Month: February 2025

Apology

An eighteen-year-old student from Azerbaijan has apologized for the leak of Claude’s C’est La Vie. The teenager released the song via social media a day before the official release.

Record company Cloud9 has been in contact with the student. “He admitted that he was wrong. We have accepted his apology.” The man obtained the song via a closed group on Telegram. “We are still investigating how the song ended up there,” says the spokesperson for Cloud9.

The company is not pressing charges against the student. Other sources report that the boy has received death threats via social media.

Claude officially presented the song with which he represents the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest to the press and the public on Thursday afternoon. The song had already leaked via X a day earlier. Claude told nu.nl that he was disappointed that the song had been leaked. “It sucks, but there are stupider things, c’est la vie.” Source: nu.nl

C’est La Vie

Claude is going to the Eurovision Song Contest with the song C’est La Vie. In the song, the singer combines French and English lyrics. The song was released a day earlier than planned, because it was already leaked on social media.

The official release of the song is on Thursday. Claude will then also explain what C’est La Vie is about. AVROTROS does not share any further details, but confirms that this is the entry.

The song starts as a ballad, but quickly moves to more uptempo. At the beginning and at the end of C’est La Vie, the piano sounds can be heard that were previously used in a teaser for the song.

Claude has previously said that his song would be bilingual. Due to his repertoire, it was expected that it would be a French-Dutch song, but the singer has chosen French and English after all. In the song, he keeps switching languages.

In the song, he sings about his mother, as he had already announced. During his participation in Beste Zangers, Claude already said that he got his love for music from home. In the song, he seems to sing about a melody that his mother sang to him.

AVROTROS says it is investigating how the song could have leaked. “Also to learn lessons for the future. But it is difficult. We know that it has happened before with other countries,” says a spokesperson. The broadcaster will not take any steps against the person responsible for the leak. “It is what it is, c’est la vie.”

On 19 December, it was announced that 21-year-old Claude will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the Netherlands. He will travel to Basel, Switzerland in May, where he hopes to secure a place in the final in the first semi-final on Tuesday 13 May. Source: nu.nl.

Airplay

The song that Claude will take to the Eurovision Song Contest this year will be played on all major radio stations on Thursday at 4:15 PM. The song can also be found on Spotify and YouTube from that time.

The song, whose title is not yet known, can be heard on Thursday afternoon on NPO Radio 1, NPO Radio 2, NPO 3FM, Qmusic, Radio 538, SLAM!, 100% NL, Radio Veronica and Radio 10. This was reported by broadcaster AVROTROS, which is responsible for the Dutch entry.

At the end of last year it was announced that 21-year-old Claude would be participating for the Netherlands in the Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. It has now been announced that Claude will perform in the first semi-final, which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 13.

Claude made his breakthrough in 2022 with the hit Ladada (Mon Dernier Mot). The singer then scored with songs like Layla, Écoutez-moi, Vas-y (Go Maar) with Suzan & Freek and Je T’aime with Zoë Tauran. He released his debut album Parler Français last November. Source:nu.nl.

Claude Announces Song

Claude will announce on February 27th which song he will represent the Netherlands with at the Eurovision Song Contest. The Instagram account of the Dutch Song Contest team has a small preview.

In the short video, one piano note can be heard. Furthermore, it remains guesswork as to how the song will go or what it will be called.

The 21-year-old singer announced at the end of last year that he is the entry for Basel. In an interview with NU.nl, he said that the song is in any case bilingual. He did not want to say whether it is French-Dutch, like many of Claude’s songs. He ruled out Spanish in any case.

The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Basel this year, after Nemo won in Malmö last year. The first semi-final, in which Claude hopes to secure a place in the final, is on May 13th. He will then compete against Sweden and Belgium, among others.

The Netherlands is not the first country to announce a number: Finland, Belgium and Spain, among others, have already gone before it. Source: nu.nl,