Franklin Kroonenberg (born 11 March 1961),[1] known professionally as Franklin Brown, is a Dutch singer and voice actor. He is known for representing the
Netherlands in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1996, together with
Maxine, with the song "
De eerste keer".
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
supergroupThe EuroStars.[2] 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).[2]
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.
Criminal charges
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.[3][4][5]