Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 explained

Year:1988
Country:Netherlands
Preselection:Artist: Internal selection
Song: Nationaal Songfestival '88
Preselection Date:23 March 1988
Entrant:Gerard Joling
Song:Shangri-La
Final Result:9th, 70 points

The Netherlands participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in Dublin, Ireland.

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1988

The final was held on 23 March 1988 at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Astrid Joosten. All songs were performed by Gerard Joling, who was internally selected by Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) to sing for the Netherlands at the 1988 contest in Dublin, with the winning song being chosen by a 55-member jury who gave each song a mark out of 6.

Final – 23 March 1988
DrawSongPointsPlace
1"Heel verliefd"2222
2"Shangri-La"2831
3"Happy End in Hollywood"2134
4"December in April"1655
5"Doolang doolang"1566
6"Mijn droom"2193

At Eurovision

The contest was aired on Dutch; Flemish: [[NPO 3|Nederland 3]]|i=unset with commentary by Willem van Beusekom.[1] Joling performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Spain and preceding Israel. His song received 70 points, placing 9th of 22 competing countries.[2]

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.

Among the members of the Dutch jury were Hans van den Berg and Bert Tuk.

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Langerak . Henk . Een groot gezelschapssel . 15 January 2023 . . 30 April 1988 . 5 . Rotterdam, Netherlands . nl . . 26 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526013901/https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBPERS01:003066025:mpeg21:p00031 . live .
  2. Web site: Final of Dublin 1988 . European Broadcasting Union . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416200506/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1988/final . 16 April 2021 . live.
  3. Web site: Results of the Final of Dublin 1988 . European Broadcasting Union . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416204713/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1988/final/results/the-netherlands . 16 April 2021 . live.