Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processNationaal Songfestival 1990
Selection date(s)Semi-finals
16 February 1990
23 February 1990
Final
10 March 1990
Selected entrantMaywood
Selected song"Ik wil alles met je delen"
Selected songwriter(s)Alie de Vries
Finals performance
Final result15th, 25 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1989 • 1990 • 1992►

The Netherlands was represented by Maywood, with the song "Ik wil alles met je delen", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Zagreb on 5 May.

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1990

Competing entries

Competing entries
Artist Song Composer(s)
Angelina van Dijk "Later" Coen Baes, Sietze Jansen
Aurora "De mooiste dag" Edward Reekers, Edwin Schimscheimer
Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" Elbert Kok
The Company "Zonder liedje" Marcel Schimscheimer, Ruud Sommer, Cees Stolk
Erik Mesie "Liefde" Fons Merkies, Cyriel van Kappel
Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" John Ewbank
Gina "Liever alleen" Maarten Peeters
Gordon "Gini" Peter van Asten, Karel Alberts
Harold Verwoerdt "Blijf maar bij mij" Maarten Peeters
Helen Carmine "Morgen" Kees Smit
Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" Piet Souer
John Vis "Ben je gek" Edward Reekers
Jolanda de Wit "Je bent het echt" Clemens van Ven, Margriet de Graaf
Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" Gertjan Hessing, Elmer Veerhoff, Aart Mol, Erwin van Prehn, Cees Bergman
Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" Alie May
Rose Glisten "Niet zonder jou" Maarten Peeters
Shan "Anne" Peter van Asten, Piet Souer
Shift "Helemaal" Herman Pieter de Boer, Hans van Eijk, Ronald Schilperoort
Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" Peter de Wijn, Peter Schön
Tony Neef "Alles" Hans Vermeulen, Hans Jansen

Semi-finals

The first semi-final took place on 16 February 1990. Ten songs competed and five songs, chosen by an expert jury, qualified for the final.[1]

Semi-final 1 – 16 February 1990
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" Advanced
2 Rose Glisten "Niet zonder jou" Eliminated
3 Gordon "Gini" Advanced
4 Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" Advanced
5 Angelina van Dijk "Later" Eliminated
6 Shan "Anne" Eliminated
7 Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" Advanced
8 Harold Verwoerdt "Blijf maar bij mij" Eliminated
9 Helen Carmine "Morgen" Eliminated
10 Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" Advanced

The second semi-final took place on 23 February 1990. Ten songs competed and five songs, chosen by an expert jury, qualified for the final.[1]

Semi-final 2 – 23 February 1990
Draw Artist Song Result
1 The Company "Zonder liedje" Advanced
2 Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" Advanced
3 Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" Advanced
4 Jolanda de Wit "Je bent het echt" Eliminated
5 Erik Mesie "Liefde" Eliminated
6 Aurora "De mooiste dag" Eliminated
7 John Vis "Ben je gek" Eliminated
8 Gina "Liever alleen" Advanced
9 Tony Neef "Alles" Eliminated
10 Shift "Helemaal" Advanced

Final

The final took place on 10 March 1990 at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Paula Patricio. Ten songs competed, and the winner was chosen by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded 10 points to their favourite song down to 1 point to the least-liked. Maywood won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries, two more than any other competing song.[2]

