- Het Is Een Wonder
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Netherlands Het Is Een Wonder
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year = 1981
country = Netherlands
artist = Henriëtte Willems
as = Linda Williams
with =
language = Dutch
languages =
composer = Cees de Wit
lyricist = Bart van de Laar
conductor = Rogier van Otterloo
place = 9th
points = 51
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1981nl from Diggiloo Thrush]
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prev = Amsterdam
prev_link = Amsterdam (Maggie MacNeal song)
next = Jij En Ik
next_link = Jij En Ik"Het Is Een Wonder" (English translation: "It Is A Wonder") was the Dutch entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1981 , performed in Dutch byHenriëtte Willems as "Linda Williams".The song is a ballad, with Williams singing about the effect that meeting her lover has had on her. She explains that she had not previously experienced happiness, but now she is surrounded by it.
The song was performed eleventh on the night (following
Spain 'sBacchelli with "Y Sólo Tú " and preceding Ireland'sSheeba with "Horoscopes"). At the close of voting, it had received 51 points, placing 9th in a field of 20.It was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1982 Contest by
Bill van Dijk with "Jij En Ik ".
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