| Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest | |
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| Participating broadcaster | AVROTROS (2014–)
Former members
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 64 (53 finals)[a] |
| First appearance | 1956 |
| Highest placement | 1st: 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975, 2019 |
| Host | 1958, 1970, 1976, 1980, |
| Related articles | |
| Nationaal Songfestival | |
| External links | |
| AVROTROS page | |
Netherlands's page at Eurovision.tv  | |
 For the most recent participation seeNetherlands 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.
- ^ a b van Tongeren, Mario (25 January 2009). "NOS quits Eurovision, Dutch participation goes on". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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