Cornald Maas is a
DutchThe Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
television presenter who has been known for presenting talk shows in the Netherlands. He is the brother of
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Early career
He was an editor involved in "The Cry of the Lion"(
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) with
Paul de LeeuwPaul Henri de Leeuw is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA...
, "Sonja on Saturday" (VARA) with
Sonja BarendSonja Maria Barend is a Dutch television personality and former talk show host. Her talk show Sonja, which she presented since the 1970s, was noted for breaking taboos and allowing ordinary people a voice in public dialog. She retired from television in 2006, after four decades of television...
and Rolling Fire (
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) with Philip Frere and
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.
Eurovision Song Contest
In 2004 and 2005 Maas provided the Dutch commentary for the
Eurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
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
Willem van BeusekomWillem Jacobus Marius van Beusekom was a Dutch broadcaster and television presenter. He was also active as a radio DJ and especially enjoyed fame as a Dutch television commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest, which he did from 1987 to 2005. His last position until his death was that of NPS...
died the week of the contest from colon cancer. In 2006 and 2007 he co-hosted the final's with
Paul de LeeuwPaul Henri de Leeuw is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA...
(who was the spokesperson for the Netherlands), de Leeuw was providing the commentary from the Netherlands via satellite project Olympus. On June 29 2010 Maas announced he would not be commentating at The 56th Eurovision Song Contest in
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,
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. This was because he had been sacked by the broadcaster
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(which took over from
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in 2010). Maas' replacements were his co-host at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest
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and Dutch singer
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.
After Eurovision
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 table at The World Keeps Turning. Since October 2008 he presented a weekly television program "
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" at the
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, with 2009 and 2010 Opium specials from the Theatre and Oerol festival. Maas writes a series about children of divorced parents for the Volkskrant.