| Year: | 1962 |
| Broadcaster: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=unset (NTS) |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Preselection: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Nationaal Songfestival]] 1962|i=no |
| Preselection Date: | 27 February 1962 |
| Entrant: | De Spelbrekers |
| Song: | Dutch; Flemish: Katinka|i=no |
| Final Result: | 13th, 0 points |
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 with the song "Dutch; Flemish: Katinka|i=no", written by Joop Stokkermans, Henny Hamhuis, and Lodewijk Post, and performed by De Spelbrekers. The Dutch participating Broadcaster, Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=no (NTS), selected its entry through a national final.
The national final was held at the Theater Concordia in Bussum, hosted by Hannie Lips and Elisabeth Mooy. Seven songs took part and the winning song was chosen by 12 regional juries, each with 60 points to divide between the songs. "Katinka" emerged the clear winner by a 28-point margin. Future Dutch representative Conny Vandenbos (1965) was one of the other participants.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rita Corita | "Carnaval" | 120 | 4 | |
| 2 | De Spelbrekers | "Katinka" | 169 | 1 | |
| 3 | Joke van den Burg | "Het is voorbij" | 98 | 5 | |
| 4 | Ella Raya | "Heb je nog die mooie oude grachten?" | 21 | 7 | |
| 5 | Gert Timmerman | "Niets" | 141 | 2 | |
| 6 | Conny Vandenbos | "Zachtjes" | 138 | 3 | |
| 7 | Pat Berry | "Wees zuinig op de wereld" | 33 | 6 |
On the night of the final De Spelbrekers performed 8th in the running order, following and preceding eventual contest winners . Voting was by each national jury awarding 3, 2 and 1 points to their top three songs, and at the end of the evening "Katinka" (along with the entries from,, and) had failed to pick up a single point, the second time the Netherlands had finished at the foot of the scoreboard. 1962 was the first contest in which any entry failed to score, but the "honour" of being Eurovision's first ever nul-pointer is generally awarded to Belgium's Fud Leclerc, as he had performed earliest of the four in the running order. The Dutch jury awarded its 3 points to .[2]
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Dolf van der Linden.
Despite its poor showing at Eurovision, "Katinka" was a big domestic hit and remains one of the better-remembered Dutch Eurovision entries from the contest's early years.
The Netherlands did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962.[3]