Before taking to the stage at Amsterdam’s Eurovision in Concert, Angus spoke with Claude for an interview. Claude is representing the Netherlands at Eurovision 2025 with his entry “C’est La Vie”
Check out our interview with Claude here!
During their interview, Claude and Angus talked about what Claude is looking forward to as he performs “C’est La Vie” for the fans for the first time, as well as telling us what other Eurovision 2025 song he would like to sing should he be given an opportunity.
Who is Claude?
Congolese-born Dutch singer Claude Kiambe is a relative newcomer in the Dutch music scene, only being active since 2019. With his debut single, ‘Ladada (Mon den mot)’, only releasing back in 2022. The sogn ended up shooting to number one in The Netherlands. In addition to a string of singles since his debut, Claude released his first album, ‘Parler français’, last year.
No stranger to the competitive music world, Claude actually participated in the Dutch edition of The Voice for children.; as well as Are You Next?. Despite entering the world of music early, Claude did take a segue in his career path, having temporarily studied hotel management after school for a time,before dropping that path and continuing with music.
Claude will participate at Eurovision 2025 with “C’est La Vie”, which was written by Arno Krabman, Claude Kiambe, Joren van der Voort and Léon Paul Palmen.
The Netherlands’ Eurovision Journey
The Netherlands are one of the founding countries of the ESC, having performed the very first song ever on the Eurovision stage back in 1956. While the result of “De Vogels van Holland” is unknown, the Netherlands have garnered 5 wins, with their most recent in 2019. However the Netherlands are also known to have had the longest ever non qualification streak in the semi-final era – they missed out on the final a whopping 8 times between 2005 and 2012.
Joost Klein represented the Netherlands in 2024 with the song “Europapa”. While he was ultimately disqualified, he would have made it to the final, placing second in his semifinal with 182 points.
Are you excited to see Claude compete at Eurovision? What do you think of his entry “C’est La Vie”? As always, let us know what you think by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Threads TikTok and Bluesky as we prepare for Eurovision 2025.
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