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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).
Map showing each country's number of Eurovision wins up to and including 2024. [N 2] The first repeat winner was the Netherlands, completed in 1959. France was the first country to win three times (completed in 1962), four times (completed in 1969), and five times (completed in 1977).
Macrooy's re-appointment as the Dutch representative was announced on 18 March 2020, while the song was presented to the public during a special live broadcast on 4 March 2021. As the host country, the Netherlands qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
The Netherlands was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2024. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 16, " Europapa " was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 11 May.
It was later revealed that the Netherlands placed first out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 280 points. In the final, the Netherlands placed first out of the 26 participating countries, winning the contest with 498 points. This was the Netherlands' fifth win in the Eurovision Song Contest, having last won in 1975.
Portmeirion in Gwynedd and the Comfort Town in Kyiv also featured in the Dutch postcard. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten ...
The discography of the Eurovision Song Contest winners includes all the winning singles of the annual competition held since 1956. As of 2024, 71 songs have won the competition, including four entries which were declared joint winners in 1969.
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 ...