
Jelmer Soes Editor / Author
Favourite Eurovision songs:
Netherlands
in
Copenhagen 2014
The Common Linnets – Calm after the storm
(Ilse DeLange/J.B. Meijers/Rob Crosby/Matthew Crosby/Jake Etheridge)
France
in
Lisbon 2018
Madame Monsieur – Mercy
(Emilie Satt/Jean-Karl Lucas/Remi Tobbal)
Germany
in
Millstreet 1993
Münchener Freiheit – Viel zu weit
(Stefan Zauner)
Netherlands
in
Tel Aviv 2019
Duncan Laurence – Arcade
(Duncan Laurence/Will Knox/Joel Sjöö/Wouter Hardy)
Finland
in
Copenhagen 2014
Softengine – Something better
(Topi Latukka/Henri Oskár)
Written by Jelmer

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