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| Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1981 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) | |||
| Country |  Netherlands | |||
| Selection process | Nationaal Songfestival 1981 | |||
| Selection date | 11 March 1981 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Het is een wonder" | |||
| Artist | Linda Williams | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 51 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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The Netherlands was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Het is een wonder", composed by Cees de Wit, with lyrics by Bart van de Laar, and performed byLinda Williams. The Dutch participating broadcaster,Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final.
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Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) held the national final at the Theater Zuidplein inRotterdam, hosted by Fred Oster and Elles Berger. Five acts took part performing two songs each and voting was by 12 regional juries, who each had 10 points to divide between the songs. Previous Dutch entrantBen Cramer (1973) and future representativeMaribelle (1984) were among the acts taking part. "Het is een wonder" was the only song to receive votes from every jury and emerged the winner by a 7-point margin.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Lucy Steymel | "Een nieuw begin" | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | Lucy Steymel | "Stap voor stap" | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | Maribelle | "Marionette" | 27 | 2 |
| 4 | Maribelle | "Fantasie" | 23 | 3 |
| 5 | Ben Cramer | "Retour" | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Ben Cramer | "Marianne" | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | The Familee | "Sim sa la bim" | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | The Familee | "Festival" | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | Linda Williams | "Het is een wonder" | 34 | 1 |
| 10 | Linda Williams | "Zo is het leven" | 6 | 7 |
On the night of the final Williams performed 11th in the running order, followingSpain and precedingIreland. At the close of voting "Het is een wonder" had received 51 points from 12 countries, placing the Netherlands 9th of the 20 entries.[1] The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners theUnited Kingdom.[2]
The Dutch conductor at the contest wasRogier van Otterloo.[citation needed]
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