Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990


The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Ik wil alles met je delen", written by Alie de Vries, and performed by the duo Maywood. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, selected its entry for the contest through a national final.

Before Eurovision

1990

Semi-finals

The first semi-final took place on 16 February 1990. Ten songs competed and five songs, chosen by an expert jury, qualified for the final.
DrawArtistSongResult
1Cha-Cha"Oh wat een heerlijke tijd"Advanced
2Rose Glisten"Niet zonder jou"Eliminated
3Gordon"Gini"Advanced
4Maywood"Ik wil alles met je delen"Advanced
5Angelina van Dijk"Later"Eliminated
6Shan"Anne"Eliminated
7Jeans"Freedom, Freiheit, liberté"Advanced
8Harold Verwoerdt"Blijf maar bij mij"Eliminated
9Helen Carmine"Morgen"Eliminated
10Marc Benz"Geef mij een kans"Advanced

The second semi-final took place on 23 February 1990. Ten songs competed and five songs, chosen by an expert jury, qualified for the final.
DrawArtistSongResult
1The Company"Zonder liedje"Advanced
2Georgie Davis"Eenmaal"Advanced
3Simple and Pure"Einde van de regentijd"Advanced
4Jolanda de Wit"Je bent het echt"Eliminated
5Erik Mesie"Liefde"Eliminated
6Aurora"De mooiste dag"Eliminated
7John Vis"Ben je gek"Eliminated
8Gina"Liever alleen"Advanced
9Tony Neef"Alles"Eliminated
10Shift"Helemaal"Advanced

Final

The final took place on 10 March 1990 at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Paula Patricio. Ten songs competed, and the winner was 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.
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1The Company"Zonder liedje"952
2Cha-Cha"Oh wat een heerlijke tijd"468
3Gordon"Gini"459
4Simple and Pure"Einde van de regentijd"606
5Georgie Davis"Eenmaal"4410
6Jeans"Freedom, Freiheit, liberté"645
7Gina"Liever alleen"567
8Marc Benz"Geef mij een kans"694
9Maywood"Ik wil alles met je delen"1021
10Shift"Helemaal"793

DrawSongscope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total
1"Zonder liedje"7889991061084795
2"Oh wat een heerlijke tijd"13658124361646
3"Gini"514335132105345
4"Einde van de regentijd"67377365653260
5"Eenmaal"36521841117544
6"Freedom, Freiheit, liberté"941104257828464
7"Liever alleen"89912432449156
8"Geef mij een kans"2224101078592869
9"Ik wil alles met je delen"1010786799971010102
10"Helemaal"4510656810736979

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following and preceding. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries, placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to.
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.

Voting

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