The Netherlands was represented by Greetje Kauffeld

Greetje Kauffeld

Greetje Kauffeld is a Dutch jazz singer and Schlager musician who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961. She led her own trio starting in 1986 and has lived in Germany for years.-External links:...

, with the song '"Wat een dag

Wat Een Dag

"Wat een dag" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in Dutch by Greetje Kauffeld.The song is sung from the perspective of a young woman experiencing love and generally finding the world to be a lovely place...

", at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Cannes

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, France

France

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. For the first time the Dutch entry was chosen internally with no National Songfestival being held. Kauffeld had taken part in the three previous Dutch preselections of 1958

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958

The Netherlands was represented by Corry Brokken, with the song '"Heel de wereld", at the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 March in Hilversum. "Heel de wereld" was chosen at the Dutch national final on 11 February...

, 1959

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959

The Netherlands was represented by Teddy Scholten, with the song '"Een beetje", at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 11 March in Cannes, France. Song and singer were chosen independently of each other at the Dutch national final, held on 17 February...

 and 1960

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960

The Netherlands was represented by Rudi Carrell, with the song '"Wat een geluk", at the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 29 March in London...

.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kauffeld performed 6th in the running order, following Yugoslavia

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 and preceding Sweden

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. At the close of voting "Wat een dag" had received 6 points (2 from Italy

Italy

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 and Yugoslavia, and 1 from France and Germany

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), placing the Netherlands joint 10th (with Finland

Finland

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 and Monaco

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) of the 16 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its highest mark (3) to the United Kingdom

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