Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 21 January 2019
Song: 7 March 2019
Selected entrantDuncan Laurence
Selected song"Arcade"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (1st, 280 points)
Final result1st, 498 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The Netherlands participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Arcade" written by Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy and Will Knox. The song was performed by Duncan Laurence, who was internally selected by the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS to represent the Netherlands at the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. Laurence's appointment as the Dutch representative was announced on 21 January 2019, while the song, "Arcade", was presented to the public on 7 March 2019.

The Netherlands was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2019. Performing during the show in position 16, "Arcade" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that the Netherlands placed first out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 280 points. In the final, the Netherlands placed first out of the 26 participating countries, winning the contest with 498 points. This was the Netherlands' fifth win in the Eurovision Song Contest, having last won in 1975.

Following the victory, the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS along with sister broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and their parent public broadcasting organisation Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) was expected to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. However, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Rotterdam was later retained as the host city of the 2021 edition.


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