Today we received the sad news that Dries Holten passed away on April 15. Dries is better known as Andres, who achieved great fame as half of the duo Sandra & Andres. The duo got together in 1966 and sang together until 1975. After that Andres continued as half of the duo Rosy & Andres, and in the early eighties with Debbie & Andres. In 1969 Andres also had a solo hit in the Netherlands, “Zij is verliefd op een frikandel”.
In 1972 Sandra & Andres participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands and reached fourth place. Four years later, Rosy & Andres also took part in the national final with the song “I was born to love”. The duo did not win.
Eurovision 2026
🇧🇬 National: Bulgaria chose for Dara
Bulgaria will be represented by Dara. She was chosen out of eight finalists to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 February, out of three songs, one will be selected as her Eurovision Song.  final date: 31 JanuaryPlace: BNT Studio 1, SofiaHosts: Georgi Lyubenov, Boryana Gramatikova & Vladimira Ilieva (backstage) 1 Roksana Kalimanku Denku 16 1 17 8      2 Mona Sila 17 6 23 3      3 Preyah Edelweiss 18 3 21 5      4 Mihaela Marinova Under pressure 19 7 26 3      5 Molec Vyatura 17 4 21 6      6 Dara Thunder 22 8 30 1      7 Innerglow Znak 16 2 18 7      8 Kerana & Cosmonauts  Nyama 18 5 23 4       semifinal date: 24 JanuaryPlace: BNT Studio 1, SofiaHosts: Georgi Lyubenov, Boryana Gramatikova & Vladimira Ilieva (backstage) * Dara  25 14 39 1      * Dara Ekimova  21 4 25 12      * Dia  18 3 21 13      * Elizabet  18 1 19 15      * Fiki  21 7 28 9      * Innerglow  22 9 31 7      * Kerana & Cosmonauts  23 10 33 6      * Mihaela Fileva  22 6 28 9      * Mihaela Marinova  24 13 37 2      * Molec  24 12 36 3      * Mona  19 15 34 5      * Preyah  24 11 35 4      * Roksana  23 8 31 7      * Vall  19 2 21 14      *  Veniamin  21 5 26 11       The selected artist for Bulgaria sings 3 songs. A combined 5 member jury and an online voting decide who represents Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it at BNT. final date: 28 februaryPlace: BNT Studio 1, SofiaHosts: Georgi Lyubenov, Boryana Gramatikova & Vladimira Ilieva (backstage) *            *            *           Â
January 31, 2026
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