Cornald Maas (born 22 July 1962) is a

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television presenter who has been known for presenting talk shows in the Netherlands. He is the brother of Frans Maas.

Early career

He was an editor involved in ''The Scream of the Lion'' ( VARA) with

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, ''Sonja on Saturday'' (VARA) with Sonja Barend and ''Rolling Fire'' ( NOS) with Philip Freriks and Leoni Jansen.

Eurovision Song Contest

In 2004 and 2005 Maas provided the Dutch commentary for the

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semi-finals. He took over as regular commentator for the Dutch television in 2006 for both the semi's and the final after the regular Dutch commentator

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stepped down and subsequently died the week of the contest from

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. In 2006 and 2007 he co-hosted the finals with Paul de Leeuw (who was the spokesperson for the Netherlands). De Leeuw was providing the commentary from the Netherlands via satellite project Olympus. On 29 June 2010 Maas announced he would not be commenting at The 56th Eurovision Song Contest in

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. This was because he had been sacked by the broadcaster

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(which took over from NOS in 2010). Maas' replacements were his co-host at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest

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and Dutch singer Jan Smit. In

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, Maas was recalled again as a Eurovision commentator for the

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. On 31 August 2019, Maas was named creative advisor for the

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in Rotterdam. He has since continued to be part of the selection committee for and subsequent years.

Other activities

In 2007 Maas was one of the judges for the Dutch version of '' Just The Two Of Us'' on TV channel Tien. Maas was a regular guest at ''

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''. Since October 2008 he presented a weekly television program ''Opium'' for AVROTROS, with 2009 and 2010 ''Opium'' specials from the Uitmarkt and

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. Maas writes a series about children of divorced parents for ''

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''. He appeared in a 2024 episode of the television show '' The Masked Singer''.

References

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