Category: ESC 1992

R.I.P. Humphrey Campbell

Humphrey Campbell died on Monday evening at the age of 66. The singer, who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, died of cancer.

Campbell died peacefully and pain-free, his family and management said. His family announced earlier this month that Campbell was seriously ill. He has made his body available to science. That’s why there is no funeral.

The singer is best known to the general public for his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992. In Malmö, Sweden, where Linda Martin won for Ireland, he achieved ninth place with the song Wijs Me De Weg.

Campbell collaborated with artists such as Rob de Nijs, Paul de Leeuw and Ruth Jacott. Together with Campbell’s two brothers, Jacott was in the background choir during Campbell’s Eurovision participation in 1992. In return, he also sang in the background a year later when Jacott went to the Eurovision Song Contest with Vrede.

Jacott and Campbell were also in a relationship for a long time. The two separated in 2011 after 22 years.

Next year Campbell would embark on his theater tour Van Moengo Tot Hier! with pianist Cor Bakker. to start. “He was really looking forward to telling his life story during those performances. But unfortunately, yesterday he started another journey. His last,” the relatives wrote in a statement on Tuesday.

Humphrey Campbell

Former Eurovision Song Contest participant Humphrey Campbell is seriously ill. His family announced this to the ANP on Wednesday evening. The singer participated in the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the Netherlands in 1992 with the song Wijs Me De Weg.

The 66-year-old singer was about to go on tour to fifteen theaters next year. “He was really looking forward to this, but unfortunately this tour cannot go ahead. The theaters will be contacted for a replacement program,” his management said. It is unclear what exactly Campbell has.

Campbell achieved ninth place with his song Wijs Me De Weg. The Eurovision Song Contest was held that year in Malmö, Sweden.

The singer continued to work with artists such as Rob de Nijs, Paul de Leeuw and Ruth Jacott. The latter singer was in the background choir during his Eurovision Song Contest participation. In return, he also sang in the background a year later during her participation in the event.

Eurovision 1992

Yesterday the 37th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest was held on 9 May 1992 at the Malmö Isstadion in Malmö, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), and presented by Lydia Capolicchio and Harald Treutiger, the contest was held in Sweden following the country’s victory at the 1991 contest with the song Fångad av en stormvind by Carola.

Twenty-three countries participated in the contest – a new record number of participating countries – with the Netherlands returning to the contest following a one-year break to join the twenty-two countries which had participated in the previous year’s event.

The winner was Ireland with the song Why Me, written by Johnny Logan and performed by Linda Martin. This marked Ireland’s fourth contest win, and brought songwriter Logan his third win overall, having previously won the contest in 1980 as singer and in 1987 as both singer and songwriter. The United Kingdom, Malta, Italy, and Greece also placed in the top five, with the United Kingdom recording its thirteenth second-place position and Malta and Greece achieving their best ever results in the contest.