Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Participating broadcaster| Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Country|  Netherlands
National selection
Selection process| Artist: Internal selection
Song: Nationaal Songfestival 1993
Selection date(s)| Artist: 15 July 1992
Song: 26 March 1993
Selected artist(s)| Ruth Jacott
Selected song| "Vrede"
Selected songwriter(s)|

* Eric van Tijn
* Jochem Fluitsma
* Henk Westbroek

Placement
Final result| 6th, 92 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Vrede", composed by Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma, with lyrics by Henk Westbroek, and performed by Ruth Jacott. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry for the contest through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.

NOS announced Jacott's appointment as its representative on 15 July 1992, while it organised the national final Nationaal Songfestival 1993 in order to select the song. Eight songs competed in the national final on 26 March 1993 where "Vrede" was selected as the winning song following the votes from twelve regional juries.

The Netherlands competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 15 May 1993. Performing during the show in position 20, the Netherlands placed sixth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 92 points.

## Background

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Main article: Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 1993 contest, Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS) unitl 1969, and Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) since 1970, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing the Netherlands thirty-five times since NTS début in the inaugural contest in 1956.[1] They have won the contest four times: in 1957 with the song "Net als toen" performed by Corry Brokken;[2] in 1959 with the song "'n Beetje" performed by Teddy Scholten;[3] in 1969 as one of four countries to tie for first place with "De troubadour" performed by Lenny Kuhr;[4] and finally in 1975 with "Ding-a-dong" performed by the group Teach-In.[5] The Dutch least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on four occasions, most recently in the 1968 contest.[6] The Netherlands has also received nul points on two occasions; in 1962 and 1963.[7]

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, NOS organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The Dutch broadcasters had used various methods to select their entries in the past, such as the Nationaal Songfestival, a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. However, internal selections have also been held on occasion. For 1993, NOS opted to select the Dutch artist through an internal selection, while Nationaal Songfestival 1993 was organised to select the song; between 1989 and 1992, Nationaal Songfestival' was held in order to select both the artist and song for the contest.[8]

## Before Eurovision

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### Artist selection

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Ruth Jacott (pictured in 2019) was internally selected to represent the Netherlands in 1993

Following Humphrey Campbell's ninth place in 1992 with the song "Wijs me de weg", the Dutch broadcaster in collaboration with the Conamus music organisation internally selected the artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. On 15 July 1992, NOS announced that they had selected singer Ruth Jacott to represent the Netherlands at the 1993 contest. It was revealed on the same day that her Eurovision song would be selected through the national final Nationaal Songfestival 1993.[8]

### Nationaal Songfestival 1993

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NOS opened a submission period where composers were able to submit their songs. 797 songs were received by the broadcaster at the closing of the deadline and the eight selected competing songs were announced on 5 January 1993. The selection of the songs for the competition occurred through the decision of a six-member selection commission consisting of Ruth Jacott as well as NOS and Conamus representatives from 18 shortlisted.[9][10]

NOS held the national final on 26 March 1993 at the Discothèque Escape in Amsterdam, hosted by Paul de Leeuw and was broadcast on Nederland 3.[11] Pre-recorded clips of Jacott performing all eight competing songs at the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam were presented during the show, accompanied by the Metropole Orchestra conducted by Harry van Hoof, and the winning song, "Vrede", was selected by the votes of 12 regional juries (for reasons which are unclear, on the night the votes were announced in multiples of 1,000 - i.e. the favourite song was awarded 10,000 points).[12][13][14] Each jury consisted of eight members: six music professionals and two television viewers selected by Intomart.[15] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured a guest performance by Madeline Bell.[16]

