The Netherlands has been represented at theEurovision Song Contest 65 times since making its debut as one of the seven countries at the first contest in1956. The country has missed only four contests, twice because the dates coincided withRemembrance of the Dead (1985 and 1991), and twice because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year (1995 and 2002). It has missed the final despite qualifying once, in 2024, due to the alleged personal conduct of its entrant which led to disqualification. The current Dutch participating broadcaster in the contest isAVROTROS. The Netherlands has hosted the contest five times: inHilversum (1958),Amsterdam (1970),The Hague (1976 and1980), andRotterdam (2021).
After the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, the Netherlands failed to reach the final for eight years in a row from 2005 to 2012, but has since participated in nine of the last 12 finals.
The Netherlands was one of seven countries competing in the inaugural 1956 contest. NTS presented theNationaal Songfestival to select its entries to the contest.Corry Brokken andJetty Paerl finished top two and qualified to Lugano. After a year, success came fast as "Net als toen" from Brokken won the1957 contest inFrankfurt, receiving points from every single country. Sem Nijveen provided the violin solo. As a result, NTS hosted the1958 contest inHilversum. Brokken's "Heel de wereld" received the first point from the first voting country, Switzerland, but it turned out to be the only point for her and finished tied ninth and last. Hosting and finishing last would not be repeated until Portugal in2018; Austria in2015 scored zero points alongside Germany but finished second last due to tie-breaking rules. In1959 in Cannes, the Netherlands was represented byTeddy Scholten with "Een beetje", a song about being unfaithful in a relationship. TheUnited Kingdom led the voting, beforeItaly sent seven points and France sent four more for another Dutch victory.
Rudi Carrell andAnnie Palmen won the national final with "Wat een geluk" in 1960 before Carrell was selected forthe night but the song finished 12th (second last).Greetje Kauffeld failed to win three selections before being internally selected in1961 withWat een dag, which finished tied tenth.De Spelbrekers won with "Katinka". This song is in the distinguished list for finishing last with 0 points but still being the more-remembered entries in the Netherlands from the Dark Age. In 1963, The members of the orchestra went on strike, which made the televised selection impossible. Palmen performed three songs for juries before "Geen ander", later renamed "Een speeldoos" was selected. The song once again finished tied last with zero points. Dutch-IndonesianAnneke Grönloh with "Jij bent mijn leven" finished tied tenth in 1964. The1965 Nationaal Songfestival had five semi-finals to select the song for each entrant. It was hosted by Teddy Scholten.Conny Vandenbos won with "'t Is genoeg". Norway was the only country to give any points, the maximum 5 points, making the Netherlands finish 11th.Milly Scott was the first black performer to participate in1966,Ireland and theUnited Kingdom both gave "Fernando en Filippo" 1 point, having the Netherlands finish 15th.Harmelen hosted the 1967 selection. WinnerThérèse Steinmetz finished 14th with "Ring-dinge-ding". In1968, the Netherlands finished last again with "Morgen" fromRonnie Tober.
The1969 Nationaal Songfestival brought Europe together by asking every single participating country in1969 to vote with the Dutch juries. Conny Vink's "De toeteraar" was beaten byLenny Kuhr's "De troubadour". Dolf van der Linden refused to go toMadrid and the song was conducted by Frans de Kok. The last two countries brought the Netherlands,France, theUnited Kingdom, andSpain tied in first place with 18 points. Because there was no tie-breaking rule in place at the time, all 4 countries were announced as winners, which led to multiple countries withdrawing in 1970. The Netherlands beat France in coin-toss to host the1970 contest inRAI Amsterdam.Hearts of Soul finished 7th with "Waterman".Saskia and Serge finished second in 1970 national final before being internally selected for1971. The ballad "Tijd" finished tied sixth that night. It was the last song Dolf van der Linden conducted after 13 songs were conducted by him, of which two victories.Sandra andAndres's "Als het om de liefde gaat" was the first entry where the audience clapped along. The Netherlands finished fourth, one point behind Germany. After "De oude muzikant" fromBen Cramer finished 14th in1973, the country sentMouth and MacNeal with "I See a Star". Atthe contest, they had to faceABBA, former winnerGigliola Cinquetti andOlivia Newton-John before eventually finishing third.Teach In with "Ding-a-dong" won the1975 Nationaal Songfestival, which was the first time since 1970 that the singers weren't internally selected. The song received six twelve points, winning the contest for the fourth time, being the first song to win while opening the contest.
