Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

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The Netherlands has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 65 times since making its debut as one of the seven countries at the first contest in Template:Escyr. 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). 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 is AVROTROS. The Netherlands has hosted the contest five times: in Hilversum (Template:Escyr), Amsterdam (Template:Escyr), The Hague (Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr), and Rotterdam (Template:Escyr).

The Netherlands has won the contest five times, with "Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Corry Brokken (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Teddy Scholten (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Lenny Kuhr in a four-way tie (Template:Escyr), "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In (Template:Escyr), and "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence (Template:Escyr). The country's other top five results are "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Sandra and Andres fourth (Template:Escyr), "I See a Star" by Mouth and MacNeal third (Template:Escyr), "Amsterdam" by Maggie MacNeal fifth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Marcha fifth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Edsilia Rombley fourth (Template:Escyr), and "Calm After the Storm" by The Common Linnets second (Template:Escyr). It finished last in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, and in the second semi-final in Template:Escyr.

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.

History

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Lang". (NTS) was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It participated in the contest representing the Netherlands since its Template:Escyr in 1956. NTS was succeeded as participating broadcaster by Script error: No such module "Lang". (NOS) between 1970 and 2009, and Script error: No such module "Lang". (TROS) between 2010 and 2013. Since 2014, AVROTROS is the participating broadcaster representing the Netherlands.

1956–1959: Quick success

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The Template:Escyr scoreboard

The Netherlands was one of seven countries competing in the inaugural 1956 contest. NTS presented the Nationaal Songfestival to select its entries to the contest. Corry Brokken and Jetty Paerl finished top two and qualified to Lugano. After a year, success came fast as "Net als toen" from Brokken won the Template:Escyr in Frankfurt, receiving points from every single country. Sem Nijveen provided the violin solo. As a result, NTS hosted the Template:Escyr in Hilversum. 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 in Template:Escyr; Austria in Template:Escyr scored zero points alongside Germany but finished second last due to tie-breaking rules. In Template:Escyr in Cannes, the Netherlands was represented by Teddy Scholten with "Een beetje", a song about being unfaithful in a relationship. The Template:Esccnty led the voting, before Template:Esccnty sent seven points and France sent four more for another Dutch victory.

1960–1968: Dark age

Rudi Carrell and Annie Palmen won the national final with "Wat een geluk" in 1960 before Carrell was selected for Template:Escyr but the song finished 12th (second last). Greetje Kauffeld failed to win three selections before being internally selected in Template:Escyr with Wat 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-Indonesian Anneke Grönloh with "Jij bent mijn leven" finished tied tenth in 1964. The Template:Esccnty 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 in Template:Escyr, Template:Esccnty and the Template:Esccnty both gave "Fernando en Filippo" 1 point, having the Netherlands finish 15th. Harmelen hosted the 1967 selection. Winner Thérèse Steinmetz finished 14th with "Ring-dinge-ding". In Template:Escyr, the Netherlands finished last again with "Morgen" from Ronnie Tober.

1969–1975: From Lenny Kuhr to Teach-In

The Template:Esccnty brought Europe together by asking every single participating country in Template:Escyr to vote with the Dutch juries. Conny Vink's "De toeteraar" was beaten by Lenny Kuhr's "De troubadour". Dolf van der Linden refused to go to Madrid and the song was conducted by Frans de Kok. The last two countries brought the Netherlands, Template:Esccnty, the Template:Esccnty, and Template:Esccnty 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 the Template:Escyr in RAI Amsterdam. Hearts of Soul finished 7th with "Waterman". Saskia and Serge finished second in 1970 national final before being internally selected for Template:Escyr. 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 and Andres'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" from Ben Cramer finished 14th in Template:Escyr, the country sent Mouth and MacNeal with "I See a Star". At Template:Escyr, they had to face ABBA, former winner Gigliola Cinquetti and Olivia Newton-John before eventually finishing third. Teach In with "Ding-a-dong" won the Template:Esccnty, 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.

