![]() ![]() 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. Greetje Kauffeld failed to win three selections before being internally selected in 1961 with Wat een dag, which finished tied tenth. Rudi Carrell and Annie Palmen won the national final with " Wat een geluk" in 1960 before Carrell was selected for the night but the song finished 12th (second last). The UK led the voting, before Italy sent seven points and France sent four more for another Dutch victory. In 1959 in Cannes, the Netherlands was represented by Teddy Scholten with " Een beetje", a song about being unfaithful in a relationship. Hosting and finishing last would not be repeated until Portugal in 2018 Austria in 2015 scored zero points alongside Germany but finished second last due to tie-breaking rules. 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. As a result, NTS hosted the 1958 contest in Hilversum. After a year, success came fast as " Net als toen" from Brokken won the 1957 contest in Frankfurt, receiving points from every single country. Corry Brokken and Jetty Paerl finished top two and qualified to Lugano. NTS presented the Nationaal Songfestival to select Dutch entries to the contest. The Netherlands was one of seven countries competing in the inaugural 1956 contest. It has finished last in 1958, 1962, 1963, 1968, and in the second semi-final in 2011.Īfter 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 reached eight of the last nine finals. The country's other top five results are Sandra and Andres fourth ( 1972), Mouth and MacNeal third ( 1974), Maggie MacNeal fifth ( 1980), Marcha fifth ( 1987), Edsilia Rombley fourth ( 1998), and second with The Common Linnets ( 2014). ![]() The Netherlands has won the contest five times, with Corry Brokken ( 1957), Teddy Scholten ( 1959), Lenny Kuhr in a four-way tie ( 1969), Teach-In ( 1975) and Duncan Laurence ( 2019). The Netherlands hosted the contest in Hilversum ( 1958), Amsterdam ( 1970), twice in The Hague ( 19) and Rotterdam ( 2020, 2021). The country has missed only four contests, twice because the dates coincided with Remembrance of the Dead (1985, 1991) and twice because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year (19). The Netherlands has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut as one of the seven countries at the first contest in 1956. ![]() Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 ![]()
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