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Jaap Friso (1976) is a freelance journalist, radio maker and copywriter. He works for Dutch radio shows such as De Taalstaat and Volgspot. He is a children's book reviewer for jaapleest.nl, and one of the hosts of The Big Friendly Podcast about children's literature (in Dutch).

Favourite Eurovision songs:

Spain
in Luxembourg 1973

Mocedades – Eres tú
(Juan Carlos Calderón)

More about Spain More from 1973

Netherlands
in London 1977

Heddy Lester – De mallemolen
(Frank Affolter/Wim Hogenkamp)

More about Netherlands More from 1977

Belgium
in Munich 1983

Pas de deux – Rendez-vous
(Walter Verdin/Paul Peyskens)

More about Belgium More from 1983

United Kingdom
in Dublin 1997

Katrina and The Waves – Love shine a light
(Kimberley Rew)

More about United Kingdom More from 1997

Italy
in Lisbon 2018

Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro – Non mi avete fatto niente
(Ermal Meta/Fabrizio Moro/Andrea Febo)

More about Italy More from 2018

Written by Jaap

With nowaday’s ears: Amar pelos dois

  • With Nowaday's Ears

Here was a man, singing a very distinct song. One that you may love with a passion or hate equally. A fragile, somewhat jazzy song about a lost love. Salvador Sobral’s Amar pelos dois was remarkable for its soberness between all the other, often excessively orchestrated walls of sound. Luísa, Salvador’s sister, wrote and composed the song herself. It was … »