Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Eurovision Song Contest 1968
Participating broadcaster	Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS)
Country	Netherlands
Selection process	Nationaal Songfestival 1968
Selection date	28 February 1968
Competing entry
Song	"Morgen"
Artist	Ronnie Tober
Songwriters	Joop Stokkermans Theo Strengers
Placement
Final result	16th, 1 point
Participation chronology
◄1967 • 1968 • 1969►

The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song "Morgen", composed by Joop Stokkermans, with lyrics by Theo Strengers, and performed by Ronnie Tober. The Dutch participating Broadcaster, Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), selected its entry through a national final. Tober had previously finished second in the 1965 national final.

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1968

The national final was held at the Tivoli in Utrecht, hosted by Elles Berger. Six songs were originally lined up for the final, but singers Tante Leen and Trea Dobbs both withdrew, leaving a field of just four.

The song was reportedly chosen by a 325-piece public jury from different provinces of the country as well as a small professional jury. Tober received 117 votes from the public jury and 5 from the professional jury. ^[1]

28 February 1968

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	René Frank	"Annemarie"	75	3
2	Gonnie Baars	"Ik wil van alles"	47	4
3	Ronnie Tober	"Morgen"	122	1
4	Conny Vink	"Hé, moet je bij mij zijn"	78	2

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Tober performed second in the running order, following Portugal and preceding Belgium. At the close of voting "Morgen" had received just 1 point (from Italy), placing the Netherlands joint last (with Finland) of the 17 entries. This was the fourth (and to date last in the finals) time the Netherlands ended the evening at the bottom of the scoreboard.

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Dolf van der Linden.

Voting

Points awarded to the Netherlands [2] Score Country 1 point   Italy

Points awarded by the Netherlands [2] Score Country 3 points   France 2 points   Monaco   United Kingdom 1 point   Ireland   Luxembourg   Sweden

References

1. "Ronnie Tober met liedje naar London". delpher.nl. Het Parool. 29 February 1968. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
2. "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest . Retrieved 22 June 2025.