Final – 26 March 1993  Draw  | Song  | Songwriter(s)  | Points  | Place

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1  | "Medeleven"  | Alan Michael, Gerrit den Braber | 63  | 4
2  | "Kom op"  | Franky Douglas, Mildred Douglas  | 49  | 7
3  | "Ik hou van jou"  | Jan Kisjes  | 22  | 8
4  | "Waar blijft de tijd"  | Ernst van der Kerkhof  | 71  | 3
5  | "Blijf bij mij"  | Ton op 't Hof, Lisa Boray, Guus Westdorp  | 54  | 5
6  | "Vrede"  | Eric van Tijn, Jochem Fluitsma, Henk Westbroek | 83  | 1
7  | "Tederheid"  | Gina de Wit  | 50  | 6
8  | "Loop met me mee"  | Edwin Schimscheimer  | 76  | 2
Detailed Regional Jury Votes  Draw  | Song  |

Flevoland

North Holland

South Holland

Zeeland

North Brabant

Limburg

Groningen

Friesland

Drenthe

Overijssel

Gelderland

Utrecht

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1  | "Medeleven" | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 63
2  | "Kom op" | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 49
3  | "Ik hou van jou" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22
4  | "Waar blijft de tijd" | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 71
5  | "Blijf bij mij" | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 54
6  | "Vrede" | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 83
7  | "Tederheid" | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 50
8  | "Loop met me mee" | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 76

## At Eurovision

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The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 took place at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland, on 15 May 1993.

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 took place at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland, on 15 May 1993.[17] According to the Eurovision rules, the 25-country participant list for the contest was composed of: the 22 participating countries in the 1992 contest including the host country and previous year's winner, and the top three countries of the qualifying round.[18] In December 1992, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and the Netherlands was set to perform in position 13, following the entry from the United Kingdom and before the entry from Croatia.[19][20] The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof, and the Netherlands finished in sixth place with 92 points.[21] The contest was broadcast in the Netherlands on Nederland 3 with commentary by Willem van Beusekom.[22][23]

### Voting

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Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the Netherlands and awarded by the Netherlands in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Portugal in the contest.[24]

Points awarded to Netherlands[25] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |  Ireland
10 points  |

* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Norway

8 points  |
7 points  |

* Belgium
* Germany
* Slovenia
* Spain

6 points  |

* Iceland
* Italy
* Turkey

5 points  |  Sweden
4 points  |
3 points  |

* Austria
* Croatia
* Malta

2 points  |
1 point  |
Points awarded by the Netherlands[25] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |  Portugal
10 points  |  Ireland
8 points  |  Switzerland
7 points  |  Iceland
6 points  |  Norway
5 points  |  Greece
4 points  |  United Kingdom
3 points  |  France
2 points  |  Italy
1 point  |  Germany

## References

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1. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1956". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
2. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1957". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
3. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1959". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
4. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1969". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
5. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1975". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
6. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Semi-Final (2)". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
7. ^ "History by Country - The Netherlands". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
8. ^ a b "Ruth Jacott naar Songfestival '93". de Stem (in Dutch). 15 July 1992. p. 15. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
9. ^ "Show Ruth Jacott voor ons land naar 'liedjescircus' in Ierland Zangeres Songfestival komt uit een achtergrondkoortje DOOR MARTIN HERMENS". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 13 February 1993. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
10. ^ "Liedjes voor Songfestival". de Stem (in Dutch). 5 January 1993. p. 16. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
11. ^ "Ruth Jacott staat op vinst". de Stem (in Dutch). 25 March 1993. p. 26. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
12. ^ Jansen, Kasper (29 March 1993). "Het Nationaal Songfestival wordt dankzij Paul de Leeuw voor het eerst eens leuk; Nederland roept met liedje de wereld op tot vrede". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
13. ^ ESC National Finals database 1993
14. ^ "50 jaar songfestival: NSF 1993". songfestivalweblog (in Dutch). 5 November 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
15. ^ "Tholenaren in jury songfestival". Eendrachtbode (in Dutch). 1 April 1993. p. 1. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
16. ^ "Nationaal Songfestival 1993". eurovisionartists.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
17. ^ "Millstreet 1993 – Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
18. ^ Jordan, Paul (18 September 2016). "Milestone Moments: 1993/4 - The Eurovision Family expands". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
19. ^ Roxburgh 2020, pp. 132–135.
20. ^ Harding, Peter (December 1992). Linda Martin and Pat Kenny (1992) (Photograph). National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023 - via RTÉ Libraries and Archives.
21. ^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
22. ^ "Televisie en radio zaterdag" [Television and radio on Saturday]. Limburgs Dagblad (in Dutch). Heerlen, Netherlands. 15 May 1993. p. 46\. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2022 - via Delpher.
23. ^ Van Putten, Gerard (15 May 1993). "Engelsen zingen toontje lager na Ierse woede over 'joke'" [English tone it down after Irish anger over 'joke']. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). p. 8\. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022. "NOS-commentator Willem van Beusekom, die een reputatie heeft te verdedigen als Songfestival-freak, denkt dat ook, al wijst hij nadrukkerlijk op de concurrentie van Frankrijk, Zweden en Engeland." [NOS commentator Willem van Beusekom, who has a reputation to defend as a Eurovision fan, also thinks so, although he emphatically points to the competition from France, Sweden and England.]
24. ^ "ESC History - Netherlands 1993". ESC History. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
25. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

