The Netherlands

The Netherlands first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and has entered 65 contests, most recently in 2025. It has won 5 times, most recently in 2019 with Arcade by Duncan Laurence. Since the semi-finals were introduced in 2004 it has qualified for the Grand Final 10 times in 20 attempts, not counting years with an automatic place. It has hosted the contest 5 times: Hilversum 1958, Amsterdam 1970, The Hague 1976, The Hague 1980 and Rotterdam 2021. It has received nul points in a final twice. The countries that have given it most points in total are Belgium (310) and Norway (233); it has itself given most points to Sweden (336).

Eurovision records: Countries with most wins · All Eurovision winners · Nul points in Eurovision · Highest scores in Eurovision

Participations

Year	Song	Performed By	Semi Final Position	Grand Final Position
2025	C'est la vie	Claude	3. /15	12. /26
2024	Europapa	Joost Klein	2. /16	-
2023	Burning Daylight	Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper	13. /15	-
2022	De diepte	S10	2. /17	11. /25
2021	Birth Of A New Age	Jeangu Macrooy	-	23. /26
2020	Grow	Jeangu Macrooy
2019	Arcade	Duncan Laurence	1. /18	1. /26
2018	Outlaw In 'Em	Waylon	7. /18	18. /26
2017	Lights and Shadows	OG3NE	4. /18	11. /26
2016	Slow Down	Douwe Bob	5. /18	11. /26
2015	Walk Along	Trijntje Oosterhuis	14. /16	-
2014	Calm After The Storm	The Common Linnets	1. /16	2. /26
2013	Birds	Anouk	6. /16	9. /26
2012	You And Me	Joan Franka	15. /18	-
2011	Never Alone	3JS	19. /19	-
2010	Ik Ben Verliefd (Sha-la-lie)	Sieneke	14. /17	-
2009	Shine	The Toppers	17. /19	-
2008	Your Heart Belongs To Me	Hind	13. /19	-
2007	On Top Of The World	Edsilia Rombley	21. /28	-
2006	Amambanda	Treble	20. /23	-
2005	My Impossible Dream	Glennis Grace	14. /25	-
2004	Without You	Re-union	6. /22	20. /24
2003	One More Night	Esther Hart	-	13. /26
2001	Out On My Own	Michelle	-	18. /23
2000	No Goodbyes	Linda Wagenmakers	-	13. /24
1999	One Good Reason	Marlayne	-	8. /23
1998	Hemel En Aarde	Edsilia Rombley	-	4. /25
1997	Niemand Heeft Nog Tijd	Mrs. Einstein	-	22. /25
1996	De Eerste Keer	Maxine and Franklin Brown	-	7. /23
1994	Waar Is De Zon	Willeke Alberti	-	23. /25
1993	Vrede	Ruth Jacott	-	6. /25
1992	Wijs Me De Weg	Humphrey Campbell	-	9. /23
1990	Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen	Maywood	-	15. /22
1989	Blijf Zoals Je Bent	Justine Pelmelay	-	15. /22
1988	Shangri-la	Gerard Joling	-	9. /21
1987	Rechtop In De Wind	Marcha	-	5. /22
1986	Alles Heeft Ritme	Frizzle Sizzle	-	13. /20
1984	Ik Hou Van Jou	Maribelle	-	13. /19
1983	Sing Me A Song	Bernadette	-	7. /20
1982	Jij En Ik	Bill van Dijk	-	16. /18
1981	Het Is Een Wonder	Linda Williams	-	9. /20
1980	Amsterdam	Maggie MacNeal	-	5. /19
1979	Colorado	Xandra	-	12. /19
1978	't Is Ok	Harmony	-	13. /20
1977	De Mallemolen	Heddy Lester	-	12. /18
1976	The Party's Over Now	Sandra Reemer	-	9. /18
1975	Ding-A-Dong	Teach-In	-	1. /19
1974	I See A Star	Mouth and MacNeal	-	3. /17
1973	De Oude Muzikant	Ben Cramer	-	14. /17
1972	Als Het Om De Liefde Gaat	Sandra and Andres	-	4. /18
1971	De Tijd	Saskia and Serge	-	6. /18
1970	Waterman	Patricia and Hearts of Soul	-	7. /12
1969	De Troubadour	Lenny Kuhr	-	1. /16
1968	Morgen	Ronnie Tober	-	16. /17
1967	Ring-dinge	Thérèse Steinmetz	-	14. /17
1966	Fernando En Philippo	Milly Scott	-	15. /18
1965	Het Is Genoeg	Conny Van den bos	-	11. /18
1964	Jij Bent Mijn Leven	Anneke Grönloh	-	10. /16
1963	Een Speeldoos	Annie Palmen	-	13. /16
1962	Katinka	De Spelbrekers	-	13. /16
1961	Wat Een Dag	Greetje Kauffeld	-	10. /16
1960	Wat Een Geluk	Rudi Carrell	-	12. /13
1959	Een Beetje	Teddy Scholten	-	1. /11
1958	Heel De Wereld	Corry Brokken	-	9. /10
1957	Net Als Toen	Corry Brokken	-	1. /10
1956	Voorgoed Voorbij	Corry Brokken	-	-
1956	De Vogels Van Holland	Jetty Paerl	-	-

