Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has decided to go for an internal selection in order to decide who will be their representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2025. A total of 331 entries have been submitted and the artist who was selected to wave the Dutch flag in Basel is Claude.

 

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At 16:00 it has been revealed that the 21 year old singer Claude will represent the Netherlands. The selection committee which consisted out of Cornald Maas, Jacqueline Govaert, Sander Lantinga, Hila Noorzai, Carolien Borgers and Jaap Reesema said that they have chosen a meaningful, connecting and hit-sensitive song with international appeal, which can effortlessly conquer the hearts of young and old Eurovision viewers.

Claude was born and raised in Congo and at the age of 13 he moved to the Netherlands. His breakthrough as a musician happened in 2022 when his debut single Ladada (Mon Dernier Mot), hit more than 57 million streams and achieved Platinum Status. It was one of the most streamed songs on Spotify in 2023. This Claude’s nomination for a Top 40 Award and for an Edison.

This year Claude has released his debut album “Parler Français”. He has won the 3FM Award for the “Best Newcomer” and Qmusic crowned him as “Best Artist of the Year”. Claude also took part in a popular Dutch TV show “Beste Zangers”. His Eurovision entry will be released at a later date.

I feel extremely honoured that I will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest next year and I still can’t believe it. I’m really looking forward to it and can’t wait to present my song to Europe.
Claude about representing The Netherlands at Eurovision 2025

Joost was internally selected to represent The Netherlands at Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “Europapa” he scored a total of 182 points in the second semi-final and was among the qualifiers. Due to an incident a decision has been made to disqualify Joost Klein and The Netherlands was out of the final. Even though it has been uncertain whether AVROTROS will return to ESC 2025, broadcaster has confirmed on 23rd of October that they will be taking part at the contest in Basel. You can check out the performance of “Europapa” by Joost Klein below

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