## Bibiliography

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* Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. Four: The 1990s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.

## External links

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* Netherlands preselection 1993 (in Dutch) (Archived on 11 June 2012)

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Songs|

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* "Birds"
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* "De eerste keer"
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* "Fernando en Filippo"
* ~~"Grow"~~
* "Heel de wereld"
* "Hemel en aarde"
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* "I See a Star"
* "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"
* "Ik hou van jou"
* "Ik wil alles met je delen"
* "Jij bent mijn leven"
* "Jij en ik"
* "Katinka"
* "Lights and Shadows"
* "De mallemolen"
* "Morgen"
* "My Impossible Dream"
* "Net als toen"
* "Never Alone"
* "Niemand heeft nog tijd"
* "No Goodbyes"
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* "Out on My Own"
* "Outlaw in 'Em"
* "The Party's Over"
* "Rechtop in de wind"
* "Ring-dinge-ding"
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* "Shine"
* "Sing Me a Song"
* "Slow Down"
* "Een speeldoos"
* "'t Is genoeg"
* "'t Is OK"
* "Tijd"
* "De troubadour"
* "De vogels van Holland"
* "Voorgoed voorbij"
* "Vrede"
* "Waar is de zon"
* "Walk Along"
* "Wat een dag"
* "Wat een geluk"
* "Waterman"
* "Wijs me de weg"
* "Without You"
* "You and Me"
* "Your Heart Belongs to Me"

Note: Entries scored out signify where the Netherlands did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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Countries|

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* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

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Qualification|

* Estonia
* Hungary
* Romania
* Slovakia

Artists|

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* 1X Band
* Anabela
* Arvingarna
* Annie Cotton
* Burak Aydos, Öztürk Baybora and Serter
* Barbara Dex
* Fazla
* Patrick Fiori
* Katri Helena
* Katerina Garbi
* Inga
* Ruth Jacott
* Niamh Kavanagh
* William Mangion
* Modern Times
* Münchener Freiheit
* Put
* Enrico Ruggeri
* Eva Santamaría
* Seebach Band
* Sonia
* Lehakat Shiru
* Silje Vige
* Tony Wegas
* Zimboulakis and Van Beke

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Qualification|

* Dida Drăgan
* Elán
* Janika Sillamaa
* Andrea Szulák

Songs|

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* "Alle mine tankar"
* "Better the Devil You Know"
* "A cidade (até ser dia)"
* "Donne-moi une chance"
* "Don't Ever Cry"
* "Ellada, hora tou fotos"
* "Eloise"
* "Esmer Yarim"
* "Hombres"
* "Iemand als jij"
* "In Your Eyes"
* "Mama Corsica"
* "Maria Magdalena"
* "Mi stamatas"
* "Moi, tout simplement"
* "Shiru"
* "Sole d'Europa"
* "Sva bol svijeta"
* "Þá veistu svarið"
* "Tih deževen dan"
* "This Time"
* "Tule luo"
* "Under stjernerne på himlen"
* "Viel zu weit"
* "Vrede"

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Qualification|

* "Amnestia na neveru"
* "Árva reggel"
* "Muretut meelt ja südametuld"
* "Nu pleca"

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