Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Nationaal Songfestival 1993
Selection date(s)	26 March 1993
Selected entrant	Ruth Jacott
Selected song	"Vrede"
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 96 points

The Netherlands was represented by Ruth Jacott, with the song '"Vrede", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Millstreet, Ireland on 15 May. The song was chosen at the Dutch national final on 26 March.

Final

The final took place on 26 March at the Discotheque Escape in Amsterdam, hosted by Paul de Leeuw. All eight songs were performed by Jacott, with the winner being decided by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded votes as 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. (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.) "Vrede" won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries.^[1]

Final - 26 March 1993

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

Jury votes

Song	Flevoland	North Holland	South Holland	Zeeland	North Brabant	Limburg	Groningen	Friesland	Drenthe	Overijssel	Gelderland	Utrecht	Total
Medeleven	3	8	5	3	4	5	5	4	2	6	10	8	63
Kom op	1	3	3	6	8	6	3	6	4	4	2	3	49
Ik hou van jou	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	22
Waar blijft de tijd	6	1	8	10	10	2	8	10	8	1	3	4	71
Blijf bij mij	5	10	1	5	5	4	2	3	6	3	5	5	54
Vrede	8	6	6	8	2	1	10	8	10	10	4	10	83
Tederheid	4	5	4	1	1	10	4	1	3	5	6	6	50
Loop met me mee	10	4	10	4	6	8	6	5	5	8	8	2	76

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Jacott performed 20th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Croatia. At the close of voting "Vrede" had received 96 points from 14 countries (including the maximum 12 from Ireland and 10 from Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina), placing the Netherlands 6th of the 25 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Portugal.^[2]

See also

• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1993

External links

• Netherlands preselection 1993

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1993
2. ^ ESC History - Netherlands 1993