Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

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

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

|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|1|First place|
| --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|Second place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|Third place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|◁|Last place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;"|**X**|Entry selected but did not compete|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFE6E6;"|**◊**|Entry disqualified during the contest|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDF;"|**†**|Upcoming event|

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Final|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Semi|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jetty Paerl|""|Dutch|rowspan="2"|rowspan="2"|rowspan="36" colspan="2"|||||||||||
|Corry Brokken|""|Dutch||||||||||||||
|Corry Brokken|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|31||||||||||
|Corry Brokken|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|9 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|1||||||||||
|Teddy Scholten|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|21||||||||||
|Rudi Carrell|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|2||||||||||
|Greetje Kauffeld|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|6||||||||||
|De Spelbrekers|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|13 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Annie Palmen|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|13 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Anneke Grönloh|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|2||||||||||
|Conny Vandenbos|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|5||||||||||
|Milly Scott|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|2||||||||||
|Thérèse Steinmetz|"Ringe-dinge"|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|2||||||||||
|Ronnie Tober|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|16 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|1||||||||||
|Lenny Kuhr|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|18||||||||||
|Patricia and Hearts of Soul|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|7||||||||||
|Saskia and Serge|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|85||||||||||
|Sandra and Andres|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|106||||||||||
|Ben Cramer|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|69||||||||||
|Mouth and MacNeal|"I See a Star"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|15||||||||||
|Teach-In|"Ding-a-dong"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|152||||||||||
|Sandra Reemer|"The Party Is Over Now"|English|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|56||||||||||
|Heddy Lester|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|35||||||||||
|Harmony|<span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>"|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|37||||||||||
|Xandra|"Colorado"|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|51||||||||||
|Maggie MacNeal|"Amsterdam"|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|93||||||||||
|Linda Williams|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|51||||||||||
|Bill van Dijk|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|8||||||||||
|Bernadette|"Sing Me a Song"|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|66||||||||||
|Maribelle|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|34||||||||||
|Frizzle Sizzle|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|40||||||||||
|Marcha|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|83||||||||||
|Gerard Joling|"Shangri-La"|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|70||||||||||
|Justine Pelmelay|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|45||||||||||
|Maywood|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|25||||||||||
|Humphrey Campbell|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|67||||||||||
|Ruth Jacott|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|92|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Willeke Alberti|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|23|style="text-align:center;"|4|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Maxine and Franklin Brown|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|78|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|63||||||
|Mrs. Einstein|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|22|style="text-align:center;"|5|colspan="2" rowspan="6"|||||||||
|Edsilia|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|150||||||||||
|Marlayne|"One Good Reason"|English|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|71||||||||||
|Linda|"No Goodbyes"|English|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|40||||||||||
|Michelle|"Out on My Own"|English|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|16||||||||||
|Esther Hart|"One More Night"|English|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|45||||||||||
|Re-union|"Without You"|English|style="text-align:center;"|20|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|146||||||
|Glennis Grace|"My Impossible Dream"|English|colspan="2" rowspan="8"|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|53|||||||||
|Treble|"Amambanda"|Imaginary, English|style="text-align:center;"|20|style="text-align:center;"|22||||||||||
|Edsilia Rombley|"On Top of the World"|English|style="text-align:center;"|21|style="text-align:center;"|38||||||||||
|Hind|"Your Heart Belongs to Me"|English|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|27||||||||||
|The Toppers|"Shine"|English|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|11||||||||||
|Sieneke|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|29||||||||||
|3JS|"Never Alone"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|19 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|13||||||||||
|Joan Franka|"You and Me"|English|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|35||||||||||
|Anouk|"Birds"|English|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|114|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|75||||||
|The Common Linnets|"Calm After the Storm"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|238|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|1|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|150||||||
|Trijntje Oosterhuis|"Walk Along"|English|colspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|33|||||||||
|Douwe Bob|"Slow Down"|English|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|153|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|197||||||
|OG3NE|"Lights and Shadows"|English|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|150|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|200||||||
|Waylon|"Outlaw in 'Em"|English|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|121|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|174||||||
|Duncan Laurence|"Arcade"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|498|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|280||||||
|Jeangu Macrooy|"Grow"|English|colspan="4"  **X**|||||||||||||
|Jeangu Macrooy|"Birth of a New Age"|English, Sranan Tongo|style="text-align:center;"|23|style="text-align:center;"|11|colspan="2"|||||||||
|S10|""|Dutch|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|171|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|221||||||
|Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper|"Burning Daylight"|English|colspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|7|||||||||
|Joost Klein|""|Dutch|colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFE6E6;"||style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|182||||||||
|Claude|""|French, English|style="text-align:center;"|12|style="text-align:center;"|175|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|121||||||
|colspan="7"||||||||||||||||

## Hostings

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

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

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Location|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Hilversum|AVRO Studios|||||||
|Amsterdam|RAI Congrescentrum|||||||
|rowspan="2"|The Hague|rowspan="2"|Congresgebouw|||||
|Rotterdam|Rotterdam Ahoy|||||||
|Rotterdam|Rotterdam Ahoy|||||||

## Infobox (song contest country)

- **name**: Netherlands
- **contest**: ESC
- **broadcaster**: AVROTROS (2014–)
- **apps**: 65 (54 finals)
- **highest**: 1st: , , , ,
- **host**: , , , , ~~~~,
- **website**: [https://www.avrotros.nl/program/eurovisie-songfestival/ AVROTROS page]
- **current**: 2025