Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
Netherlands
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Member station

NTS (1956-1969)

NOS (1970-2009)[1]
TROS (2010-)[1]
National selection events Nationaal Songfestival
Appearances
Appearances 52
First appearance 1956
Best result 1st: 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975
Worst result Last: 1956, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1968, SF 2011
External links
NOS page
Netherlands's page at Eurovision.tv

The Netherlands was one of the seven countries competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. It has missed only four contests so far. The preselection process is done through the Nationaal Songfestival with the winner qualifying to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest.

With four victories the Netherlands ranks in the top 10 most successful Eurovision countries. Nevertheless the latest victory was in 1975 and has had mixed success since, with roughly half of the songs placing in the Top-10 as well as outside it. Notable high placings in the 1980s and 1990s were credited to Bernadette, Marcha, Gerard Joling, Humphrey Campbell, Ruth Jacott and Edsilia Rombley, who all placed in the Top-10 and were picked as favorites to win before their respective Contests.

The last time the Netherlands was in the final was in the 2004 contest, the country having failed since (seven years in a row) to qualify from the semi-final round. This is a Eurovision record. The Netherlands is currently ranked 11th in the list of countries with most points awarded through the years.

The Netherlands has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest four times: in 1958, 1970, 1976 and 1980. The first three times was after winning the previous year, while the 1980 contest was when Israel could not organise is for a second time in two years. For the same reason the Netherlands declined the right to organise the 1960 contest.

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Absences

The Netherlands has missed only four contests in its Eurovision history. The first of these was at the 1985 contest, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The contest, held on 4 May conflicted with the Dutch Remembrance of the Dead and as such the Netherlands withdrew.[2]

In 1991 the contest was again held on 4 May, and so the Netherlands withdrew for the same reasons as in 1985.[3]

The 1995 and 2002 contest were also missed. However this was because the Netherlands scored poorly the previous years, 23rd in 1994 and 19th in 2001.

The Netherlands did compete in the 2000. But at 10:00pm Dutch time the broadcasting was cancelled because of the Enschede fireworks disaster which happened a few hours before.[4]

Contestants

Corry Brokken at Hilversum (1958)
Conny Vandenbos at Naples (1965)
Glennis Grace at Kiev (2005)
Edsilia Rombley at Helsinki (2007)
Hind at Belgrade (2008)
Sieneke at Bærum, Oslo (2010)
Year Artist Song Final Points Semi Points
1956 Jetty Paerl "De vogels van Holland" 14 [5] -
1956 Corry Brokken "Voorgoed voorbij" 7[6] -
1957 Corry Brokken "Net als toen" 1 31
1958 Corry Brokken "Heel de wereld" 9 1
1959 Teddy Scholten "Een beetje" 1 21
1960 Rudi Carrell "Wat een geluk" 12 2
1961 Greetje Kauffeld "Wat een dag" 10 6
1962 De Spelbrekers "Katinka" 13 0
1963 Annie Palmen "Een speeldoos" 13 0
1964 Anneke Grönloh "Jij bent mijn leven" 10 2
1965 Conny Vandenbos "'t Is genoeg" 11 5
1966 Milly Scott "Fernando en Filippo" 15 2
1967 Thérèse Steinmetz "Ring-dinge-ding" 14 2
1968 Ronnie Tober "Morgen" 16 1
1969 Lenny Kuhr "De troubadour" 1 18
1970 Hearts of Soul "Waterman" 7 7
1971 Saskia & Serge "Tijd" 6 85
1972 Sandra & Andres "Als het om de liefde gaat" 4 106
1973 Ben Cramer "De oude muzikant" 14 69
1974 Mouth & MacNeal "I See A Star" 3 15
1975 Teach-In "Ding-A-Dong" 1 152
1976 Sandra Reemer "The Party's Over" 9 56
1977 Heddy Lester "De mallemolen" 12 35
1978 Harmony "'t Is OK" 13 37
1979 Xandra "Colorado" 12 51
1980 Maggie MacNeal "Amsterdam" 5 93
1981 Linda Williams "Het is een wonder" 9 51
1982 Bill van Dijk "Jij en ik" 16 8
1983 Bernadette "Sing Me a Song" 7 66
1984 Maribelle "Ik hou van jou" 13 34
1986 Frizzle Sizzle "Alles heeft ritme" 13 40
1987 Marcha "Rechtop in de wind" 5 83
1988 Gerard Joling "Shangri-La" 9 70
1989 Justine Pelmelay "Blijf zoals je bent" 15 45
1990 Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" 15 25
1992 Humphrey Campbell "Wijs me de weg" 9 67
1993 Ruth Jacott "Vrede" 6 92
1994 Willeke Alberti "Waar is de zon?" 23 4
1996 Maxine & Franklin Brown "De eerste keer" 7 78
1997 Mrs. Einstein "Niemand heeft nog tijd" 22 5
1998 Edsilia Rombley "Hemel en aarde" 4 150
1999 Marlayne "One Good Reason" 8 71
2000 Linda Wagenmakers "No Goodbyes" 13 40
2001 Michelle "Out On My Own" 18 16
2003 Esther Hart "One More Night" 13 45
2004 Re-Union "Without You" 20 11 6 146
2005 Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" X X 14 53
2006 Treble "Amambanda" X X 20 23
2007 Edsilia Rombley "On Top of the World" X X 21 38
2008 Hind "Your Heart Belongs to Me" X X 13 27
2009 De Toppers "Shine" X X 17 11
2010 Sieneke "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)" X X 14 29
2011 3JS "Never Alone" X X 19 13
2012[7]

