Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Nationaal Songfestival 1997
Selection date(s)	23 February 1997
Selected entrant	Mrs. Einstein
Selected song	"Niemand heeft nog tijd"
Finals performance
Final result	22nd=, 5 points

The Netherlands was represented by five-piece female group Mrs. Einstein, with the song '"Niemand heeft nog tijd", at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin on 3 May. The song was chosen at the Dutch national final on 23 February.

Final

The final took place on 23 February at the Mercanti Plaza in Amsterdam, hosted by Bart Peeters and Joop van Zijl. All six songs were performed by Mrs. Einstein, with the winner being decided by a 50/50 spilt between televoting and juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded votes as 10-7-5-3-2-1. The voting was extremely close, with "Niemand heeft nog tijd" winning by just a 2-point margin over "Toen de aarde stilstond" after both songs received an identical score from the televote. Third-placed song "Dat liefde zo moet zijn" also finished only 6 points adrift and was the top choice of five of the juries, against three in favour of "Niemand heeft nog tijd" and "Toen de aarde stilstond".^[1]

Final - 23 February 1997

Draw	Song	Points	Place
1	"Ik dou alsof"	53	6
2	"Dat liefde zo moet zijn"	153	3
3	"Samen sterk"	57	5
4	"Niemand heeft nog tijd"	159	1
5	"Toen de aarde stilstond"	157	2
6	"Laat het los"	93	4

Voting

Song	Friesland	Groningen	Drenthe	Overijssel	Gelderland	Utrecht	Flevoland	North Holland	South Holland	Zeeland	North Brabant	Limburg	Televote	Total
Ik doe alsof	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	5	2	7	1	24	53
Dat liefde zo moet zijn	10	1	5	5	10	2	7	10	3	3	10	10	77	153
Samen sterk	2	5	1	2	2	3	3	5	1	1	2	3	27	57
Niemand heeft nog tijd	7	7	10	7	7	10	5	1	10	7	1	5	82	159
Toen de aarde stilstond	3	10	7	10	3	5	10	7	7	5	5	7	82	157
Laat het los	5	2	3	3	5	7	1	2	2	10	3	2	44	93

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Mrs. Einstein performed 8th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Italy. At the close of voting "Niemand heeft nog tijd" had received only 5 points (4 from Malta and 1 from Turkey), placing the Netherlands joint 22nd (with Switzerland) of the 25 entries, ahead only of the nul-points entries from Norway and Portugal. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners the United Kingdom.^[2]

See also

• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1997

External links

• Netherlands preselection 1997

References

1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1997
2. ^ ESC History - Netherlands 1997