Franklin Brown

• Birth Name — Franklin Kroonenberg • Years Active — 1992–present • Genre — Pop, jazz, soul • Born — 11 March 1961 • Birthplace — Rotterdam, Netherlands • Associated Acts — * Maxine • The EuroStars • The Tiny Little Bigband • B.I.G • Website — http: www.franklinbrown.com/

In 1996, Franklin Brown and Maxine won the Nationaal Songfestival with the song "De eerste keer". This gave them the right to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Oslo, Norway. They finished in seventh place with 78 points.

After the contest, Maxine and Franklin Brown continued to pursue their own solo careers, only to get back together in 2005, when Brown founded the supergroup The EuroStars. Apart from Maxine and Franklin Brown, this group consists of the Dutch Eurovision representatives Mandy Huydts (of Frizzle Sizzle, 1986), Marlayne (1999) and Esther Hart (2003). In 2020, Brown participated in a special Eurovision-themed broadcast of the Dutch television programme Beste Zangers, in which he performed the song "One Good Reason" by Marlayne.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Brown worked as a police officer in Rotterdam. After several female colleagues had accused him of sexual assault, he was fired and received a two-month suspended prison sentence. One of these colleagues, who had sent him sexually explicit e-mails, was later also fired because she had made a false accusation.

• "De eerste keer" (1996) • "Steeds weer" (2007) • "Balsem voor het hart" (2012)

• "Love Shine a Light" (2010)

• "Me Again" (2011) • "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" (2011) • "One Good Reason" (2020)

• Frozen II (2019) – Mattias (Dutch voice)