1976–1985: Multiple hostings

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Sandra Reemer with the outfit she wore in Template:Escyr

The Hague hosted the 1976 contest in Congresgebouw 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 the Template:Escyr after Israel declined hosting after winning twice in a row and withdrew, because the date of the contest coincided with their Remembrance 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 the Template:Escyr with "Het is een wonder", finishing 9th. A year later, The Millionaires's "Fantasie eiland" controversially missed the ticket because expert juries sent Bill van Dijk with "Jij en ik". The English trio Tight Fit covered the song as Fantasy Island, which became a top 5 hit in the UK. Germany's five points led "Jij en ik" to finished third last. The Template:Esccnty is also seen as dramatic. Vulcano's "Een beetje van dit" tied with Bernadette'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 the Remembrance of the Dead.

1986–1995: Mixed results leading to relegation

Girl group Frizzle Sizzle were the Dutch entry in 1986 with "Script error: No such module "Lang".", which again finished 13th. At the Template:Esccnty, Marcha performed all six competing songs, and "Script error: No such module "Lang"." 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 "Script error: No such module "Lang".", which finished 15th. In 1990, The country was represented by sisters Maywood with the power ballad "Script error: No such module "Lang".", again finishing 15th. As the contest was held on 4 May 1991, the Netherlands decided against participating due to the Remembrance of the Dead. Humphrey Campbell won the 1992 selection with "Script error: No such module "Lang".", 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 "Script error: No such module "Lang"." was selected as the entry, finishing sixth. In 1994, Willeke Alberti was selected with the song "Script error: No such module "Lang".". The song placed 23rd with four points, and the Netherlands were relegated from the 1995 contest.

1996–2004: A decade of good results

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 as the Dutch Spice Grandmothers, represented the Netherlands with "Niemand heeft nog tijd" finishing tied 22nd with five points. The highest-scoring entry that period was Edsilia 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 by Linda 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 duo Re-union in 2004 with the song "Without You" and qualified for the final. They placed 20th with 11 points.

2005–2012: Non-qualification streak

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. The 3JS had the lowest score of all participants in the Template:Escyr contest, and in Template:Escyr, 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 singer Anouk 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 singers Ilse DeLange and Waylon) with "Calm After the Storm" won their semi-final and finished second overall. After a non-qualification with Trijntje Oosterhuis in 2015, the Dutch recorded four consecutive qualifications with Douwe Bob and OG3NE 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, when Mia Nicolai and Dion 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.

Non-participation

The Netherlands has missed only four contests in its Eurovision history. The country was absent in Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr due to the date of both contests coinciding with the Dutch Remembrance of the Dead,[1][2] and in Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr due to relegation as a result of the country's poor results in the previous year.

The Netherlands did compete in Template:Escyr, but the broadcast of that year's Eurovision final on Script error: No such module "Lang". was halted an hour after it commenced as an explosion in a fireworks factory destroyed parts of a suburb in Enschede a few hours before.[3] 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.

