About
Quick Facts
Name
Dion Cuiper
Born
29 November 1993
Nationality
🇳🇱 Dutch
National Selection
Internal selection 2023
In Eurovision
2023 Liverpool
Song
Burning Daylight (& Mia Nicolai, 2023)
Biography
Dion Cuiper is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He debuted in 2020 with the release of the EP “Too young, too dumb”. In 2021, he signed at Duncan Laurence‘s Yellow Field Publising at Sony ATV. In October and November of that year he opened for Duncan Laurence in his Dutch tour.
In February 2022, Dion released a new single called “Know”. In april of the same year he opened for Benedict Cork and on 5 May he performed at the annual Bevrijdingsfestival. On 29 September 2022, his new single “Blue jeans” was released.
On 1 November 2022, it was announced that Dion and Mia Nicolai are going to represent the Netherlands in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. On March 1st 2023, the song “Burning Daylight” found it’s première. It was a difficult path to the final, as performances in Madrid and Amsterdam were not good. Shortly before Eurovision, the song was made 1 1/2 octave higher to fit it to their voices. It didn’t help, Mia and Dion didn’t make it to the final.
Entries
Burning Daylight (with Mia Nicolai)
Country
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
Year
2023
Language
English
Lyrics
Duncan Laurence
Jordan Garfield
Music
Duncan Laurence
Jordan Garfield
Backings
Rachell Melanie
Katie van Steenis
Kris Rietveld
Results Semi
Points: 7
Position: 13
Running order: 14
Results Finals
Points: –
Position: –
Running order: –
