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The Netherlands has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since making its debut as one of the seven countries at the first contest in 1956.The country has missed only four contests, twice because the dates coincided with Remembrance of the Dead (1985 and 1991), and twice because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year (1995 and 2002).
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
In May 2024, a campaign was started by record label Coco & Cwtsh – to which Cân i Gymru winner Sara Davies is signed – for Wales to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest; however, as in other Eurovision events, this can only happen if the BBC renounces to its right to represent the United Kingdom as a whole. [23]
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024; B. Willem van Beusekom; D. Daniël Dekker; N. Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 This page was ...
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Ding-a-dong", composed by Dick Bakker, with lyrics by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens, and performed by six-member group Teach-In. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final. The entry ...
This was the Netherlands' third Eurovision victory and brought to an end a dreadful run in which the country had failed to place higher than 10th since 1959. [2] The Dutch conductor at the contest was Frans de Kok. The Netherlands later won the right to host the 1970 contest after lots were drawn by two of the four winning nations.
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the song "Fernando en Filippo", composed by Kees de Bruyn, with lyrics by Gerrit den Braber, and performed by Milly Scott. The Dutch participating Broadcaster, Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), selected its entry through a national final. Scott became the first black ...
The winner was again chosen by postcard voting, however, this time, only the top four entries were announced. Corry Brokken, who was already one of the two Dutch representatives in the 1956 Eurovision Song Contest, was the clear winner of the national final, as her entries finished first and second. Marcel Thielemans finished third and fourth ...