Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977

Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Nationaal Songfestival 1977
Selection date(s)	2 February 1977
Selected entrant	Heddy Lester
Selected song	"De mallemolen"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 35 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1976 • 1977 • 1978►

The Netherlands was represented by Heddy Lester, with the song '"De mallemolen", at the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in London on 7 May. Lester was the winner of the Dutch national final for the contest, held on 2 February.

Final

National winner Heddy Lester

The national final was held at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Ati Dijckmeester. Ten songs took part and voting was by eleven "celebrity" juries of nine people based in each Dutch province. Each juror awarded one point to his/her favourite song, with 99 points available in total. "De mallemolen" emerged the winner by a 5-point margin.^[1]

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Lester performed 3rd in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Austria. "De mallemolen" had been one of the front-runners in pre-contest betting, but at the close of voting had managed to muster only 35 points (the highest a 10 from Belgium), placing the Netherlands 12th of the 18 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Belgium.^[2]

See also

• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1977

External links

• Dutch Preselection 1977

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References

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Artists 1950s Jetty Paerl (1956) Corry Brokken (1956) Corry Brokken Corry Brokken Teddy Scholten 1960s Rudi Carrell Greetje Kauffeld De Spelbrekers Annie Palmen Anneke Grönloh Conny Vandenbos Milly Scott Thérèse Steinmetz Ronnie Tober Lenny Kuhr 1970s Hearts of Soul Saskia & Serge Sandra & Andres Ben Cramer Mouth & MacNeal Teach-In Sandra Reemer Heddy Lester Harmony Xandra 1980s Maggie MacNeal Linda Williams Bill van Dijk Bernadette Maribelle 1985 Frizzle Sizzle Marcha Gerard Joling Justine Pelmelay 1990s Maywood 1991 Humphrey Campbell Ruth Jacott Willeke Alberti 1995 Maxine & Franklin Brown Mrs. Einstein Edsilia Rombley Marlayne 2000s Linda Wagenmakers Michelle 2002 Esther Hart Re-Union Glennis Grace Treble Edsilia Rombley Hind De Toppers 2010s Sieneke 3JS Joan Franka Anouk The Common Linnets Trijntje Oosterhuis Douwe Bob O'G3NE
Songs 1950s "De vogels van Holland" (1956) "Voorgoed voorbij" (1956) "Net als toen" "Heel de wereld" "Een beetje" 1960s "Wat een geluk" "Wat een dag" "Katinka" "Een speeldoos" "Jij bent mijn leven" "'t Is genoeg" "Fernando en Filippo" "Ring-dinge-ding" "Morgen" "De troubadour" 1970s "Waterman" "Tijd" "Als het om de liefde gaat" "De oude muzikant" "I See A Star" "Ding-A-Dong" "The Party's Over" "De mallemolen" "'t Is OK" "Colorado" 1980s "Amsterdam" "Het is een wonder" "Jij en ik" "Sing Me a Song" "Ik hou van jou" 1985 "Alles heeft ritme" "Rechtop in de wind" "Shangri-La" "Blijf zoals je bent" 1990s "Ik wil alles met je delen" 1991 "Wijs me de weg" "Vrede" "Waar is de zon?" 1995 "De eerste keer" "Niemand heeft nog tijd" "Hemel en aarde" "One Good Reason" 2000s "No Goodbyes" "Out On My Own" 2002 "One More Night" "Without You" "My Impossible Dream" "Amambanda" "On Top of the World" "Your Heart Belongs to Me" "Shine" 2010s "Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)" "Never Alone" "You and Me" "Birds" "Calm After the Storm" "Walk Along" "Slow Down"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Netherlands did not compete)