Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Het Nationaal Songfestival 1990
Selection date(s)	16 February 1990 23 February 1990 10 March 1990
Selected entrant	Maywood
Selected song	"Ik wil alles met je delen"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 25 points

The Netherlands was represented by Maywood, with the song '"Ik wil alles met je delen", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Zagreb on 5 May. Two semi-finals were held in February, followed by the final on 10 March.

Semi-finals

Each semi-final contained ten songs, with the top five in each going forward to the final. Voting was by jury, and only the qualifiers were announced with no scores being made public.^[1]

Semi-final 1 Semi-final 1–16 February 1990 Draw Artist Song Qualification 1 Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" Y 2 Rose Glisten "Niet zonder jou" N 3 Gordon "Gini" Y 4 Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" Y 5 Angelina van Dijk "Later" N 6 Shan "Anne" N 7 Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" Y 8 Harold Verwoerdt "Blijf maar bij mij" N 9 Helen Carmine "Morgen" N 10 Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" Y

Semi-final 2 Semi-final 2–23 February 1990 Draw Artist Song Qualification 1 The Company "Zonder liedje" Y 2 Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" Y 3 Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" Y 4 Jolanda de Wit "Je bent het echt" N 5 Erik Mesie "Liefde" N 6 Aurora "De mooiste dag" N 7 John Vis "Ben je gek" N 8 Gina "Liever alleen" Y 9 Tony Neef "Alles" N 10 Shift "Helemaal" Y

Final

The final took place on 10 March at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Paula Patricio. Ten songs competed to become that year's Dutch entrant, to be chosen by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded 10 points to their favourite song down to 1 point to the least-liked. Maywood won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries, two more than any other competing song.^[2]

Final - 10 March 1990

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	The Company	"Zonder liedje"	95	2
2	Cha-Cha	"Oh wat een heerlijke tijd"	46	8
3	Gordon	"Gini"	45	9
4	Simple and Pure	"Einde van de regentijd"	60	6
5	Georgie Davis	"Eenmaal"	44	10
6	Jeans	"Freedom, Freiheit, liberté"	64	5
7	Gina	"Liever alleen"	56	7
8	Marc Benz	"Geef mij een kans"	69	4
9	Maywood	"Ik wil alles met je delen"	102	1
10	Shift	"Helemaal"	79	3

Jury votes

Song	Drenthe	Overijssel	Zeeland	Utrecht	Limburg	South Holland	North Brabant	North Holland	Friesland	Flevoland	Groningen	Gelderland	Total
Zonder liedje	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	6	10	8	4	7	95
Oh wat een heerlijke tijd	1	3	6	5	8	1	2	4	3	6	1	6	46
Gini	5	1	4	3	3	5	1	3	2	10	5	3	45
Einde van de regentijd	6	7	3	7	7	3	6	5	6	5	3	2	60
Eenmaal	3	6	5	2	1	8	4	1	1	1	7	5	44
Freedom, Freiheit, liberté	9	4	1	10	4	2	5	7	8	2	8	4	64
Liever alleen	8	9	9	1	2	4	3	2	4	4	9	1	56
Geef mij een kans	2	2	2	4	10	10	7	8	5	9	2	8	69
Ik wil alles met je delen	10	10	7	8	6	7	9	9	9	7	10	10	102
Helemaal	4	5	10	6	5	6	8	10	7	3	6	9	79

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries (the highest mark being 6 from France), placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France.^[3]

See also

• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1990

External links

• Netherlands preselection 1990

References

1. ^ National Finals database 1990 Semis
2. ^ ESC National Finals database 1990
3. ^ ESC History - Netherlands 1990