years old — but overall there is a lot of excitement about the decision to send Claude to the Eurovision Song Contest. However, Story boss Guido den Aantrekker wonders whether there may be positive discrimination. “Would his background and story also play a role?”
Asylum seeker center
What does Guido mean by that? He agrees Show news: “It is known that Claude came here from Congo in Central Africa with three brothers, three sisters and his mother in 2013, sought asylum and spent a year and a half in an asylum seeker center in Alkmaar and became really enthusiastic about it. a choir that performed there.”
“And that is actually how his love of music is based here in the Netherlands. He is a boy of our times and someone who will appeal to many people. Also with a story like that… I think that also played a role.”
Faber not happy
Colleague Ronald Molendijk thinks that PVV’s asylum minister Marjolein Faber is not happy with it. “I think you can summarize very briefly that Minister Faber was not in the Eurovision Song Contest committee. Yeah, I mean, that’s just tied to this…”
Guido: “Yes, but you now make it very personal. That’s her job. For the same money, she thinks this is a fantastic song, of course.”
Storytelling
Ronald defends himself. “I’m not saying that she shouldn’t say that, I’m just saying… You put a lot of emphasis on the fact that he has a different origins.”
Guido: “Yes, nowadays storytelling is very important. This will appeal to many people internationally.”
Lots of money
Show expert Eline de Ruig believes that the choice for Claude was quickly made public. “I find it interesting how quickly they actually came to this decision. The deadline to submit a song was November 22, but it has now already been announced. It’s nice that we know it now, but they could also have waited until January or February.”
Ronald then: “I think I know the answer to that. His management is very happy that it’s over now, because all the festivals are already calling and he just says: ‘You know what? I move the decimal point one place in the other direction. Previously it was this amount and now it is that amount. Then he comes to sing with his band, and then he also does the Eurovision Song Contest song!’”