Final – 10 March 1990
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 The Company "Zonder liedje" 95 2
2 Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" 46 8
3 Gordon "Gini" 45 9
4 Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" 60 6
5 Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" 44 10
6 Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" 64 5
7 Gina "Liever alleen" 56 7
8 Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" 69 4
9 Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" 102 1
10 Shift "Helemaal" 79 3
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song
Drenthe
Overijssel
Zeeland
Utrecht
Limburg
South Holland
North Holland
North Brabant
Friesland
Flevoland
Groningen
Gelderland
Total score
1 "Zonder liedje" 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 6 10 8 4 7 95
2 "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" 1 3 6 5 8 1 2 4 3 6 1 6 46
3 "Gini" 5 1 4 3 3 5 1 3 2 10 5 3 45
4 "Einde van de regentijd" 6 7 3 7 7 3 6 5 6 5 3 2 60
5 "Eenmaal" 3 6 5 2 1 8 4 1 1 1 7 5 44
6 "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" 9 4 1 10 4 2 5 7 8 2 8 4 64
7 "Liever alleen" 8 9 9 1 2 4 3 2 4 4 9 1 56
8 "Geef mij een kans" 2 2 2 4 10 10 7 8 5 9 2 8 69
9 "Ik wil alles met je delen" 10 10 7 8 6 7 9 9 9 7 10 10 102
10 "Helemaal" 4 5 10 6 5 6 8 10 7 3 6 9 79

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries, placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries.[3] The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France.[4]

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.

Voting

Points awarded to the Netherlands[5]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points  France
5 points
4 points  United Kingdom
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by the Netherlands[5]
Score Country
12 points  France
10 points  Ireland
8 points  Italy
7 points  Belgium
6 points  Sweden
5 points  Greece
4 points  Israel
3 points  Turkey
2 points  Spain
1 point  Austria

References

  1. ^ a b National Finals database 1990 Semis
  2. ^ ESC National Finals database 1990
  3. ^ "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ ESC History - Netherlands 1990
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

  • Netherlands preselection 1990
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ParticipationArtistsSongs
  • "Alles heeft ritme"
  • "Als het om de liefde gaat"
  • "Amambanda"
  • "Amsterdam"
  • "Arcade"
  • "Een beetje"
  • "Birds"
  • "Birth of a New Age"
  • "Blijf zoals je bent"
  • "Burning Daylight"
  • "Calm After the Storm"
  • "Colorado"
  • "De diepte"
  • "Ding-a-dong"
  • "De eerste keer"
  • "Europapa"
  • "Fernando en Filippo"
  • "Grow"
  • "Heel de wereld"
  • "Hemel en aarde"
  • "Het is een wonder"
  • "I See a Star"
  • "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"
  • "Ik hou van jou"
  • "Ik wil alles met je delen"
  • "Jij bent mijn leven"
  • "Jij en ik"
  • "Katinka"
  • "Lights and Shadows"
  • "De mallemolen"
  • "Morgen"
  • "My Impossible Dream"
  • "Net als toen"
  • "Never Alone"
  • "Niemand heeft nog tijd"
  • "No Goodbyes"
  • "On Top of the World"
  • "One Good Reason"
  • "One More Night"
  • "De oude muzikant"
  • "Out on My Own"
  • "Outlaw in 'Em"
  • "The Party's Over"
  • "Rechtop in de wind"
  • "Ring-dinge-ding"
  • "Shangri-La"
  • "Shine"
  • "Sing Me a Song"
  • "Slow Down"
  • "Een speeldoos"
  • "'t Is genoeg"
  • "'t Is OK"
  • "Tijd"
  • "De troubadour"
  • "De vogels van Holland"
  • "Voorgoed voorbij"
  • "Vrede"
  • "Waar is de zon"
  • "Walk Along"
  • "Wat een dag"
  • "Wat een geluk"
  • "Waterman"
  • "Wijs me de weg"
  • "Without You"
  • "You and Me"
  • "Your Heart Belongs to Me"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where the Netherlands did not compete
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Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "Bandido"
  • "Brandenburger Tor"
  • "Eitt lag enn"
  • "Frei zu leben"
  • "Fri?"
  • "Give a Little Love Back to the World"
  • "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim"
  • "Há sempre alguém"
  • "Hajde da ludujemo"
  • "Hallo Hallo"
  • "Horis skopo"
  • "Ik wil alles met je delen"
  • "Insieme: 1992"
  • "Keine Mauern mehr"
  • "Macédomienne"
  • "Milas poli"
  • "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus"
  • "Quand je te rêve"
  • "Shara Barkhovot"
  • "Som en vind"
  • "Somewhere in Europe"
  • "White and Black Blues"