This morning it was announced that the Dutch national broadcaster, AVROTROS, would announce the Dutch representative of Eurovision 2025 in Basel (Switzerland), and it turns out that Claude is going to represent the Netherlands!
Who is Claude?
Claude, full name Claude Kiambe (September 16th 2003), is a Dutch singer that is from Congolese and Kinshasan decent, he sings mostly in Dutch and French.
In 2013 Claude fled Congo when he was just 9 years of age together with his mother, three brothers, and three sisters. They ended up in a Dutch refugee camp in the city of Alkmaar. This is where Claude’s love for music started. He moved to the Dutch town of Enkhuizen, where he obtained his high school degree.
In 2017 he won his first local talent show in Enkhuizen en in the Spring of 2019 he took part in the eight season of “The Voice Kids” in the Netherlands, where he sang “Papaoutai” of world-famous Belgian singer, Stromae. He also participated in the talent show, “Are You Next?”, in which he won a record deal.
In 2022 Claude’s first single, “Ladada (Mon Denier Mot)”, was released in the Netherlands, this single became number 1 in the Netherlands, but also got a lot of recognition in Belgium. This song was heavily influenced by Claude’s great example, Stromae. In 2023 Claude was announced as the pre-show of his idol Stromae, but due to health reasons Stromae experienced at the time all the concerts were cancelled.
In March and April of 2024 Claude had his first own club tour with which he toured the Netherlands. On September 21st Claude was featured in the Dutch hit show, “Beste Zangers” (trans. “Best Singers”), and two months after his debut album, “Parler français”, was released.
In 2024 Claude hinted that he was ready to do Eurovision if all the stars would align, and when he would have a great song, turns out he did, and today he was announced as the Dutch representative for Eurovision 2025.
Eurovision 2025
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in Basel (Switzerland), in the Jakobshall to be exact. The 2025 contest will take place on May 13th, 15th, and 17th 2025.