Jamai Johannes Loman (born 30 June 1986) is a Dutch singer, musical actor and presenter who was the winner of the first series of Idols, the Dutch variant of Pop Idol. Biography Loman (at that time living with his parents and two elder sisters, Naomi and Chantal), grew up in Schoonhoven, where he started his "career" in a school musical. He also performed at the school's "Shownight" in 2000, and played in the school jazzband called 8CC. In 2003, he entered the Dutch Idols competition. To his surprise, he survived round after round and was voted the winner. At the 2003, World Idol however, he only received 36 points and came in last, with a slashing Jury report. Shortly after releasing his third single, Loman decided to move from the music business to acting and he starred in the musicals Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty), Hello, Dolly! and Jesus Christ Superstar. January 2007, he was in The Wiz, where he is playing the role of the Wiz and alternating the role of the Scarecrow. In 2008, Loman played the role of Marius in the Dutch revival version of Les Misérables, for which he received a John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ in a large musical production. In 2009, Loman is set to play the part of Bobby Strong in the M-Lab production of Urinetown. Since 2016, he is one of the jury members of Idols 2016. The other jury members are Eva Simons, Martijn Krabbe and Jeroen Nieuwenhuis. In 2021 was Loman the winner of the third season of the Dutch version of the Masked Singer as Cupido. In 2022, he was a co-presenter of the third season of the show Lego Masters. Personal life At the end of 2003, Loman confirmed his suspicions in Ruud de Wild's radio program that he is gay. He stated that he was in a relationship with Boris Schreurs, one of his dancers. After that, he was in a relationship with Ron Link for quite some time. In November 2008, the couple broke up after being together for almost two years. Loman got into a relationship with actor Michael Muller in 2010. This relationship ended after more than two years in April 2012. In 2018, Loman had a kidney transplant due to kidney failure. Dutch Idol Performances Top 30: Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson Top 10: Everything I Do, I Do It