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 2025
🇷🇸 Serbia continues with a 2nd semifinal
Serbia continues with a second semifinal tonight: Pesma za Evroviziju 25. Out of 15 songs, a jury and televoters will select 8 songs for the final on 28 February. The show starts at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. Ivana Štrbac, “La La La” Jett Vega, “Rolerkoster” Princ, “Mila” Maršali, “Po policama sećana” Dušan Kurtić, “Boginja” Tanja Banjanim, “Ja sam bolja” Tam, “Durum Durum” Gifts & Roses, “Do kraja vremena” Lensy, “Hvala ti” Sedlar, “Oči boje zemlje” Maja Nikolić, “Žali srce moje” Mimi Mercedez, “Turbo žurka” Oxajo, “MaMa” Vukayla, “Mask” AltCtrl, “Mamurna jutra” Princ was the runner up in the 2023 national final.Dušan Kurtić took part last year and was 6th.Sedlar participated in the 2007 semifinal as a member of the band IQ.Maja Nikolić competed in 2004 (semifinal), 2006 (6th), 2007 (semifinal), 2013 (11th) and 2018 (10th). Share
February 26, 2025
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