Waar is de zon?

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song = flagicon|Netherlands Waar is de zon?


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year = 1994
country = Netherlands
artist = Willy Albertina Verbruggen
as = Willeke Alberti
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language = Dutch
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composer = Edwin Schimscheimer
lyricist = Coot van Doesburgh
conductor = Harry van Hoof
place = 23rd
points = 4
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1994nl from Diggiloo Thrush]
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prev = Vrede
prev_link = Vrede (song)
next = De Eerste Keer
next_year = 1996
next_link = De Eerste Keer"Waar is de zon?" ("Where is the sun?") [The title is attested both with and without a question mark] was the Netherlands' entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Dutch by Willeke Alberti.

The song is a ballad, in which Alberti asks an absent lover what has become of him. She compares his love to the warmth provided by the sun, and asks where this has gone. As the song nears its end, however, he returns to her and the final chorus features a key change and the more positive words: "You are the sun / That will warm me".

The song was performed 13th on the night, after Malta's Chris and Moira with "More Than Love" and before MeKaDo singing "Wir geben 'ne Party" for Germany. By the close of voting, it had received a total of four points, placing it 23rd in a field of 25. New rules, introduced to limit the rapidly growing number of finalists, meant that with this result the Netherlands failed to qualify automatically for representation at the 1995 contest, and the country's next appearance in the final round was with "De eerste keer" performed by Maxine and Franklin Brown in 1996.

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