Ron Link (entertainer)
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Ron Link is a Dutch
actor and singer. He began his career as a model for a sauna promotion. In 2004 he competed in the Dutch version Idols
where he managed to reach the final 10 but was ultimately voted off in the third round, making him the eighth finalist. Since then he has made numerous appearances on television
programs in the Netherlands
. In 2006, he was chosen in the TV show Wie Wordt Tarzan? (Who is going to be Tarzan?) to play Tarzan in the Dutch version of the musical
. The program had one of the highest audience shares of any television program in the Netherlands. Link is currently playing the role in the Netherlands and will continue with the production when it moves to Sweden
. In preparing for the role, Link got to work with such notable artists as Phil Collins
.
In 2007 he was awarded with the Nashuatec Musical Award (John Kraaijkamp Musical Award) for new musical talent.
since 2004 when they met on the program, but they broke up in 2008.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
actor and singer. He began his career as a model for a sauna promotion. In 2004 he competed in the Dutch version Idols
Idols (Netherlands)
Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands....
where he managed to reach the final 10 but was ultimately voted off in the third round, making him the eighth finalist. Since then he has made numerous appearances on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
programs in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. In 2006, he was chosen in the TV show Wie Wordt Tarzan? (Who is going to be Tarzan?) to play Tarzan in the Dutch version of the musical
Tarzan (musical)
Tarzan: The Musical is based on the Disney film of the same name and the story by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Music and lyrics are written by Phil Collins, with a book by David Henry Hwang.-Production:...
. The program had one of the highest audience shares of any television program in the Netherlands. Link is currently playing the role in the Netherlands and will continue with the production when it moves to Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. In preparing for the role, Link got to work with such notable artists as Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
.
In 2007 he was awarded with the Nashuatec Musical Award (John Kraaijkamp Musical Award) for new musical talent.
Personal life
Link has been in a committed relationship with fellow Idol star Jamai LomanJamai Loman
Jamai Johannes Loman was the winner of the first series of Idols the Dutch variant on Pop Idol, pop singer and Dutch musical artist.-Biography:...
since 2004 when they met on the program, but they broke up in 2008.