Jimmy "Jim" Johannes Bakkum (born 10 August 1987) is a Dutch singer, actor, stage actor and television personality. Rising to nationwide fame after becoming runner-up in the first season of Dutch singing competition series Idols, he has released five albums and made a career in musicals and film. In television, he appeared in a Dutch version of Dancing with the Stars, which he won.

Biography

While on tour with the 2006 Dutch production of Grease, he met actress Bettina Holwerda, who is 9 years his senior. They began dating shortly after both were admitted to hospital after an accident on stage in which a prop car that they were both in fell 12 ft into the orchestra pit. In a June 2007 interview, Bakkum claimed to have a weakness for strong older women. He proposed to Holwerda on 22 September 2010 and they were married in the Amsterdam Vondel Church on Friday 10 June 2011. Their son Lux was born in November 2012 and daughter Posy was born in March 2015. The family used to live in Amsterdam but moved to Naarden in 2015.