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#BIRTHDAY: Jetty Paerl would have been 100 today

By John Stanton on May 27, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

#BIRTHDAY: Jetty Paerl would have been 100 today In a change to celebrating birthdays of performers still with us, we’ve got the birthday of someone who died in 2013. You may wonder why, but we do have the Eurovision trailblazer of trailblazers. Dutchwoman Jetty Paerl came second in […]

NETHERLANDS : RIP Jetty Paerl – Eurovision’s First Ever performer

By eurovisionireland on August 24, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

It is with sadness that we bring you the news that the very first performer at the Eurovision Song Contest, Miss Jetty Paerl, has sadly passed away at the age of 92. Jetty sang the very first song in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 – “De […]