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Netherlands

The Dutch entry is chosen by AVRO/TROS. The Netherlands has taken part since the first contest in 1956 and has won five times.

Dutch entrant will not compete in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest...

Following events that took place over the past few days, the Eurovision Song Contest Organisers (EBU) have released a statement effectively disqualifying the Netherlands...

Dutch Eurovision rehearsal halted

BREAKING: SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES Organisers of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest stopped Dutch performer Joost Klein performing in the first technical rehearsals for the...

29 April – Along every block of flats I see a...

Cohorts of mine are in Malmö. I might be, but then again I might be in Võromaa again. It's easy to confuse the two. But...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 26 – Netherlands

Despite enjoying some recent Eurovision success 2023 was not a happy one for the Dutch entry. The song not only lacked domestic support, but...

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...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – Netherlands according to Mo

The return of a televoting-only rule for the semi-finals has inevitably meant the return of what we used to call ‘joke entries’. The sort...

20 April – Everybody’s got a couple scarred up knuckles

If you've been a runner-up in our favourite TV show, it must be tempting to try again for the win. Several individuals have achieved...

11 April – We were always a losing game

Anyone can win our favourite TV show. A number of countries had had dismal results before they won. You know who they are. And...

1 April – I was sitting together with you on a...

It's no April Fool that some countries have probably done a lot worse than they've deserved to over the years. I'm thinking of those...

7 March – Always wanted to be the tough type

Do you remember when our friends in the Netherlands won Tel Aviv? It seemed like a golden age for the Dutch had arrived. As...