The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "'t Is OK", composed by Eddy Ouwens, with lyrics by Toon Gispen and Dick Kooiman, and performed by the band Harmony. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1978 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) | |||
| Country |  Netherlands | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Nationaal Songfestival 1978 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 22 February 1978 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Harmony | |||
| Selected song | "'t Is OK" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 37 points | |||
| Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
editNationaal Songfestival 1978
editThe final was held at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Willem Duys. Four acts took part performing two songs each and voting was by 10-member juries in the eleven Dutch provinces, with an additional jury made up of ten former Dutch Eurovision participants (Teddy Scholten, Greetje Kauffeld, De Spelbrekers, Conny Vandenbos, Lenny Kuhr, Maggie MacNeal, Getty Kaspers of Teach-In, Sandra Reemer, and Heddy Lester). Each juror awarded one point to his/her favourite song, with 120 points available in total. After a rather confused voting procedure (during which the juries in Gelderland and South Holland originally tried to award more than 10 points apiece), "'t Is OK" emerged the winner by a 12-point margin.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Barry Duncan | "Duncan" | 24 | 2 |
| 2 | Harmony | "Bim Bam Bom" | 19 | 3 |
| 3 | The Internationals | "Heel nu en dan" | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Kimm | "Jaimie" | 12 | 4 |
| 5 | Barry Duncan | "Rosamunde" | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Harmony | "'t Is OK" | 36 | 1 |
| 7 | The Internationals | "Boem boem boem" | 10 | 5 |
| 8 | Kimm | "Dit is mijn dag vandaag" | 6 | 7 |
At Eurovision
editOn the night of the final Harmony performed 11th in the running order, following Belgium and preceding Turkey. Along with the United Kingdom's Co-Co, Harmony came in for some criticism for their garish and clashing stage costumes. At the close of voting "'t Is OK" had received 37 points from eight countries, placing the Netherlands 13th of the 20 entries.[2] The Dutch jury reciprocated the Israeli 12 points by awarding its 12 to contest winner "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".[3]
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.
Voting
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References
edit- ^ ESC National Finals database 1978
- ^ "Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - Netherlands 1978
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.