Dutch DJ Afrojack will perform as part of the most important interval of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.
Afrojack will perform during the portion of the interval when viewers from all over Europe and Australia will cast their votes for their favourite song. And he won’t just stand behind a DJ booth.
Head of Show, Gerben Bakker, revealed the news during the radio broadcast of Aan de slag on NPO Radio 2. “It will be very special”, he said.
Eurovision 2020 interval act: Afrojack will perform with a symphony orchestra
Afrojack will be performing with 65 young musicians who were scouted by show music manager Eric van Tijn earlier this winter. He will also be joined by about forty dancers as well as a gospel choir of 25 singers. It will be busy on stage…
Back in January, Bakker told the broadcaster: “With these auditions, we want to give young Dutch musical talent the chance to present themselves in a unique way to the world. With a special performance by a large symphony orchestra, we aim to show what the Netherlands is capable of in this area, so we call on all of these young music professionals and students to apply.”
It’s no surprise that the Dutch broadcasters are combining a DJ with classical music. After all, the two genres represent the biggest musical exports of the country. Dutch DJs such as Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren and Hardwell have topped the DJ Mag 100 in recent years, while classical musicians such as André Rieu and Jaap van Zweden have toured the world.
Who is Afrojack?
Afrojack, whose real name is Nick van de Wall, is one of the Netherlands’ most famous DJs. Interesting to point out: Afrojack hails from the small town of Spijkenisse, where Eurovision 2019 winner Duncan Laurence was also born. Since the start of his career, Afrojack has played the largest festival stages around the world.
One of his first worldwide hits, “Take Over the World”, was a duet with fellow Dutch artist Eva Simons. But since then, the Dutch native has taken over the world. He has regularly collaborated with David Guetta, Charli XCX and Jewelz & Sparks.
Afrojack will not be the first big DJ to conquer to Eurovision stage. In 2015, Austrian DJ Left Boy opened the Grand Final and two years prior to that, the late Swedish DJ Aviici performed “We Write the Story” with ex-ABBA members Björn and Benny.
Are you excited that Afrojack is included as part of an interval act in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2020? Do you love his music? Let us know in the comments below!
He won’t stand anywhere now
also Glennis Grace is working on the act with Afrojack.
i just wanted to pointed that out.
Finally a bit of good news surrounding the postponement. Let’s hope she’s unavailable next year.
He should bring Eletta… Eletta Lamborghini….
He’ll also be accompanied by Glennis Grace: https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2020
Good news. Glennis is a fantastic singer and this makes up for her not making the final in 2005 (with a clichéd song).
I’d like to see Trijinte Oosterhuis perform at the final too
I just hope the interval is not 50 minutes long like it was last year. I thought it was 15 minutes to vote and straight into the jury votes while the televotes were counted under this new presentation style
DJ with orchestra? Check Onuka’s interval act 2017.
The single with Eva Simons is called ‘take over controle’ not ‘take over the world’ lol
Well done Netherlands for using ESC to showcase the music of your country. It makes sense for the grand final interval act to be Dutch, no American pop stars who are unaware of what ESC actually is, or using their appearance to be political *cough* Madonna *cough*
Looking forward to this.
Please get fellow Dutch star Eva Simons on board too for “Lose Control” thanks in advance x
So I guess Dana International, Ilanit, Nadav Guedj, Netta and Idan Reichel were not enough for you huh? There were absolutely no Israeli artists performing during 2019 final. What a shame. By the way, just to explain why KAN insisted to bring a big international artist to ESC. Israel is dealing with the BDS movement that is trying (sometimes successfully) to cancel concerts by international artists in Israel. By bringing a big international artist to a huge event like ESC, KAN showed the BDS that despite their efforts the cultural boycott is far from happening.
Yes they had Israeli interval acts too which is great, but let’s face it, their main interval act was Madonna, they where hyping her up so much, even in the semi finals.
Bringing Madonna to ESC was nothing to do with the BDS movement, it was some billionaire guy with lots of money. Any host nation could have done it.
I preferred Idan Raichel to Madonna.
Also, no need for the smart tone in your response.
Kisses to Israel :*
LOL, it had everything to do with the BDS movement and the producers spoke about it openly after the contest saying “yeah, we wish she would sound better but the fact that she was performing in Israel in such a high profile event, sent the message that we wanted to send to all the boycott supporters”. You are somehow using the smart tone on me while knowing nothing about the subject. Which makes it even more hilarious.
Knowing nothing? Well I was watching the “show” and I was reading the news reports about the billionaire splashing 1 million on Madonna..
You’re quite hilarious yourself if I’m honest.
Well you chose to comment and get involved
For the record I’m not fighting with anyone, simply replying to the comments under my initial comment.
Good day.
I left one comment, which was not at all political?
Excuse me, I’d like to mention that he’s also Elettra, Elettra Lamborghini’s boyfriend (soon to be husband and wife)
I was about to write it
I wonder who will be next to perform in the Opening Act or Interval Act?
Fabulous. Saw him live in Mykonos, he’s brilliant. I’m also hoping for some Dutch 90s superstars like 2 Unlimited and Twenty 4 Seven. Alice Deejay and Vengaboys!
Guys! We wait for BTS & Billie Eilish!
Really? No thank you
Songs for performance Afrojack on the Eurovision 2020
As Your Friend
Ten Feet Tall
All Night
Another Life
The Spark
You really think Eurovision would let him do anything with Chris Brown? That’d be in poor taste.
I love Afrojack! Sounds like great & fun interval act!
Sad that they are not keeping the eurovision legends idea of Israel, it was the highlight of the final last year
Dont’t worry, Lenny Kuhr (1969), Getty Kaspers of Teach-In (1975), Duncan Laurence (2019), Gigliola Cinquetti (1964), Sandra Kim (1986), Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan (1994) and Alexander Rybak (2009) will be performing in the interval act as well.
They’re bringing in past ESC winners across 5 decades for a special interval act.
For some people it is never good enough pfffff.
I used to love Afrojack so this will be a nice nostalgia. V impressed w the Netherlands hosting and the show is still 2 months away!