caption associated_acts years_active birth_name birth_place landscape background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
waylon -lrb- 2014 -rrb- the common linnets , santa rosa , millstreet 1997 -- present willem bijkerk apeldoorn , netherlands yes solo_singer 20 april 1980 vocals country , pop , rock , soul file greet 09.jpg : the common linnets , esc2014 meet & waylon -lrb- singer -rrb-
 waylon singer
waylon -lrb- singer -rrb-

waylon -lrb- born willem bijkerk ; 20 april 1980 in apeldoorn -rrb- is a dutch singer .
his stage name came from the name of his idol waylon jennings .
he represented the netherlands with ilse delange as the common linnets at the eurovision song contest 2014 , finishing in second place in the final .
