The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "", written by Alie de Vries, and performed by the duo Maywood. The Dutch participating broadcaster, (NOS), selected its entry for the contest through a national final.
Before Eurovision
1990 Competing entries + Competing entries Artist Song Composer(s) Angelina van Dijk "Later" Aurora "De mooiste dag" Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" Elbert Kok The Company "Zonder liedje" Erik Mesie "Liefde" Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" John Ewbank Gina "Liever alleen" Maarten Peeters Gordon "Gini" Harold Verwoerdt "Blijf maar bij mij" Maarten Peeters Helen Carmine "Morgen" Kees Smit Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" Piet Souer John Vis "Ben je gek" Edward Reekers Jolanda de Wit "Je bent het echt" Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" Alie May Rose Glisten "Niet zonder jou" Maarten Peeters Shan "Anne" Shift "Helemaal" Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" Tony Neef "Alles"
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.
+ Semi-final 1 – 16 February 1990 Artist Song Result 1 Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" Qualified 2 Rose Glisten "Niet zonder jou" 3 Gordon "Gini" Qualified 4 Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" Qualified 5 Angelina van Dijk "Later" 6 Shan "Anne" 7 Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" Qualified 8 Harold Verwoerdt "Blijf maar bij mij" 9 Helen Carmine "Morgen" 10 Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" Qualified
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.
+ Semi-final 2 – 23 February 1990 Artist Song Result 1 The Company "Zonder liedje" Qualified 2 Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" Qualified 3 Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" Qualified 4 Jolanda de Wit "Je bent het echt" 5 Erik Mesie "Liefde" 6 Aurora "De mooiste dag" 7 John Vis "Ben je gek" 8 Gina "Liever alleen" Qualified 9 Tony Neef "Alles" 10 Shift "Helemaal" Qualified
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.
+ Final – 10 March 1990 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 Song scope="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 "" 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
+ Points awarded to the Netherlands Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by the Netherlands Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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