Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

The Netherlands has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 65 times since its debut in 1956. AVROTROS is the Dutch broadcaster. The Netherlands had missed only two contests: 1985, 1991, 1995 and 2002.

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	AVROTROS (2014–) Formerly Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS; 1956–1969) Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS; 1970–2009)[1] Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS; 2010–2013)[1]
Participation summary
Appearances	65 (54 finals)[a]
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975, 2019
Host	1958, 1970, 1976, 1980, 2020,[b] 2021
Related articles
Nationaal Songfestival
External links
AVROTROS page
Netherlands's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

The Netherlands' five victories was achieved with the following songs:

• Corry Brokken — Net als toen
• Teddy Scholten — Een beetje
• Lenny Khur — De troubadour
• Teach-In — Ding-a-dong
• Duncan Laurence — Arcade

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
1956	Jetty Paerl	"De vogels van Holland"	Dutch	—[c]	—[c]	No semi-finals
	Corry Brokken	"Voorgoed voorbij"	Dutch
1957	Corry Brokken	"Net als toen"	Dutch	1	31
1958	Corry Brokken	"Heel de wereld"	Dutch	9 ◁	1
1959	Teddy Scholten	"Een beetje"	Dutch	1	21
1960	Rudi Carrell	"Wat een geluk"	Dutch	12	2
1961	Greetje Kauffeld	"Wat een dag"	Dutch	10	6
1962	De Spelbrekers	"Katinka"	Dutch	13 ◁	0
1963	Annie Palmen	"Een speeldoos"	Dutch	13 ◁	0
1964	Anneke Grönloh	"Jij bent mijn leven"	Dutch	10	2
1965	Conny Vandenbos	"Het is genoeg"	Dutch	11	5
1966	Milly Scott	"Fernando en Philippo"	Dutch	15	2
1967	Thérèse Steinmetz	"Ringe-dinge"	Dutch	14	2
1968	Ronnie Tober	"Morgen"	Dutch	16 ◁	1
1969	Lenny Kuhr	"De troubadour"	Dutch	1	18
1970	Patricia and Hearts of Soul	"Waterman"	Dutch	7	7
1971	Saskia and Serge	"Tijd"	Dutch	6	85
1972	Sandra and Andres	"Als het om de liefde gaat"	Dutch	4	106
1973	Ben Cramer	"De oude muzikant"	Dutch	14	69
1974	Mouth and MacNeal	"I See a Star"	English	3	15
1975	Teach-In	"Ding-a-dong"	English	1	152
1976	Sandra Reemer	"The Party Is Over Now"	English	9	56
1977	Heddy Lester	"De mallemolen"	Dutch	12	35
1978	Harmony	"'t Is OK"	Dutch	13	37
1979	Xandra	"Colorado"	Dutch	12	51
1980	Maggie MacNeal	"Amsterdam"	Dutch	5	93
1981	Linda Williams	"Het is een wonder"	Dutch	9	51
1982	Bill van Dijk	"Jij en ik"	Dutch	16	8
1983	Bernadette	"Sing Me a Song"	Dutch	7	66
1984	Maribelle	"Ik hou van jou"	Dutch	13	34
1986	Frizzle Sizzle	"Alles heeft ritme"	Dutch	13	40
1987	Marcha	"Rechtop in de wind"	Dutch	5	83
1988	Gerard Joling	"Shangri-La"	Dutch	9	70
1989	Justine Pelmelay	"Blijf zoals je bent"	Dutch	15	45
1990	Maywood	"Ik wil alles met je delen"	Dutch	15	25
1992	Humphrey Campbell	"Wijs me de weg"	Dutch	9	67
1993	Ruth Jacott	"Vrede"	Dutch	6	92	Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994	Willeke Alberti	"Waar is de zon"	Dutch	23	4	No semi-finals
1996	Maxine and Franklin Brown	"De eerste keer"	Dutch	7	78	9	63
1997	Mrs. Einstein	"Niemand heeft nog tijd"	Dutch	22	5	No semi-finals
1998	Edsilia	"Hemel en aarde"	Dutch	4	150
1999	Marlayne	"One Good Reason"	English	8	71
2000	Linda	"No Goodbyes"	English	13	40
2001	Michelle	"Out on My Own"	English	18	16
2003	Esther Hart	"One More Night"	English	13	45
2004	Re-union	"Without You"	English	20	11	6	146
2005	Glennis Grace	"My Impossible Dream"	English	Failed to qualify		14	53
2006	Treble	"Amambanda"	Imaginary, English			20	22
2007	Edsilia Rombley	"On Top of the World"	English			21	38
2008	Hind	"Your Heart Belongs to Me"	English			13	27
2009	The Toppers	"Shine"	English			17	11
2010	Sieneke	"Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"	Dutch			14	29
2011	3JS	"Never Alone"	English			19 ◁	13
2012	Joan Franka	"You and Me"	English			15	35
2013	Anouk	"Birds"	English	9	114	6	75
2014	The Common Linnets	"Calm After the Storm"	English	2	238	1	150
2015	Trijntje Oosterhuis	"Walk Along"	English	Failed to qualify		14	33
2016	Douwe Bob	"Slow Down"	English	11	153	5	197
2017	OG3NE	"Lights and Shadows"	English	11	150	4	200
2018	Waylon	"Outlaw in 'Em"	English	18	121	7	174
2019	Duncan Laurence	"Arcade"	English	1	498	1	280
2020	Jeangu Macrooy	"Grow"	English	Contest cancelled[b] X
2021	Jeangu Macrooy	"Birth of a New Age"	English, Sranan Tongo	23	11	Host country
2022	S10	"De diepte"	Dutch	11	171	2	221
2023	Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper	"Burning Daylight"	English	Failed to qualify		13	7
2024	Joost Klein	"Europapa"	Dutch	Disqualified[a] ◊		2	182
2025	Claude	"C'est la vie"	French, English	12	175	3	121
2026	Confirmed intention to participate †[2][3]

Hostings

The Netherlands has hosted the contest five times, two times in The Hague (1976, 1980), one time in Amsterdam (1970), one time in Hilversum (1958) and one time in Rotterdam (2021).

The Netherlands was scheduled to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Year	Location	Venue	Ref.
1958	Hilversum	AVRO Studios	[5]
1970	Amsterdam	RAI Congrescentrum	[6]
1976	The Hague	Congresgebouw	[7]
1980			[8]
2020	Rotterdam	Rotterdam Ahoy	[9]
2021	Rotterdam	Rotterdam Ahoy	[10]

Notes

1. The 2024 entry qualified for the final, but was removed from the competition following a backstage incident during the semi-final.
2. The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. The 1956 contest had secret voting and, apart from the winner, no results were released.