| Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1957 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS) | |||
| Country |  Netherlands | |||
| Selection process | Het Eurovisie Song Festival – Nationale finale | |||
| Selection date | 3 February 1957 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Net als toen" | |||
| Artist | Corry Brokken | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 31 votes | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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The Netherlands was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1957 with the song "Net als toen", composed by Guus Jansen, with lyrics by Willy van Hemert, and performed byCorry Brokken. The Dutch participating broadcaster,Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), selected its entry through a national final. Brokken had been one of the two representatives of theNetherlands in 1956. "Net als toen" would go on to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Like theprevious year,Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS) held a national final titledHet Eurovisie Song Festival – Nationale finale with eight songs competing.[1] Initial plans foresaw ten competing entries: In late 1956, NTS asked five composers to submit songs for its national final:Jelle de Vries [nl],Pi Scheffer [nl],Melle Weersma, Johnny Steggerda, and Jaap Streefkerk.[2] In addition, the Dutch songwriters associationVereniging van woord- en toondichters der lichte muziek (WTL) held an open selection among its members to submit another five entries.[2][3][4] A total of 140 songs were submitted to WTL.[5] NTS rejected most of the five songs selected by WTL so WTL chose to withdraw its participation altogether.[4][5] Therefore NTS decided to turn to composers Guus Jansen and Jan Mol and asked them to write additional entries.[6]
NTS held the national final at theAVRO Studios inHilversum on 3 February 1957 at 21:45CET (20:45UTC), with a duration of 45 minutes.[7][1][8][9] It was broadcast live on television by NTS, with a deferred broadcast at 23:15 CET on radioHilversum 2 byKRO.[7][1][10] The final was produced by Piet te Nuyl Jr. and directed by Ben Steggerda.[1] It was hosted byKarin Kraaykamp [nl].[11] The entries were sung byCorry Brokken, Hea Sury[a],John de Mol [nl], andMarcel Thielemans [nl].[1][8] The artists were accompanied by theMetropole Orkest under the musical direction ofDolf van der Linden.[1] The winner was chosen by postcard voting.[1] Viewers had until 10 February 1957 to send in their postcards, giving one vote for a particular song per postcard.[1]
A total of 17,433 postcards were received.[14] The winning song was announced by Piet te Nuyl Jr. on 16 February 1957 during AVRO'sWeekendshow on NTS.[7][15][14] The winner was the song "Net als toen" written by Guus Jansen (music) andWilly van Hemert (lyrics), and sung by Corry Brokken.[14]
Corry Brokken, who had been one of the two representatives of the Netherlands in 1956, was the clear winner of the national final, as her entries finished first and second.[16]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Composer | Lyricist | Votes | Place |
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| 1 | Marcel Thielemans [nl] | "Ik weet nog goed" | Pi Scheffer [nl] | Alexander Pola [nl] | 965 | 4 |
| 2 | Hea Sury[a] | "De bromtol" | Melle Weersma | Willy van Hemert | 532 | 7 |
| 3 | John de Mol [nl] | "Havanna is zo ver" | Jan Mol | Jan Mol | 814 | 6 |
| 4 | Corry Brokken | "De messenwerper"[b] | Pi Scheffer | Alexander Pola | 4,692 | 2 |
| 5 | Corry Brokken | "Net als toen" | Guus Jansen | Willy van Hemert | 6,927 | 1 |
| 6 | Marcel Thielemans | "Simpe sampe sompe" | Johnny Steggerda | Johnny Steggerda | 2,544 | 3 |
| 7 | Hea Sury | "Een liedje van niets" | Jelle de Vries [nl] | Jelle de Vries | 140 | 8 |
| 8 | John de Mol | "Hiep, hiep, hiep hoera" | Jan Mol | Jan Mol | 819 | 5 |
At the Eurovision Song Contest inFrankfurt, the Dutch entry was performed sixth on the night followingAustria and precedingGermany.[18] Corry Brokken was backed by violinistSem Nijveen [nl], who had a solo part in the arrangement byBert Paige [nl].[19][20] The Dutch conductor at the contest wasDolf van der Linden.[21] The Netherlands won the Eurovision Song Contest, having been in the lead from the first vote.[22] At the close of voting, the Dutch entry had received 31 votes.[23] It also received at least one vote from every other country.[24] For Corry Brokken, the victory was the start of an international career.[11]
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was broadcast on Dutch television by NTS with commentary by Piet te Nuyl Jr.[25]
Each participating broadcaster assembled a ten-member jury panel.[26] Every jury member could give one vote to his or her favourite song.[26] The Dutch jury was composed of viewers who had participated in the national final postcard voting and given their vote to the winning song.[7] The jury members were five women (G.M. van Tienhoven, A. Kop, M. Tuynstra, D. Schuyers, E. Dam) and five men (Th. de Leede, Mr Hovens, F. Dickman, J. van Onnen, H. Hettinga).[14] Siebe van der Zee acted as jury president and spokesperson.[27]
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