# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-bakkum
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:27:30.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-bakkum"
name: "Jim Bakkum"
slug: "jim-bakkum"
description: "Jimmy Johannes Bakkum 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."
tagline: "Dutch actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Bakkum_-_Gouden_Pijl_2014_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1987-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.75
  momentum:             15.2755905511811
  historical:           6.89396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JimBakkum"
    handle:    "JimBakkum"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jimbakkum/"
    handle:    "jimbakkum"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jimbakkum"
    handle:    "jimbakkum"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1383969/"
    handle:    "nm1383969"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.jimbakkum.nl/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/384084"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakkum"
    title: "Jim Bakkum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakkum"
    title: "Jim Bakkum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakkum"
    title: "Jim Bakkum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakkum"
    title: "Jim Bakkum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakkum"
    title: "Jim Bakkum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7c71a91b-dfb9-48d4-b02f-dc6db9871cab"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2530009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111851"
    title: "Jim Bakkum"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump