Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
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The Netherlands was represented by Maywood
, with the song '"Ik wil alles met je delen
", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Zagreb
on 5 May. Two semi-finals were held in February, followed by the final on 10 March.
, hosted by Paula Patricio. Ten songs competed to become that year's Dutch entrant, to be chosen by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded 10 points to their favourite song down to 1 point to the least-liked. Maywood won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries, two more than any other competing song.
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following Turkey
and preceding Luxembourg
. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries (the highest mark being 6 from France
), placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France
.
Maywood (band)
Maywood was a Dutch pop group in the 1970s and 1980s. Their biggest hit single was in 1980 with "Late At Night". They represented the Netherlands in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ik wil alles met je delen", which finished in fifteenth place. The group split up in...
, with the song '"Ik wil alles met je delen
Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen
"Ik wil alles met je delen" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in Dutch by Maywood. The English language version was entitled "No more winds to guide me"....
", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
on 5 May. Two semi-finals were held in February, followed by the final on 10 March.
Semi-finals
Each semi-final contained ten songs, with the top five in each going forward to the final. Voting was by jury, and only the qualifiers were announced with no scores being made public.Semi-final 1
| Draw | Artist | Song | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | Y |
| 2 | Rose Glisten | "Niet zonder jou" | N |
| 3 | Gordon | "Gini" | Y |
| 4 | Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | Y |
| 5 | Angelina van Dijk | "Later" | N |
| 6 | Shan | "Anne" | N |
| 7 | Jeans | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | Y |
| 8 | Harold Verwoerdt | "Blijf maar bij mij" | N |
| 9 | Helen Carmine | "Morgen" | N |
| 10 | Marc Benz | "Geef mij een kans" | Y |
Semi-final 2
| Draw | Artist | Song | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Company | "Zonder liedje" | Y |
| 2 | Georgie Davis | "Eenmaal" | Y |
| 3 | Simple and Pure | "Einde van de regentijd" | Y |
| 4 | Jolanda de Wit | "Je bent het echt" | N |
| 5 | Erik Mesie | "Liefde" | N |
| 6 | Aurora | "De mooiste dag" | N |
| 7 | John Vis | "Ben je gek" | N |
| 8 | Gina | "Liever alleen" | Y |
| 9 | Tony Neef | "Alles" | N |
| 10 | Shift | "Helemaal" | Y |
Final
The final took place on 10 March at the Congresgebouw in The HagueThe Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, hosted by Paula Patricio. Ten songs competed to become that year's Dutch entrant, to be chosen by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded 10 points to their favourite song down to 1 point to the least-liked. Maywood won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries, two more than any other competing song.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Company | "Zonder liedje" | 95 | 2 |
| 2 | Cha-Cha | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | 46 | 8 |
| 3 | Gordon Gordon Heuckeroth Cornelis Willem Heuckeroth is a Dutch performer and radio and television personality, better known by his nickname Gordon... |
"Gini" | 45 | 9 |
| 4 | Simple and Pure | "Einde van de regentijd" | 60 | 6 |
| 5 | Georgie Davis | "Eenmaal" | 44 | 10 |
| 6 | Jeans | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | 64 | 5 |
| 7 | Gina | "Liever alleen" | 56 | 7 |
| 8 | Marc Benz | "Geef mij een kans" | 69 | 4 |
| 9 | Maywood Maywood (band) Maywood was a Dutch pop group in the 1970s and 1980s. Their biggest hit single was in 1980 with "Late At Night". They represented the Netherlands in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ik wil alles met je delen", which finished in fifteenth place. The group split up in... |
"Ik wil alles met je delen Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen "Ik wil alles met je delen" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed in Dutch by Maywood. The English language version was entitled "No more winds to guide me".... " |
102 | 1 |
| 10 | Shift | "Helemaal" | 79 | 3 |
| Song | Drenthe Drenthe Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany to the east.-History:Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has been a... |
Overijssel Overijssel Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede... |
Zeeland Zeeland Zeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about... |
Utrecht Utrecht (province) Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands in terms of area, and is located in the centre of the country. It is bordered by the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the south, South Holland in the west, and North Holland in the northwest... |
Limburg Limburg (Netherlands) Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to... |
South Holland South Holland South Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam.South Holland is one of the most densely populated and industrialised areas in the world... |
North Brabant North Brabant North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :... |
North Holland North Holland North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:... |
Friesland Friesland Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân... |
Flevoland Flevoland Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the centre of the country, at the location of the former Zuiderzee, the province was established on January 1, 1986; the twelfth province of the country, with Lelystad as its capital... |
Groningen Groningen (province) Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea... |
Gelderland Gelderland Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,... |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zonder liedje | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 95 |
| Oh wat een heerlijke tijd | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 46 |
| Gini | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 |
| Einde van de regentijd | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| Eenmaal | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 44 |
| Freedom, Freiheit, liberté | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 64 |
| Liever alleen | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 56 |
| Geef mij een kans | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 69 |
| Ik wil alles met je delen | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 102 |
| Helemaal | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 79 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
and preceding Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries (the highest mark being 6 from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.