Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

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Eurovision Song Contest 1968
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
National selection
Selection processNationaal Songfestival 1968
Selection date(s)28 February 1968
Selected entrant Ronnie Tober
Selected song"Morgen"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result16th, 1 point
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄196719681969►

The Netherlands was represented by Ronnie Tober, with the song "Morgen", at the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in London. "Morgen" was the winner of the Dutch national final for the contest, held on 28 February. Tober had previously finished second in the Dutch preselection in 1965.

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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. [1] 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. [2]

28 February 1968
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1René Frank"Annemarie"753
2Gonnie Baars"Ik wil van alles"474
3Ronnie Tober"Morgen"1221
4Conny Vink"Hé, moet je bij mij zijn"782

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. [3]

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

Voting

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References

  1. ESC National Finals database 1968
  2. "Ronnie Tober met liedje naar London". delpher.nl. Het Parool. 29 February 1968. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ESC History - Netherlands 1968
  4. 1 2 "Results of the Final of London 1968". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.