Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcaster	AVROTROS (2014–) Former members Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS; 1956–1969) Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS; 1970–2009)[1] Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS; 2010–2013)[1]
Participation summary
Appearances	64 (53 finals)[a]
First appearance	1956
Highest placement	1st: 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975, 2019
Host	1958, 1970, 1976, 1980, 2020,[b] 2021
Participation history 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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 2024

The Netherlands has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since making its debut as one of the seven countries at the first contest in 1956. 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 personal conduct of its entrant which led to disqualification. The current Dutch participant broadcaster in the contest is AVROTROS. The Netherlands has hosted the contest five times: in Hilversum (1958), Amsterdam (1970), The Hague (1976 and 1980), and Rotterdam (2021).

The Netherlands has won the contest five times, with "Net als toen" performed by Corry Brokken (1957), "Een beetje" by Teddy Scholten (1959), "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr in a four-way tie (1969), "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In (1975), and "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence (2019). The country's other top five results are "Als het om de liefde gaat" by Sandra and Andres fourth (1972), "I See a Star" by Mouth and MacNeal third (1974), "Amsterdam" by Maggie MacNeal fifth (1980), "Rechtop in de wind" by Marcha fifth (1987), "Hemel en aarde" by Edsilia Rombley fourth (1998), and "Calm After the Storm" by The Common Linnets second (2014). It finished last in 1958, 1962, 1963, 1968, and in the second semi-final in 2011.

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 eight of the last 11 finals.

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