Participation overview

Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
◁ Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
◊ Entry disqualified during the contest
† Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
Template:Escyr Jetty Paerl "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch rowspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn rowspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn rowspan="36" colspan="2" Template:N/A
Corry Brokken "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch
Template:Escyr Corry Brokken "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 1 31
Template:Escyr Corry Brokken "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 9 ◁ 1
Template:Escyr Teddy Scholten "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 1 21
Template:Escyr Rudi Carrell "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 12 2
Template:Escyr Greetje Kauffeld "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 10 6
Template:Escyr De Spelbrekers "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 13 ◁ 0
Template:Escyr Annie Palmen "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 13 ◁ 0
Template:Escyr Anneke Grönloh "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 10 2
Template:Escyr Conny Vandenbos "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 11 5
Template:Escyr Milly Scott "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 15 2
Template:Escyr Thérèse Steinmetz "Ringe-dinge" Dutch 14 2
Template:Escyr Ronnie Tober "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 16 ◁ 1
Template:Escyr Lenny Kuhr "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 1 18
Template:Escyr Patricia and Hearts of Soul "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 7 7
Template:Escyr Saskia and Serge "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 6 85
Template:Escyr Sandra and Andres "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 4 106
Template:Escyr Ben Cramer "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 14 69
Template:Escyr Mouth and MacNeal "I See a Star" English 3 15
Template:Escyr Teach-In "Ding-a-dong" English 1 152
Template:Escyr Sandra Reemer "The Party Is Over Now" English 9 56
Template:Escyr Heddy Lester "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 12 35
Template:Escyr Harmony "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 13 37
Template:Escyr Xandra "Colorado" Dutch 12 51
Template:Escyr Maggie MacNeal "Amsterdam" Dutch 5 93
Template:Escyr Linda Williams "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 9 51
Template:Escyr Bill van Dijk "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 16 8
Template:Escyr Bernadette "Sing Me a Song" Dutch 7 66
Template:Escyr Maribelle "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 13 34
Template:Escyr Frizzle Sizzle "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 13 40
Template:Escyr Marcha "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 5 83
Template:Escyr Gerard Joling "Shangri-La" Dutch 9 70
Template:Escyr Justine Pelmelay "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 15 45
Template:Escyr Maywood "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 15 25
Template:Escyr Humphrey Campbell "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 9 67
Template:Escyr Ruth Jacott "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 6 92 colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Willeke Alberti "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 23 4 colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Maxine and Franklin Brown "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 7 78 9 63
Template:Escyr Mrs. Einstein "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 22 5 colspan="2" rowspan="6" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Edsilia "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 4 150
Template:Escyr Marlayne "One Good Reason" English 8 71
Template:Escyr Linda "No Goodbyes" English 13 40
Template:Escyr Michelle "Out on My Own" English 18 16
Template:Escyr Esther Hart "One More Night" English 13 45
Template:Escyr Re-union "Without You" English 20 11 6 146
Template:Escyr Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English colspan="2" rowspan="8" Template:N/A 14 53
Template:Escyr Treble "Amambanda" Imaginary, English 20 22
Template:Escyr Edsilia Rombley "On Top of the World" English 21 38
Template:Escyr Hind "Your Heart Belongs to Me" English 13 27
Template:Escyr The Toppers "Shine" English 17 11
Template:Escyr Sieneke "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 14 29
Template:Escyr 3JS "Never Alone" English 19 ◁ 13
Template:Escyr Joan Franka "You and Me" English 15 35
Template:Escyr Anouk "Birds" English 9 114 6 75
Template:Escyr The Common Linnets "Calm After the Storm" English 2 238 1 150
Template:Escyr Trijntje Oosterhuis "Walk Along" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 14 33
Template:Escyr Douwe Bob "Slow Down" English 11 153 5 197
Template:Escyr OG3NE "Lights and Shadows" English 11 150 4 200
Template:Escyr Waylon "Outlaw in 'Em" English 18 121 7 174
Template:Escyr Duncan Laurence "Arcade" English 1 498 1 280
Template:Escyr Jeangu Macrooy "Grow" English colspan="4" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn X
Template:Escyr Jeangu Macrooy "Birth of a New Age" English, Sranan Tongo 23 11 colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr S10 "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch 11 171 2 221
Template:Escyr Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper "Burning Daylight" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 13 7
Template:Escyr Joost Klein "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Dutch
DisqualifiedTemplate:Efn ◊
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Template:Escyr Claude "Script error: No such module "Lang"." French, English 12 175 3 121
Template:Escyr colspan="7" Template:TBA

Hostings

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Corry Brokken rehearsing for the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
Year Location Venue Executive producer Director Musical director Presenter(s) Ref.
Template:Escyr Hilversum AVRO Studios Piet te Nuyl Jr. Template:Ill Dolf van der Linden Hannie Lips [4]
Template:Escyr Amsterdam RAI Congrescentrum Warner van Kampen Template:Ill Willy Dobbe [5]
Template:Escyr The Hague Congresgebouw Template:Ill Template:Ill Corry Brokken [6]
Template:Escyr Rogier van Otterloo Marlous Fluitsma [7]
Template:Escyr Rotterdam Rotterdam Ahoy Template:Ill and Inge van de Weerd Marnix Kaart, Marc Pos and Template:Ill rowspan="2" Template:N/A Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit [8]
Template:Escyr Rotterdam Rotterdam Ahoy Sietse Bakker and Astrid Dutrénit Marnix Kaart, Marc Pos and Daniel Jelinek Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley, Jan Smit and Nikkie de Jager [9]

