The Netherlands was represented by duo
De Spelbrekers
De Spelbrekers (''The Spoilsports'') were a Dutch singing duo, consisting of Theo Rekkers (24 April 1924 – 20 April 2012) and Huug Kok (19 February 1918 – 27 October 2011). They were known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contes ...
, with the song '"
Katinka", at the
1962 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Nous les amoureux" by Jean-Claude Pascal. The contes ...
, which took place on 18 March in
Luxembourg City. "Katinka" was the winner of the Dutch national final for the contest, held on 27 February.
Before Eurovision
Nationaal Songfestival 1962
The national final was held at the Theater Concordia in
Bussum, hosted by Hannie Lips and Elisabeth Mooy. Seven songs took part and the winning song was chosen by 12 regional juries, each with 60 points to divide between the songs. "Katinka" emerged the clear winner by a 28-point margin. Future Dutch representative
Conny Vandenbos (
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
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) was one of the other participants.
At Eurovision
On the night of the final De Spelbrekers performed 8th in the running order, following
Germany and preceding eventual contest winners
France. Voting was by each national jury awarding 3, 2 and 1 points to their top three songs, and at the end of the evening "Katinka" (along with the entries from
Austria,
Belgium and
Spain) had failed to pick up a single point, the second time the Netherlands had finished at the foot of the scoreboard. 1962 was the first contest in which any entry failed to score, but the "honour" of being Eurovision's first ever nul-pointer is generally awarded to Belgium's
Fud Leclerc
Ferdinand Urbain Dominic Leclerc (, 1924 – 20 September 2010) was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, songwriter and singer before retiring to travel the world. On hi ...
, as he had performed earliest of the four in the running order. The Dutch jury awarded its 3 points to
Monaco.
ESC History - Netherlands 1962
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The Dutch conductor at the contest was Dolf van der Linden.
Despite its poor showing at Eurovision, "Katinka" was a big domestic hit and remains one of the better-remembered Dutch Eurovision entries from the contest's early years.
Voting
The Netherlands did not receive any points at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest.
References
External links
Dutch Preselection 1962
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1962
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...