Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection Song: Nationaal Songfestival '88
Selection date(s)	23 March 1988
Selected entrant	Gerard Joling
Selected song	"Shangri-La"
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 70 points

The Netherlands participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in Dublin, Ireland.

After coming 5th at the 1987 contest with "Rechtop in de wind", Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) internally selected Gerard Joling to sing for the Netherlands at the upcoming contest in Dublin. At the Nationaal Songfestival 1988 was held on 23 March at the Congresgebouw in The Hague. Joling sang all songs in the final.

Nationaal Songfestival 1988

The Nationaal Songfestival 1988 was held on 23 March at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Astrid Joosten. The winner was chosen by a 55-person jury who gave each song a mark out of 6.

Draw	Song	Points	Place
1	"Heel Verliefd"	222	2nd
2	"Shangri-La"	283	1st
3	"Happy End in Hollywood"	213	4th
4	"December in April"	165	5th
5	"Doolang doolang"	156	6th
6	"Mijn Droom"	219	3rd

At Eurovision

Joling performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Spain and preceding Israel. His song received 70 points, placing 9th of 22 competing countries.

Points Awarded to the Netherlands^[1]

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Luxembourg  Greece			Israel  Switzerland  Yugoslavia	Germany  Turkey  United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Italy			Ireland
0 points
Austria  Belgium	Denmark  Finland	France  Iceland	Norway  Portugal	Spain  Sweden

External links

• Dutch National Final 1988 page

References

1. ^ "Score sheet of the Eurovision Song Contest 1990". Eurovision.tv. http://www.eurovision.tv/event/scoreboard?event=304.