Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Nationaal Songfestival 1983
Selection date(s)	23 February 1983
Selected entrant	Bernadette
Selected song	"Sing Me a Song"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 66 points

The Netherlands was represented by Bernadette, with the song '"Sing Me a Song", at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Munich on 23 April. Bernadette was the winner of the Dutch national final for the contest, held on 23 February.

Final

The national final was held at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Ivo Niehe. Five acts took part performing two songs each and voting was by 12 regional juries, who each had 30 points to divide between the songs. "Sing Me a Song" emerged the unexpected winner by a margin of just 1 point over the pre-final favourite "Een beetje van dit" by popular group Vulcano, largely thanks to the South Holland jury awarding 19 of its 30 points to the song.^[1]

23 February 1983

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Mystique	"Rendez-vous"	25	8
2	Vulcano	"Met jou d'rbij"	27	5
3	Bernadette	"Soms"	26	6=
4	Deuce	"Computer Games"	26	6=
5	Music Hall	"Stop die show"	54	3
6	Mystique	"Op zo'n dag"	8	10
7	Bernadette	"Sing Me a Song"	69	1
8	Vulcano	"Een beetje van dit"	68	2
9	Deuce	"Stopwatch"	20	9
10	Music Hall	"Voulez-vous danser"	37	4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Bernadette performed 11th in the running order, following Greece and preceding Yugoslavia. At the close of voting "Sing Me a Song" had received 66 points (including a maximum 12 from Switzerland), placing the Netherlands 7th of the 20 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Israel.^[2]

See also

• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1983

External links

• Dutch Preselection 1983

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1983
2. ^ ESC History - Netherlands 1983