The Hague hosted the 1976 contest inCongresgebouw with former winner Corry Brokken presenting the show.Sandra Reemer returned with "The Party's Over" finishing 9th. The country slumped to three non top-tens after, "De mallemolen" with Heddy Lester, 12th, "'t Is OK" with Harmony, 13th, and Xandra, the pseudonym of Sandra Reemer, with "Colorado", finishing 12th. The Congresgebouw returned to host the1980 contest after Israel declined hosting after winning twice in a row and withdrew, because the date of the contest coincided with theirRemembrance Day.Rogier van Otterloo made a debut as a conductor. Maggie MacNeal entered with the song "Amsterdam". The song would be the last internally selected song until 2013. "Amsterdam" led the voting after first three twelve points from four countries. The song later slipped to fifth. Linda Williams went to the1981 contest with "Het is een wonder", finishing 9th. A year later,The Millionaires's "Fantasie eiland" controversially missed the ticket because expert juries sentBill van Dijk with "Jij en ik". The English trioTight Fit covered the song asFantasy Island, which became a top 5 hit in the UK. Germany's five points led "Jij en ik" to finished third last. The1983 Nationaal Songfestival is also seen as dramatic.Vulcano's "Een beetje van dit" tied withBernadette's "Sing Me a Song" before the last set of the jury votes gave Bernadette one point and Vulcano none, which sent her to Munich. The Netherlands finished 7th. After almost winning the Nationaal Songfestival in 1981,Maribelle represented the country in 1984 with "Ik hou van jou". The entry finished 13th, preceding the first ever Dutch withdrawal in 1985 due to theRemembrance of the Dead.
Girl groupFrizzle Sizzle were the Dutch entry in 1986 with "Alles heeft ritme", which again finished 13th. At the1987 Nationaal Songfestival,Marcha performed all six competing songs, and "Rechtop in de wind" was selected. Marcha finished joint fifth, the Netherlands's first top five result since 1980. The song was the last conducted by van Otterloo before his death from cancer. In 1988,Gerard Joling was internally selected as the Dutch representative, and "Shangri-La" was later selected as the Dutch entry. The song finished ninth. Justine Pelmelay, a backing singer for "Shangri-La", won the selection in 1989 with the song "Blijf zoals je bent", which finished 15th. In 1990, The country was represented by sistersMaywood with the power ballad "Ik wil alles met je delen", again finishing 15th. As the contest was held on 4 May 1991, the Netherlands decided against participating due to theRemembrance of the Dead. Humphrey Campbell won the 1992 selection with "Wijs me de weg", which finished ninth. In 1993 and 1994, NOS opted to internally select the artist, and used the Nationaal Songfestival to select the song. In 1993,Ruth Jacott was selected as the artist, and "Vrede" was selected as the entry, finishing sixth. In 1994,Willeke Alberti was selected with the song "Waar is de zon?". The song placed 23rd with four points, and the Netherlands were relegated from the 1995 contest.
Nationaal Songfestival returned in 1996 with five semi-finals to select a song for each singer. Maxine and Franklin Brown represented the country with "De eerste keer". The song finished seventh, after an error.Dick Bakker, co-writer of "Ding-a-dong", made his debut as a conductor. In 1997, Mrs. Einstein, which the German television jokingly announced asthe Dutch Spice Grandmothers, represented the Netherlands with "Niemand heeft nog tijd" finishing tied 22nd with five points. The highest-scoring entry that period wasEdsilia Rombley's "Hemel en aarde": it even led the voting for some time. It was the last time the Netherlands was leader of the scoreboard until 2014. The song finished fourth, the Netherlands's best result since 1975.Marlayne won the Dutch final in 1999. She came joint 8th with the song "One Good Reason". In 2000, the song "No Goodbyes", sung byLinda Wagenmakers, placed 13th. In 2001,Michelle and her song "Out on My Own" finished 18th, and the Netherlands was not allowed to participate in 2002 due to poor results.Esther Hart won the national final in 2003 with the same writing team as 1999. Esther finished in 13th place. The country sent the male duoRe-union in 2004 with the song "Without You" and qualified for the final. They placed 20th with 11 points.
