Timid teenager Jim Bakkum, who took second place in the first edition of Idols in 2003, unexpectedly turned out to be a flamboyant dancer in the television program Dancing With The Stars. Together with his professional dance partner Julie Fryer he managed to take first place. That national attention was desperately needed because Jim's singing career was in a dire state. As the weed weather, no
… fewer than two Jim's dance CDs were released. Sony / BMG tried it with Dance To The Music, a collection of songs from the time he was still under contract with this company. Jim's official CD is the Dance With Me discussed here, on which Jim performs a series of well-known pop songs - such as Let's Get Loud (cha cha), Nah Neh Nah (quickstep) and Crazy Little Thing Called Love (jive). In all respects it sounds like a rush job, like every Jim CD to date. In nine weeks he managed to grow into a fine dancer. Unfortunately two years after his weak debut Impressed ('03) he has hardly made any progress as a singer. (MS)more
