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21-645: Jeangu Macrooy ( Dutch pronunciation: [ʑɑ̃ːˈɡy maːˈkroːi] ; born 6 November 1993) is a Surinamese singer-songwriter. He was born in Paramaribo and has been living in the Netherlands in the eastern city Enschede in the region Twente since 2014. Macrooy's music is described as modern soul . His audience is in the Netherlands, Suriname, and increasingly in Belgium , France and Germany. He

42-538: A result, the Surinamese do not equate their nationality with ethnicity , but with citizenship and allegiance to Suriname. Aside from the indigenous population , nearly all Surinamese or their ancestors arrived since the Age of Discovery and establishment of the colony of Surinam , primarily from Africa , Europe and Asia . The population of Suriname is made up of various distinguishable ethnic groups : Most of

63-473: A rotating guest co-host. Guests were politicians, celebrities, artists, or simply people involved in projects or organizations that were topics of interest. The show contained a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment. Frequent guests and panelists included Jan Mulder , Yvon Jaspers , Halina Reijn , Giel Beelen , Mathijs Bouman , Sylvana Simons , Marc-Marie Huijbregts and André van Duin . House poet Nico Dijkshoorn had

84-533: A sister and a twin brother, Xillan Macrooy, who is also a singer and one of the backing vocalists in Jeangu Macrooy's band. The two have also collaborated on the song "Second Hand Lover" from Macrooy's album Horizon . Jeangu has spoken about the importance of being an openly gay role model for young Surinamese people, a country where gay culture is often considered a taboo subject. Surinamese people Surinamese people are people who identify with

105-469: A weekly column in the show, usually on Wednesday. Each show had a live performance of a band in the studio. The show's closing sequence was Lucky TV , a small movie clip that featured a parody of news with changed voice-over text added to the video. One of those ending clips, where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were singing a duet during a presidential debate, became a viral phenomenon . From 2014, Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entries were premiered on

126-458: The 1920s and 1930s to include other inhabitants looking for better education, employment, or other opportunities. Approximately 350,000 individuals of Surinamese descent now live in the Netherlands, with mass migration beginning in the years leading up to Suriname's independence in 1975, and continuing during military rule in the 1980s and for largely economic reasons extended throughout the 1990s. Other emigration destinations include French Guiana,

147-466: The COVID-19 pandemic, the show was filmed with a virtual audience. On 29 April 2023, Macrooy performed a song in the television show Even tot hier  [ nl ] . He sung a parody on his song “Birth Of A New Age”. The parody was about Olga Commandeur leaving television after 23 years. In April 2023, he also appeared in an episode of the television game show Alles is Muziek . Macrooy has

168-764: The Conservatory of Suriname in Paramaribo for two years, he moved to the Netherlands in 2014 to study songwriting at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Enschede . During a performance at the conservatory, Macrooy met music producer Perquisite and signed with his record label Unexpected Records shortly after in December 2015. Macrooy's debut EP Brave Enough appeared in April 2016, and his first single "Gold"

189-609: The Dutch talkshow De Wereld Draait Door (DWDD). Besides performing his own music, he has paid tributes to other artists including Stevie Wonder , George Michael , and the Blue Diamonds . He also performed Bob Dylan 's " The Times They Are a-Changin' " in a special retrospective broadcast of the show. Throughout the show's 2018–2019 season, Macrooy sang several songs by Paul Simon and Elton John , who had announced their farewell tours earlier in 2018. On 28 March 2018, Macrooy

210-694: The United States, Aruba, Curaçao, Belgium, Canada Indonesia and Guyana. In Suriname, there are no fewer than twenty languages spoken. Most Surinamese are multilingual . In terms of numbers of speakers are the main languages in Suriname, successively the Dutch language , Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole), Sarnami (Surinamese Hindustani), Surinamese-Javanese , and different Maroon languages (especially Saramaccan and Aukan ). Since most Surinamese people are multilingual (for instance Dutch and Sranan Tongo),

