Douwe Bob

Douwe Bob
Douwe Bob in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Douwe Bob Posthuma
Born	(1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 24) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Country pop folk indie folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Piano guitar
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Universal

Douwe Bob Posthuma born 12 December 1992), professionally known by only his first names Douwe Bob, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He won the Dutch talent show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland. He specializes in folk and country music and he has released three albums. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Douwe Bob Posthuma was born on 12 December 1992 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He was born into a Frisian family. His father Simon Posthuma is known for his membership of the designer group The Fool.

Douwe Bob started playing piano at the age of 6, initially concentrating on classical music and jazz. He took up the guitar at age 14. As a singer he was inspired by country, folk and pop music from the 1950s to the mid 1970s.

In 2012, he participated in the Dutch show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland (The Best Singer-Songwriter of the Netherlands). He played the songs "Standing Here Helpless", "Icarus", and in the finale, "Multicoloured Angels". In the finale, Dutch singer Tim Knol and his band played with him. He won the finals and "Multicoloured Angels" reached the 17th place in the weekly music chart Dutch Top 40. His debut album, Born In a Storm, was released on 3 May 2013. The majority of the songs were written during a holiday in Morocco with Matthijs van Duijvenbode (). In June 2013, Douwe Bob played at the Pinkpop Festival. At the end of 2013, he appeared in the documentary Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob to talk about his relationship with his father Simon Posthuma, during IDFA.