Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
The Netherlands was represented by Maywood, with the song '"Ik wil alles met je delen", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Zagreb on 5 May.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1990 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Het Nationaal Songfestival 1990 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 16 February 1990 23 February 1990 10 March 1990 | |||
| Selected entrant | Maywood | |||
| Selected song | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 25 points | |||
| Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Het Nationaal Songfestival 1990
Semi-final 1
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.[1]
| Semi-final 1 – 16 February 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
| 1 | Cha-Cha | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | Elbert Kok | Advanced |
| 2 | Rose Glisten | "Niet zonder jou" | Maarten Peeters | Eliminated |
| 3 | Gordon | "Gini" | Peter van Asten, Karel Alberts | Advanced |
| 4 | Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | Alice May | Advanced |
| 5 | Angelina van Dijk | "Later" | Coen Baes, Sietze Jansen | Eliminated |
| 6 | Shan | "Anne" | Peter van Asten, Piet Souer | Eliminated |
| 7 | Jeans | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | Piet Souer | Advanced |
| 8 | Harold Verwoerdt | "Blijf maar bij mij" | Maarten Peeters | Eliminated |
| 9 | Helen Carmine | "Morgen" | Kees Smit | Eliminated |
| 10 | Marc Benz | "Geef mij een kans" | Gertjan Hessing, Elmer Veerhoff, Aart Mol, Erwin van Prehn, Cees Bergman | Advanced |
Semi-final 2
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.[1]
| Semi-final 2 – 23 February 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
| 1 | The Company | "Zonder liedje" | Marcel Schimscheimer, Ruud Sommer, Cees Stolk | Advanced |
| 2 | Georgie Davis | "Eenmaal" | John Ewbank | Advanced |
| 3 | Simple and Pure | "Einde van de regentijd" | Peter de Wijn, Peter Schön | Advanced |
| 4 | Jolanda de Wit | "Je bent het echt" | Clemens van Ven, Margriet de Graaf | Eliminated |
| 5 | Erik Mesie | "Liefde" | Fons Merkies, Cyriel van Kappel | Eliminated |
| 6 | Aurora | "De mooiste dag" | Edward Reekers, Edwin Schimscheimer | Eliminated |
| 7 | John Vis | "Ben je gek" | Edward Reekers | Eliminated |
| 8 | Gina | "Liever alleen" | Maarten Peeters | Advanced |
| 9 | Tony Neef | "Alles" | Hans Vermeulen, Hans Jansen | Eliminated |
| 10 | Shift | "Helemaal" | Herman Pieter de Boer, Hans van Eijk, Ronald Schilperoort | 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.[2]
| Final – 10 March 1990 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | The Company | "Zonder liedje" | 95 | 2 |
| 2 | Cha-Cha | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | 46 | 8 |
| 3 | Gordon | "Gini" | 45 | 9 |
| 4 | Simple and Pure | "Einde van de regentijd" | 60 | 6 |
| 5 | Georgie Davis | "Eenmaal" | 44 | 10 |
| 6 | Jeans | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | 64 | 5 |
| 7 | Gina | "Liever alleen" | 56 | 7 |
| 8 | Marc Benz | "Geef mij een kans" | 69 | 4 |
| 9 | Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | 102 | 1 |
| 10 | Shift | "Helemaal" | 79 | 3 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Drenthe | Overijssel | Zeeland | Utrecht | Limburg | South Holland |
North Brabant |
North Holland |
Friesland | Flevoland | Groningen | Gelderland | Total |
| 1 | "Zonder liedje" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 95 |
| 2 | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 46 |
| 3 | "Gini" | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 |
| 4 | "Einde van de regentijd" | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| 5 | "Eenmaal" | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 64 |
| 7 | "Liever alleen" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 56 |
| 8 | "Geef mij een kans" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 69 |
| 9 | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 102 |
| 10 | "Helemaal" | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 79 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries (the highest mark being 6 from France), placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France.[3]
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.