Year: | 1964 |
Broadcaster: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=unset (NTS) |
Country: | Netherlands |
Preselection: | Artist: Internal selection Song: Dutch; Flemish: [[Nationaal Songfestival]] 1964|i=no |
Preselection Date: | 24 February 1964 |
Entrant: | Anneke Grönloh |
Song: | Dutch; Flemish: Jij bent mijn leven|i=no |
Final Result: | 10th, 2 points |
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "Dutch; Flemish: Jij bent mijn leven|i=no", composed by Ted Powder, with lyrics by René de Vos, and performed by Anneke Grönloh. The Dutch participating Broadcaster, Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=no (NTS), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.
Dutch; Flemish: [[Nederlandse Televisie Stichting]]|i=no (NTS) held the national final the Tivoli in Utrecht, hosted by Elles Berger. Only three songs were performed and voted on by juries in the eleven Dutch provinces.[1] 206 songs were submitted for the national final.[2]
Draw | Song | Points | Place | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Vliegende Hollander" | 60 | 3 | |
2 | "Weer zingt de wind" | 141 | 2 | |
3 | "Jij bent mijn leven" | 159 | 1 |
On the night of the final Grönloh performed second in the running order, following and preceding . Only an audio recording of Grönloh's performance survives, as it is believed that the video master of the 1964 contest was destroyed in a fire at the DR archive in the 1970s and no other broadcaster had recorded the show or requested a copy. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5, 3 and 1 points to their top three songs, and at the close of voting "Dutch; Flemish: Jij bent mijn leven|i=no" had received 2 points (1 each from and the), placing the Netherlands joint 10th (with) of the 16 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 5 points to runaway contest winners .[3]
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Dolf van der Linden.