In addition to the contest proper, the Netherlands hosted Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, a special non-competitive programme to replace the cancelled 2020 contest. The show was broadcast on 16 May 2020 from Hilversum's Studio 21, with Sietse Bakker serving as executive producer, and Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley, and Jan Smit serving as presenters.[10][11][12]

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Year Category Song Composer(s) Performer Final Points Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr Artistic AwardTemplate:Efn "One More Night" Tjeerd van Zanen, Alan Michael Esther Hart 13 45 Template:Flagicon Riga
[13]
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Template:Escyr Artistic AwardTemplate:Efn "Calm After the Storm" Ilse DeLange, JB Meijers, Rob Crosby,
Matthew Crosby, Jake Etheridge 		The Common Linnets 2 238 Template:Flagicon Copenhagen
[14]
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Composer Award
[14]
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Template:Escyr Press Award "Arcade" Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy, Will Knox Duncan Laurence 1 498 Template:Flagicon Tel Aviv
[15]
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Barbara Dex Award

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Year Performer Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr Trijntje Oosterhuis Template:Flagicon Vienna
[16]
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Related involvement

Conductors

Year ConductorTemplate:Efn Notes Ref.
Template:Escyr Template:Flagicon Fernando Paggi Host conductorTemplate:Efn [17]
Template:Escyr Dolf van der Linden
Template:Escyr Template:Efn
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Template:Escyr Template:Flagicon Eric Robinson Host conductor
Template:Escyr Dolf van der Linden
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Template:Escyr Frans de Kok
Template:Escyr Dolf van der Linden Template:Efn [18]
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Template:Escyr Harry van Hoof
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Template:Escyr Rogier van Otterloo [19]
Template:Escyr Template:Efn
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Template:Escyr Piet Souer Template:Efn
Template:Escyr Rogier van Otterloo
Template:Escyr Harry van Hoof
Template:Escyr Rogier van Otterloo
Template:Escyr Harry van Hoof
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Template:Escyr Dick Bakker
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Heads of delegation

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.[20]

Year Head of delegation Ref.
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Lars Lourenco
[21][22]
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Template:Escyr Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen
[23]
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Template:Escyr Claudia van der Pas
[24]
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Commentators and spokespersons

Over the years Dutch commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, including Willem Duys, Ivo Niehe, Pim Jacobs, Ati Dijckmeester, and Paul de Leeuw. Willem van Beusekom provided NOS commentary every year from 1987 until 2005 (with the exceptions of 1991 and 1995).[25][26] He was replaced by his co-commentator Cornald Maas, who commentated on the contest from 2004 until 2010.

On 29 June 2010, Maas was sacked as commentator after posting insults on Twitter about Sieneke, Joran van der Sloot and the Party for Freedom (PVV).[27] After this, DJ Daniël Dekker, who had been commentating next to Maas, took over together with Jan 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.[28] In 2024, Smit stepped down as commentator and was replaced by Jacqueline Govaert.[29]