Hosted events

Year	Country	Slogan	Venue	Number of participants
Rotterdam 2021	The Netherlands	Open Up	Rotterdam Ahoy	39
Rotterdam 2020	The Netherlands	Open Up	Rotterdam Ahoy	41
The Hague 1980	The Netherlands		Nederlands Congresgebouw	19
The Hague 1976	The Netherlands		Nederlands Congresgebouw	18
Amsterdam 1970	The Netherlands		RAI Congrescentrum	12
Hilversum 1958	The Netherlands		AVRO Studios	10

Countries that vote for The Netherlands

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Albania	23	44	86	3.74
Azerbaijan	11	23	39	2.05
Belgium	23	83	310	4.77
Switzerland	70	41	230	3.59
Cyprus	13	21	69	1.82
Estonia	38	45	148	4.23
Spain	26	27	172	3.13
Croatia	40	25	86	2.53
Iceland	52	48	156	4.59
Italy	33	29	139	3.02
Norway	65	53	233	3.58
Poland	39	15	78	3.00
Portugal	36	34	172	3.25
Rest of the world	0	11	11	–
Sweden	50	43	210	3.33
Slovenia	46	16	111	3.47
San Marino	42	32	91	5.06
Ukraine	49	15	75	3.00
Armenia	36	38	95	4.75
Austria	66	53	230	3.97
Czech Republic	38	17	55	4.23
France	65	20	221	3.75
Georgia	37	14	54	3.18
Greece	19	30	115	2.74
Ireland	41	24	209	3.60
Lithuania	56	21	113	4.35
Luxembourg	7	0	89	2.34
Montenegro	14	3	20	1.43
Bulgaria	26	4	35	2.33
Denmark	63	56	228	4.22
United Kingdom	12	9	138	2.38
North Macedonia	21	17	54	2.57
Finland	35	13	134	2.48
Hungary	43	30	119	7.00
Romania	56	21	92	3.83
Russia	1	12	35	1.46
Serbia	30	3	34	1.89
Germany	53	31	206	3.43
Israel	13	15	152	3.45
Monaco	0	0	49	1.96
Yugoslavia	0	0	67	2.58
Türkiye	0	0	95	3.39
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	21	1.24
Malta	25	50	145	4.03
Moldova	15	26	43	1.79
Australia	17	7	24	2.40
Latvia	43	24	93	3.44
Belarus	19	10	36	2.12
Slovakia	0	0	6	1.00
Andorra	0	0	19	3.17
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	0.33

Countries that The Netherlands votes for

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Albania	2	4	14	0.64
Andorra	0	0	7	1.40
Armenia	16	46	169	7.35
Australia	29	12	49	6.13
Austria	48	34	139	2.53
Azerbaijan	13	15	65	3.10
Belarus	0	3	6	0.40
Belgium	32	53	286	4.69
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	7	90	4.09
Bulgaria	22	21	45	3.46
Croatia	29	25	77	2.48
Cyprus	17	9	84	2.21
Czech Republic	16	15	31	3.44
Denmark	28	30	218	4.04
Estonia	4	27	96	2.82
Finland	12	32	109	2.02
France	32	21	206	3.17
Georgia	0	0	13	0.93
Germany	17	13	173	2.62
Greece	24	28	175	3.89
Hungary	3	32	82	3.90
Iceland	15	29	95	2.88
Ireland	0	12	182	3.43
Israel	36	69	256	5.69
Italy	18	28	108	2.16
Latvia	11	5	32	1.45
Lithuania	20	19	60	2.22
Luxembourg	6	0	87	2.29
Malta	44	15	107	3.24
Moldova	11	35	56	2.15
Monaco	0	0	46	1.92
Montenegro	0	0	6	0.75
North Macedonia	7	7	18	1.06
Norway	40	73	257	3.72
Poland	5	46	73	3.17
Portugal	52	34	165	3.11
Romania	5	15	52	2.00
Russia	33	19	103	3.68
San Marino	0	4	4	0.36
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	26	8.67
Serbia	6	4	75	3.57
Slovenia	10	3	39	1.39
Spain	12	10	103	1.69
Sweden	86	68	336	4.94
Switzerland	72	46	248	4.07
Türkiye	0	0	168	5.09
Ukraine	28	68	139	4.48
United Kingdom	9	8	167	2.61
Yugoslavia	0	0	40	1.54