Henny Vrienten was posthumously honored with the Lennaert Nijgh Prize, the jury prize for best lyricist, during the presentation of the Buma Awards today. The singer and composer, who died at the end of April at the age of 73, will receive the award for his musical legacy. “His oeuvre is now as broad as his copywriting talent was,” said the jury.

After Ukraine’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest, the big question is whether the Eastern European country can host next year because of the war with Russia. According to Telegraaf reporter Richard van de Crommert, Maastricht has good cards to organize the song festival. In the season finale of the podcast Song Festival fever, Van de Crommert and Katja Zwart discuss everything that stood out during the final in Turin. From the solidarity points for Kalush Orchestra to the criticism of Jan Smit as a commentator. And from presenter Laura Pausini, who was missing for a while, to the remarkable scoring. According to Katja Zwart, something crazy happened there: “The EBU does not just intervene.”