Voting history

Sandra Reemer with the dress she wore in 1979

All time

The Netherlands has given the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1  France 153
2  United Kingdom 150
3  Ireland 144
4  Germany 141
5  Switzerland 127

The Netherlands has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1  France 116
2  Israel 106
3  Ireland 104
4  Belgium 102
5  Germany 100

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.

1975-2011

The Netherlands has given the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1  Turkey 124
2  Germany 123
3  Ireland 118
4  France 113
5  Israel 104

The Netherlands has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1  Israel 103
2  Belgium 83
2  Ireland 83
3  France 82
4  Germany 80
5  Spain 79

NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.

Since introducing the semi-finals in 2004

The Netherlands has given the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1  Turkey 103
2  Armenia 83
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 75
4  Greece 60
5  Israel 55
6  Denmark 53
7  Belgium 42
8  Norway 39
9  Serbia 36
10  Sweden 32

The Netherlands has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1  Belgium 54
2  Malta 23
 Denmark 23
3  Andorra 19
 Ireland 19
4  Israel 18
5  Monaco 16
6  Norway 13
7  Albania 12
 Turkey 12

NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals.

The Netherlands has given no points to...

Country
 Belarus
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 Monaco
 Montenegro
 San Marino
 Slovakia
 Switzerland

NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals.

The Netherlands has received no points from...

Country
 Czech Republic
 France
 Italy
 Moldova
 Montenegro
 Poland
 Russia
 Serbia
 Slovakia

NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals.

Hostings

The 1958 scoreboard
Year Location Venue Presenter
1958 Netherlands Hilversum AVRO Studio Hannie Lips
1970 Netherlands Amsterdam Congrescentrum Willy Dobbe
1976 Netherlands The Hague Congresgebouw Corry Brokken
1980 Netherlands The Hague Congresgebouw Marlous Fluitsma

Commentators

Over the years NOS/TROS commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, including Willem Duys, Ivo Niehe, Pim Jacobs, Ati Dijckmeester and Paul de Leeuw. However Willem van Beusekom provided NOS TV commentary every year from 1987 until 2005. [8] However on November 7, 2005 it was announced that Van Beusekom would quit his role as Dutch commentator saying "It's good to step back".[9] He was replaced by his co-commentator Cornald Maas who commentated on the contest from 2004 until 2010. On June 29, 2010 Maas got sacked as commentator after putting insults on Twitter about Sieneke, Joran van der Sloot and the Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV).[10]

The current Dutch Commentators are Daniël Dekker and Jan Smit.

Year(s) Commentators
1956-1957 Piet te Nuyl
1958 Siebe van der Zee
1959-1961 Piet te Nuyl
1962-1963 Willem Duys
1964 Ageeth Scherphuis
1965-1966 Teddy Scholten
1967 Leo Nelissen
1968 Elles Berger
1969-1973 Pim Jacobs
1974-1976 Willem Duys
1977 Ati Dijckmeester
1978-1979 Willem Duys
1980-1982 Pim Jacobs
1983 Willem Duys
1984 Ivo Niehe
1985 Gerrit den Braber
1986 Leo van der Goot
1987-1994 Willem van Beusekom
1995 Paul de Leeuw
1996-2003 Willem van Beusekom
2004-2005 Willem van Beusekom
Cornald Maas
2006-2007 Cornald Maas
Paul de Leeuw
2008-2009 Cornald Maas
2010 Daniël Dekker
Cornald Maas
2011 Daniël Dekker
Jan Smit

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