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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.

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Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 27 – Netherlands

S10 – De Diepte I'll hold up my hands. When I heard Netherlands (The) planned on sending a 19-year-old rapper with minimal live experience to...

Netherlands, The – The cheap version of Ovi and thing….

It's Paula and Ovi on the cheap!! - Instead of having pianos and fire they have.... guitars and no seats!! - Again, recession bites...

Dutch courage keeps it in the family

The Dutch have been having a fairly good time of it at Eurovision in recent years - with the exception of Trijntje. After many...

Netherlands – they listened …

There has been lots of press over the last few days that focussed on how this song was staged, rather than the song itself....

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 25 of 39 – Netherlands,...

There are two main schools of thought when it comes to the Eurovision contest of songs.  The first one is that the host nation...

Douwe Bob lands Dutch place at Eurovision

Who will be representing The Netherlands in the Eurovision 2016?, Well the answer was revealed by broadcaster AVROTROS on the 22nd September 2015. Douwe...

Meet Eurovision’s most law-abiding outlaw

After performing five songs over recent days, Waylon has confirmed the one he'll take to Lisbon is 'Outlaw in 'em'. Waylon previously represented the Netherlands...

11 June – I didn’t have any experience

We continue our brief sojourn into the world of Benelux today. It was once a powerhouse of song, but since got overtaken by places...

29 December – But once the dice were loaded against him

Trailblazer. It's a word bandied around far too often, maybe not least by these birthday articles. But today we really do have a trailblazer....

3 June – there’s a flower that keeps on growing

There are some times when I wish that more than one country could win our favourite TV show. Not always because there are two...