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Television and radio commentators and spokespersons
Year Television Radio Spokesperson Ref.
Channel Commentator(s) Channel Commentator(s)
Template:Escyr NTS Piet te Nuyl Jr. colspan="2" rowspan="2" Template:N/A Template:N/A [30]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill [31][32]
Template:Escyr Siebe van der Zee Hilversum 1 Siebe van der Zee Piet te Nuyl Jr. [33][34][35]
Template:Escyr Piet te Nuyl Jr. Aad Bos Siebe van der Zee [36][37][38][39]
Template:Escyr Hilversum 2 Piet te Nuyl Jr. [40][41][42][43]
Template:Escyr Hilversum 1 Coen Serré [44][45][46]
Template:Escyr Willem Duys Hilversum 2 Willem Duys rowspan="3" Template:N/A [47][48]
Template:Escyr Hilversum 1 Coen Serré [49][50]
Template:Escyr Ageeth Scherphuis Hilversum 2 rowspan="4" Template:N/A [51][52]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Teddy Scholten Dick van Bommel [53][54][55]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Herman Brouwer [56][57][58]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill rowspan="4" Template:N/A [59][60]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill colspan="2" rowspan="8" Template:N/A [61]
Template:Escyr Pim Jacobs [62][63]
Template:Escyr [64][65]
Template:Escyr rowspan="3" Template:N/A [66]
Template:Escyr [67]
Template:Escyr [68][69]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Willem Duys rowspan="3" Template:N/A [70][71]
Template:Escyr [72][73]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:N/A [74]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill colspan="2" rowspan="3" Template:N/A Ralph Inbar [75][76]
Template:Escyr Willem Duys Template:N/A [77][78]
Template:Escyr Ivo Niehe [79][80][81]
Template:Escyr Pim Jacobs Hilversum 1 Willem van Beusekom Template:N/A [82][83]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". colspan="2" rowspan="10" Template:N/A Flip van der Schalie [84][85]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:N/A [86]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Willem Duys Flip van der Schalie [87][88]
Template:Escyr Ivo Niehe [89][90]
Template:Escyr Olympus Gerrit den Braber Template:N/A [91]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Ill Template:N/A [92]
Template:Escyr Willem van Beusekom Ralph Inbar [93][94]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". rowspan="2" Template:N/A [95][96]
Template:Escyr [97]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill [98][99]
Template:Escyr colspan="4" Template:N/A Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Willem van Beusekom colspan="2" rowspan="4" Template:N/A Template:N/A [100]
Template:Escyr Joop van Os [101][102]
Template:Escyr [103][104]
Template:Escyr Paul de Leeuw Template:N/A [105]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Willem van Beusekom Radio 2 Hijlco Span Marcha [106][107][108]
Template:Escyr rowspan="2" Template:N/A Corry Brokken [109][110][111]
Template:Escyr Conny Vandenbos [112][113]
Template:Escyr colspan="2" Template:N/A Edsilia Rombley [114][115][116]
Template:Escyr Nederland 2 Radio 2, Radio 3 rowspan="7" Template:N/A Marlayne [117][118][119]
Template:Escyr [120][121][122]
Template:Escyr Radio 2 Template:N/A [123]
Template:Escyr Marlayne [124][125]
Template:Escyr Willem van Beusekom and Cornald Maas Esther Hart [126][127][128][129]
Template:Escyr Nancy Coolen [130][131][132][133]
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas (All shows)
Paul de Leeuw (Final) 		Paul de Leeuw [134][135][136]
Template:Escyr Nederland 1 colspan="2" rowspan="8" Template:N/A Paul de Leeuw and Edsilia Rombley [137][138][139]
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas Esther Hart [140][141][142][143][144]
Template:Escyr Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen [145][146]
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas and Daniël Dekker [147]
Template:Escyr Jan Smit and Daniël Dekker Mandy Huydts [148][149][150][151][152]
Template:Escyr Vivienne van den Assem [153][154][155]
Template:Escyr Nederland 1, BVN Cornald Maas
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas and Jan Smit Tim Douwsma [156][157][158]
Template:Escyr NPO 1, BVN NPO Radio 2 Cornald Maas and Jan Smit Edsilia Rombley [159][160][161]
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas and Jan Smit (All shows)
Douwe Bob (SF2) 		colspan="2" rowspan="3" Template:N/A Trijntje Oosterhuis [162][163][164]
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas and Jan Smit Douwe Bob [165][166]
Template:Escyr NPO 1 OG3NE [167][168]
Template:Escyr NPO Radio 2 (Final) Wouter van der Goes and Template:Ill Emma Wortelboer [169][170][171]
Template:Escyr colspan="5" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr NPO 1, BVN Cornald Maas and Sander Lantinga NPO Radio 2 (Final) Wouter van der Goes and Frank van 't Hof Romy MonteiroTemplate:Efn [172][173][174][175][176]
NPO 1 Extra Sign language: Various interpreters
NPO Zappelin Extra Dutch audio description
Template:Escyr NPO 1, BVN Cornald Maas and Jan Smit Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte and Frank van 't Hof Jeangu Macrooy [177][178][179][180]
Template:Escyr Wouter van der Goes and Frank van 't Hof S10 [181][182][183][184][185]
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas and Jacqueline Govaert Template:Ill Nikkie de JagerTemplate:Efn [29][186][187][188]
Template:Escyr Cornald Maas Chantal Janzen[189] [190][191][192][193]

Photo gallery

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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  2. ↑ History - Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Template:Webarchive Eurovision.tv
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