Rutger van Barneveld

Rutger van Barneveld is known from the series 'I believe in me' and the hit 'Helena'.

Since 2002, singer and entertainer Rutger van Barneveld, originally from Tiel, can be found on stages throughout the Netherlands. Before that, he only sang at home or for family and friends at private parties. When Rutger was asked to perform at the party of the local football club in Tiel, the ban was broken. This was his first public performance, with a stereo tower and microphone, very nervous of course, but the evening was a great success. Then he knew: "This is what I want to keep doing, singing and entertaining for large groups of people".

In 2011 Rutger released his first single called “Helena”. During the Waalkadefeesten in 2012 Rutger won the singing battle and with that a duet with Frans Duijts. That duet eventually took place during the Hollandse Avond of the Betuws Spektakel. In December 2013 the real life series “Ik geloof in mij” started on the regional channel Omroep Gelderland. Partly due to the success of the series Rutger released a new single at the end of June 2013 called “Een dag uitduizend dromen”. At the end of 2015 there was a sequel to the successful series of Omroep Gelderland called: ”Hoe is het nu met”.

Talpa Network decided to broadcast this series on SBS6 in 2020. Through his participation in the national version of "Ik geloof in mij" Rutger suddenly became a famous Dutch person. The whole of the Netherlands embraced the sympathetic "act normal" artist Rutger van Barneveld. The new release of his hit "Helena" reached all the charts. The success did not go unnoticed, which resulted in performances on the big stages such as Paaspop, Freshtival, the Mega Piraten Festijnen and the Muziekfeest op het Plein.