Gers Pardoel

He rose to fame in 2009, due to his successful collaboration with The Opposites on the single "Broodje Bakpao".

Pardoel's debut studio album Deze wereld is van jou was released in November 2011 and was certified Platinum by the NVPI.

[2] The Nederhop artist is best known for his number-one single "Ik neem je mee", which became the most successful Dutch-language and Dutch-artist hit in the Dutch Top 40 ever.

[3] Gerwin Pardoel was born on 12 May 1981 in Nijmegen, thirty-five minutes before his younger twin brother Robbie.

To escape from his difficult home situation, Pardoel looked for refuge in roller skating.

Together with Steffen Haars and Huub Smit (nowadays known as the characters of New Kids), he practiced almost every day in an inline skate hall in 's-Hertogenbosch.

At some point, Pardoel showed his old friend Steffen Haars (who had become director of New Kids in the meantime) some of his raps.

Due to this success, Pardoel received a recording contract at Dutch label TopNotch.

On 14 October 2011, Pardoel released his debut studio album Deze wereld is van jou.

In the summer of 2021, the Belgian popular newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published stories in which Sélina van Gool (Pardoel's former partner, mother of his children, and also his former manager) accused him of domestic abuse, both physical and psychological in nature.

The newspaper added specifically that they were able to check police reports supplied by van Gool which confirmed her allegations.

It is noteworthy that both VTM which airs The Voice Kids and Het Laatste Nieuws are brands of Mediahuis.

However, also in 2022, Pardoel was welcomed as the presenter of the Flemish version of Come Dance With Me on Play4, a channel of SBS Belgium.