Frans Bauer

In 2019 Bauer was one of the coaches in the Dutch televisionshow The Voice Senior.

In 2014 Bauer was the main character in the book 'Heb je even voor mij?' written by Wim Hendrikse.

In 2004, Bauer, because of his charity work and singing, was appointed to Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

In 2003 the reality soap De Bauers, about the family life of Frans and Mariska, was a much watched television programme.

Thanks to his fans Frans Bauer became more and more popular. In March 1998 he gave his first series of concerts in Ahoy. Record companies offered millions for a contract.

In the same year, De Regenboog (The Rainbow), a duet with Dutch singer Marianne Weber reached number 1 in the Dutch charts. The year 1997 for Bauer however ended tragically: two members of his band, returning from a concert, died in a traffic incident.

The television show made Bauer famous, though, mostly because of the denial of national radio stations, it was only in 1994 that Bauer achieved his first hit called Als sterren aan de hemel staan (If stars are in the heavens)

Bauer grew to be a local celebrity in the vicinity of the town where he lives, Fijnaart. He got his first national celebrity through the television programme All you need is love (1991), in which, with the permission of his girlfriend Mariska, he got to select two female fans (who both coincidentally are named Diana) to go out with for an evening.

Bauer's own musical career was shaped in 1987, when he recorded his first single Ben je jong (Are you young) under the supervision of producers Riny Schreijenberg and Emile Hartkamp.

Frans Bauer (born 30 December 1973 in Roosendaal) is a Dutch singer of "levenslied" (Dutch Schlager).