André Leopold Adiel Vermeulen (born 25 October 1955 in

Bruges Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amoun ...

) is a Belgian-

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journalist and television personality for VRT. Between 1991 and 2013, Vermeulen following Luc Appermont had been the Flemish commentator for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

. Due to unknown reasons in 1996, Vermeulen was unable to commentate on the 1996 Contest with

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and Johan Verstreken filling in, however returning to commentate on the 1997 Contest, since the 1998 Contest Vermeulen has co-commentated the event with other television presenters including Bart Peeters and Tom De Cock. Vermeulen had also commentated for VRT viewers at the

2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the third edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for young singers aged 8 to 15. On 26 November 2005, the contest was broadcast live from the Trixxo Arena, Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium, in a ...

.Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kijken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 Vermeulen commentated for the final time at the 2013 Contest, he did not return to commentate in

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with MNM presenters Peter Van de Veire and Eva Daeleman taking over. However he continues to cover the contest for Het Journaal and the EurosongBe, The Belgian Eurovision website. Currently he is a reporter on '' Het Journaal'' in which he reports on current affairs,

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and

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. He speaks Dutch, French, English, Spanish and Italian.

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André Vermeulen at Belgian Beatles
1955 births Living people Entertainers from Bruges Flemish television presenters Flemish journalists Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest {{Belgium-bio-stub