In 2005,Glennis Grace's "My Impossible Dream" failed to reach the grand final.Treble also did not qualify a year later, with their song "Amambanda". In 2007, Rombley returned with her song "On Top of the World". She could not repeat her 1998 success and failed to qualify. In 2008,Hind participated with the song "Your Heart Belongs to Me": she too failed to qualify. In 2009,De Toppers's "Shine" failed to qualify. The year after,Sieneke was selected through a national final with "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)" sung in Dutch - she also failed to qualify. The3JS had the lowest score of all participants in the2011 contest, and in2012,Joan Franka failed to qualify as well. The Netherlands missed out on the final eight years in a row, making it the country with the longest period of non-qualification in the contest.
2013–present: Qualification streaks and fifth victory
The string of consecutive non-qualifications of much of the 2000s and early 2010s led the Dutch broadcasters to re-think their strategy, which led to the internal selection of rock singerAnouk in 2013. Anouk chose the song "Birds" and the background singers herself and went on to break the Netherlands' long non-qualification streak, subsequently giving the country its first top 10 placing since 1999. The following years, the Dutch Eurovision committee continued to choose its artists internally. In 2014,The Common Linnets (consisting of singersIlse DeLange andWaylon) with "Calm After the Storm" won their semi-final and finished second overall. After a non-qualification withTrijntje Oosterhuis in 2015, the Dutch recorded four consecutive qualifications withDouwe Bob andOG3NE both finishing in 11th place in their respective appearances, and returning singer Waylon placing 18th.Duncan Laurence brought the country its fifth overall victory and first in 44 years with his song "Arcade".
As the host entrant in 2021,Jeangu Macrooy with "Birth of a New Age" was pre-qualified for the final, eventually finishing in 23rd place with 11 points, marking the fifth time since 2015 that the host country ranked in the bottom five. Macrooy was previously chosen to represent the country in the later-cancelled 2020 edition with "Grow". In 2022,S10 represented the country with "De diepte", the first Dutch-language entry since 2010, and finished in 11th place in the final. This qualification streak was ended the following year, whenMia Nicolai andDion Cooper failed to advance from the semi-finals. In 2024,Joost Klein qualified from the semi-finals, but was disqualified prior to the final due to an incident involving him and a production staff member of the contest.Claude finished 12th in the final in 2025.
The Netherlands has missed only four contests in its Eurovision history. The country was absent in1985 and1991 due to the date of both contests coinciding with the DutchRemembrance of the Dead,[2][3] and in1995 and2002 due to relegation as a result of the country's poor results in the previous year.
The Netherlands did compete in2000, but the broadcast of that year's Eurovision final onNederland 2 was halted an hour after it commenced asan explosion in a fireworks factory destroyed parts of a suburb in Enschede a few hours before.[4] The points awarded by the Netherlands were taken from the back-up jury vote, as there was no televote after the program was cut short.
In addition to the contest proper, the Netherlands hostedEurovision: Europe Shine a Light, a special non-competitive programme to replace the cancelled 2020 contest. The show was broadcast on 16 May 2020 fromHilversum'sStudio 21, with Sietse Bakker serving as executive producer, and Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley, and Jan Smit serving as presenters.[13][14][15]
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.[23]
Over the years Dutch commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, includingWillem Duys,Ivo Niehe,Pim Jacobs, Ati Dijckmeester, andPaul de Leeuw.Willem van Beusekom provided NOS commentary every year from 1987 until 2005 (with the exceptions of 1991 and 1995).[28][29] He was replaced by his co-commentatorCornald Maas, who commentated on the contest from 2004 until 2010.
On 29 June 2010, Maas was sacked as commentator after posting insults on Twitter aboutSieneke,Joran van der Sloot and theParty for Freedom (PVV).[30] After this, DJDaniël Dekker, who had been commentating next to Maas, took over together withJan Smit. In 2014, Maas returned, now himself replacing Dekker, as commentator together with Smit.Sander Lantinga replaced Smit for 2021 due to Smit hosting the main contest.[31] In 2024, Smit stepped down as commentator and was replaced byJacqueline Govaert.[32]
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^abThe 2024 entry qualified for the final, but was removed from the competition following a backstage incident during the semi-final. The Netherlands retained the right to vote in the final.
^Monteiro was a replacement forDuncan Laurence, who was absent due to testing positive for COVID-19.
^Following the disqualification of the Dutch entry from the final, De Jager withdrew from her role, and AVROTROS chose not to replace her with a different spokesperson.Martin Österdahl, the contest's executive supervisor, announced the Dutch points instead.
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