22 Facts About Edsilia Rombley

Edsilia Rombley began her career in 1995, as a member of the Dutch girl group Dignity.

In 1998, Edsilia Rombley won Nationaal Songfestival 1998 and represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Hemel en aarde", placing fourth.

Edsilia Rombley later represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "On Top of the World", but did not qualify for the final.

In 2009, Edsilia Rombley hosted season one of the Dutch celebrity talent show Beste Zangers.

Edsilia Rombley was due to host the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020 and later hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam.

Edsilia Rombley was born on 13 February 1978 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Edsilia Rombley's parents were from Aruba and Curacao.

The career of Edsilia Rombley started in 1995, with Gracia Gorre, Karima Lemghari and Susan Haps in the group called Dignity.

In 1996, Edsilia Rombley won the final of the Soundmixshow with a cover version of Oleta Adams' song, "I Just Had To Hear Your Voice".

In 1998, Edsilia Rombley competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, where she gained 150 points and placed 4th with the song "Hemel en aarde".

Edsilia Rombley represented the Netherlands again at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in May 2007 in Helsinki, Finland with the song "On Top of the World", but was eliminated in the semi-finals.

Edsilia Rombley announced the votes from the Netherlands for the Eurovision Final in 1999, in 2015, and in 2007 with Paul de Leeuw.

Edsilia Rombley later co-hosted Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, a live concert show featuring artists from the past sixty-four years, at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam as a pre-event prior to the 2020 contest.

In January 2005, Edsilia Rombley was one of the singers incorporated into the Artists For Asia, "Als Je Iets Kan Doen" song that included many Dutch artists.

In 2005, for the first time, Edsilia Rombley went on tour in the Dutch theaters with the show 'Van Jongs Af Aan'.

Edsilia Rombley played a repertoire of covers, but own numbers.

In 2006, Edsilia Rombley took part in the RTL 4 TV-programme Dancing with the Stars, a dancing contest with well-known Dutch and professional dancing teachers.

Edsilia Rombley danced with the dance-coach Peter Bosveld, but was eliminated after the fourth show.

On 1 September 2006 Edsilia Rombley married Tjeerd Oosterhuis in Amsterdam.

Edsilia Rombley's vocals are present on the single "Vlinders" by Brainpower, which was released in December 2006.

In 2019, Edsilia Rombley has been assigned to the role of Mary at The Passion, which is a Dutch television show which tells the Easter story in a musical way.

Edsilia Rombley appears in the 2022 film Het Feest van Tante Rita, her first major film role.