The Netherlands was represented by

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, with the song "'t Is genoeg", at the

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, which took place on 20 March in

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. Five acts participated in the Dutch preselection, which consisted of five qualifying rounds, followed by the final on 13 February. All the shows were held at the Theater Concordia in

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, hosted by the 1959 Eurovision winner

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. Vandenbos had previously taken part in the Dutch preselection of

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. Future Dutch representative

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(

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) was one of the other participants.

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1965

Heats

Five qualifying heats took place on consecutive evenings between 8 and 12 February. Each involved one of the selected acts performing three songs, with the jury winner from each act going forward to the final. The 31-member jury contained a mixture of journalists, employees of organising TV station NTS and randomly chosen audience members. The same format was used again in the Dutch preselections of

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and

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Final

The national final was held on 13 February. The winning song was again chosen by a mixed 31-member jury, each awarding 1 point to their favourite song. "'t Is genoeg" was the winner by a 5-point margin.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Vandenbos performed first in the running order, preceding the

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. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to its top three songs, and at the close of the voting "'t Is genoeg" had received 5 points (all from

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), placing the Netherlands 11th of the 18 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners

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.ESC History - Netherlands 1965
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Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

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