Justine Pelmelay (born 24 September 1958) is a Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the

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in 1989. Her entry, " Blijf zoals je bent" (Stay the way you are) was placed fifteenth out of the 22 participating songs. Pelmelay made another attempt to go to Eurovision in 2005 with the song "What you see is what you get" but it did not qualify for the final of Nationaal Songfestival, Dutch National Selection for Eurovision. Pelmelay was in the

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when it was involved in the

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which happened on 14 January 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelmelay, Justine 1958 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands Dutch women singers Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch people of Moluccan descent Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1989 People from Leiden Nationaal Songfestival contestants