Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Country  Netherlands
National selection
Selection process Artist: Internal Selection
Song: Nationaal Songfestival 1993
Selection date(s) 26 March 1993
Selected entrant Ruth Jacott
Selected song "Vrede"
Finals performance
Final result 6th, 96 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1992 1993 1994►

The Netherlands was represented by Ruth Jacott, with the song "Vrede", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Millstreet, Ireland on 15 May. The song was chosen at the Dutch national final on 26 March.

Final

The final took place on 26 March at the Discothèque Escape in Amsterdam, hosted by Paul de Leeuw. All eight songs were performed by Jacott, with the winner being decided by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded votes as 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. (For reasons which are unclear, on the night the votes were announced in multiples of 1,000 - i.e. the favourite song was awarded 10,000 points.) "Vrede" won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries.[1]

Final - 26 March 1993
Draw Song Points Place
1 "Medeleven" 63 4
2 "Kom op" 49 7
3 "Ik hou van jou" 22 8
4 "Waar blijft de tijd" 71 3
5 "Blijf bij mij" 54 5
6 "Vrede" 83 1
7 "Tederheid" 50 6
8 "Loop met me mee" 76 2
Jury votes
Song Flevoland North
Holland
South
Holland
Zeeland North
Brabant
Limburg Groningen Friesland Drenthe Overijssel Gelderland Utrecht Total
Medeleven385345542610863
Kom op13368636442349
Ik hou van jou22223312121122
Waar blijft de tijd61810102810813471
Blijf bij mij510155423635554
Vrede866821108101041083
Tederheid454111041356650
Loop met me mee1041046865588276

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Jacott performed 20th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Croatia. At the close of voting "Vrede" had received 96 points from 14 countries (including the maximum 12 from Ireland and 10 from Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina), placing the Netherlands 6th of the 25 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Portugal.[2]

See also

External links

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.