231-452: The country of Suriname . This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Surinamese, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Surinamese . Suriname is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic , racial , religious , and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As

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252-614: The country once again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 . Jeangu is the third Dutch Eurovision act with Surinamese origins, as Humphrey Campbell ( Eurovision Song Contest 1992 ) and Ruth Jacott ( Eurovision Song Contest 1993 ) were also both born in Suriname before moving to the Netherlands. On 4 March 2021 Macrooy's entry, entitled " Birth of a New Age ", was released. The song was the first ever Eurovision entry to feature lyrics in Sranan Tongo . As Netherlands

273-417: The inhabitants live in the north of the country, in the districts of Paramaribo , Wanica and Nickerie . The least populated county is Sipaliwini , which covers most of the nation's interior and is sparsely inhabited. More than half of the population lives in and around the capital. Migration to the Netherlands began during the colonial era. Initially, this was mainly the colonial elite, but expanded during

294-633: The internationally renowned Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. His song "High on You" has gained great success in Suriname topping the Nationale Top 40 Suriname . On 10 January 2020 it was announced that Macrooy would represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam . After the show's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it was announced that he would represent

315-739: The major music festivals of the Netherlands, including the North Sea Jazz Festival and Lowlands . In December 2017, Macrooy returned to Suriname for his first concert with his band in Paramaribo. His single "Dance with Me" was used as the theme song of the Dutch drama film Open Seas , which premiered in 2018. Macrooy's second album, titled Horizon was released in February 2019. In the summer of 2019, he went on his first own headliner tour to three major cities in Germany: Cologne , Hamburg and Berlin . He also played at

336-419: The population speaking it at home. A further 24% of the population speaks Dutch as a second language . Sranan Tongo, is spoken primarily as a second language in 46% of households, along with 22% Sarnami Hindustani and 11% Javanese. The following religious statistics have been reported as of 2012: De Wereld Draait Door The chat, conducted at a large table, was hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and

357-422: The society functions as a diglossia , where Dutch is the standardized and formal prestige register and Sranan Tongo generally the informal street vernacular . Dutch serves as the language of law, government, business, media and education. According to the results of the seventh general population and housing census, which was held in 2004, Dutch is the most spoken home language in the country, at around 60% of

378-460: Was due to represent host nation the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song " Grow ", but the contest was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic . Instead, he represented the country in the 2021 contest with " Birth of a New Age ". In 2011, together with his twin brother Xillan , Macrooy formed the band Between Towers. Their first and only album, Stars on My Radio came out in 2013. After having studied at

399-669: Was part of the Dutch national TV production The Passion , in which he took on the role of Judas , alongside Tommie Christiaan  [ nl ] (Jesus), Brainpower (Saint Peter), Glennis Grace (Mary), and Arjan Ederveen (Pontius Pilate). The broadcast, which took place in Amsterdam-Zuidoost that year, attracted 3.5 million viewers. On 30 December 2021, Macrooy was a guest on NPO 's De Nationale 2021 Test along with Lisa Loeb , Edson da Graça  [ nl ] , Lale Gül , Lucille Werner , Jetze Plat , and Marcel van Roosmalen  [ nl ] . Due to

420-403: Was the host country of the 2021 contest, Jeangu was automatically qualified for the final, where he placed 23rd out of 26 participants, receiving 11 points, all of which were awarded by the juries while he received none from the televote. On 11 November 2022 Macrooy released his third studio album, "Summer Moon". He drew the album artwork of the album himself. Macrooy has been a regular guest on

441-642: Was used in an advertisement for HBO . A year later, in April 2017, Macrooy released his first solo album, High on You . The album peaked at number 69 on the Dutch Albums Chart . Both releases were followed by club tours in the Netherlands and performances as a supporting act at concerts abroad. He was the opening act for Curtis Harding and Ayo in Germany, and for Trombone Shorty in Belgium, France and Germany. He has also performed at some of

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