Ralf Mackenbach is a Dutch

Netherlands

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 singer, dancer and musical artist who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kiev, Ukraine. It was scheduled for 21 November.13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union to compete in the Contest....

 in Kiev

Kiev

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, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 on 21 November 2009. He earned 121 points with the song Click Clack, which was written by Ralf himself. Ralf has also written other songs like 'Secret Girl' and many more!

He released his debut album RALF in September 2010.

Biography

Mackenbach has been attending Amsterdam's dancing academy Lucia Marthas since 2009. He played the little Tarzan in the musical Tarzan

Tarzan

Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...

 and Jakopje in the musical Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (musical)

Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical...

. The official video for Click clack, shows he is left-handed. He's also born in Best, and still lives there. He's getting acting lessons at CKE (Centrum voor de Kunsten Eindhoven) in Eindhoven.
In 2011 he participated in the show "Stars Dance on Ice". Ralf is 1 of the 4 judges on the 2011 edition of the Dutch talent show "My Name is..."