Netherlands – Everyone’s got a little WTF in them?
Dear AVROTROS. Waylon had a perfectly serviceable song. He could have sung this on his own in faux cowboy gear and a stetson with...
5 February – Why, why-aiaiai, why-aiaiai
Four years too early? Well, It's not often someone is four years too early outside of an Olympic setting. But as we're heading to...
Netherlands 2024: A Blend of Diversity and Innovation
Despite electing a far-right party into power, the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest 2024 entry promises to blend diversity and inclusion.
Record-breaking interest
AVROTROS, the Dutch broadcaster,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 26 – Netherlands
C’est la Vie by Claude
A new crop of Eurovision songs each year brings the opportunity to discover hitherto unknown artists and explore their wider...
Netherlands, the
OK, that’s different. This time five years ago, Slovakia were explaining to me that the trees are our friends, and we should love the...
The Dutch are not to the qualifying
Well I had heard that the 3JS boys and TROS (what an apt name) had worked out that they need a dance routine in...
26 November – Hey, old neighbour, don’t look so sour
Today we go back a few years. Yes, definitely quite a few years. After all, it would be a dull old thing if I...
13 February – Black skies are breaking open on the horizon
There's a small but exclusive club of performers who have done a certain other thing at our favourite contest - become hosts. The first...
Netherlands Press Conference – Delayed but worth it?
Yes yes, I know, it's clearly a conspiracy against The Netherlands after OnEurope's frank review but RAI really did change the times on us!
It...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 26/37 – Netherlands, The
This is everything you think it is, and yet nothing like you think it is.
At first look, this is the classic Marmite song, a...