Biografie

Sons Robbert Roman de Nijs (born February 8th 1983) and Yoshi Christopher de Nijs (born 1986) with Belinda Meuldijk.

Rob de Nijs entered the first decade of the 21st century with a knighthood.

De Nijs played the first of his two remaining farewell shows in Belgium in 2021. His final farewell concert to the Dutch public took place on 22 June 2022, in Amsterdam. The broadcast of this performance drew 1.2 million viewers.

Singer Boudewijn de Groot and songwriter Lennaert Nijgh helped him relaunch his singing career, and in 1973 he was back in the charts with "Jan Klaassen was Trompetter".

De Nijs appeared as a judge during the finale of the Kinderen voor Kinderen festival [nl] in 1992, where he also performed the VIP-version of Allemaal kabaal (originally from the 11th edition of Kinderen voor Kinderen) with 2 children's choirs (De Waagzangertjes from Alkmaar and De Blokskes from St. Genesius-Rode, Belgium).