Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 explained

Year:1975
Country:Netherlands
Preselection:Nationaal Songfestival 1975
Preselection Date:26 February 1975
Entrant:Teach-In
Song:Ding-a-dong
Final Result:1st, 152 points

The Netherlands was represented by six-member group Teach-In, with the song "Ding-a-dong", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Stockholm on 22 March. Teach-In were chosen as the Dutch representatives at the national final on 26 February, and went on to win the 1975 contest for the Netherlands.

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1975

The national final was held at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, hosted by Willem Duys. For the first time since 1970, the Dutch performer had not been preselected by broadcaster NOS, and the 1975 selection consisted of two stages. Firstly, each of the three participating acts performed a song and 5-member international jury voted for the best song; then the chosen song was performed by all three acts and a 100-member public jury voted for the act they wanted to perform it. Teach-In were chosen with over half of the public vote.[1]

Song selection – 26 February 1975
DrawSongPointsPlace
1"Ik heb geen geld voor de trein"12
2"Dinge dong"41
3"Circus"03
Performer selection – 26 February 1975
DrawArtistPointsPlace
1Albert West332
2Teach-In561
3Debbie113

At Eurovision

The free-language rule applied in 1975, so prior to the contest the song was translated into English as "Ding-a-dong" and performed in English at the final. On the night of the final Teach-In performed first in the running order, preceding Ireland. 1975 saw the introduction of the current Eurovision scoring system, and "Ding-a-dong" received six maximum 12 points votes from Israel, Malta, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. At the close of voting it had received 152 points in total (with points from every other participating country), winning the contest by a 14-point margin over runners-up the United Kingdom.[2] This was the Netherlands' fourth Eurovision victory. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.[3]

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.

This was the first time in Eurovision history that the contest was won by the song which had opened the show, though this would happen again with the United Kingdom the following year and Sweden in 1984.

"Ding-a-dong" reached number 3 on the Dutch Singles chart and also became a hit in several other markets, including the United Kingdom where it peaked at number 13, and Sweden where it made number 2.

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://natfinals.50webs.com/70s_80s/Netherlands1975.html ESC National Finals database 1975
  2. Web site: Final of Stockholm 1975 . European Broadcasting Union . 9 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210409175434/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-1975/final . 9 April 2021 . live.
  3. http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=337 ESC History - Netherlands 1975
  4. Web site: Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975 . European Broadcasting Union . 9 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210409183931/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-1975/final/results/the-netherlands . 9 April 2021 . live.