"Europapa" hype

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The Dutch participant Joost Klein(Bild: Dutch Press Photo Agency / Action Press / picturedesk.com)

While Austria's Song Contest starter Kaleen has not (yet) managed to get her "We will Rave" video online (Monday evening should be three days late), Dutch Song Contest hopeful Joost Klein is already a cult figure on the Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel with more than 5 million views! 

After his big hit "Friesenjung", Dutch singer Joost Klein now wants to conquer Europe with "Europapa". With this dance number, the 26-year-old will represent his country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, in May. His song and video already have a cult following on YouTube!

Compared to other candidates, who have a few hundred thousand hits or at most a little over a million, he is already extremely far ahead.

For many, Dutch contestant Joost Klein is already the winner of the competition.(Bild: Dutch Press Photo Agency / Action Press / picturedesk.com)

Letter to dead father
"Welcome to Europe, I'll stay here until I die", sings Klein in Dutch and with not entirely clean rhymes. It is a hymn to Europe and his father, who died at an early age, said the Frisian with the hip platinum blonde hair and moustache.

"It's actually a kind of letter to my father," said Klein. "He taught me that people made up the borders and that you can actually invent your own world." His father died when Joost was only twelve years old.

Klein calls it a typical Dutch dance number, on which hardcore techno DJ Paul Elstak and rapper Donnie also collaborated. But first he has to get through the semi-final on May 9.

The final is then on May 11. Klein has many fans, especially in Germany. His dance version of the Otto Waalkes hit "Friesenjung" reached number 1 in the singles charts in Germany and Austria.