The Netherlands was represented by Thérèse Steinmetz, with the song "Ring-dinge-ding", at the

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, which took place on 8 April in

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. Steinmetz was selected internally by broadcaster NOS and the song was revealed on 1 March as the winner of the Dutch final.

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1967

The national final was hosted by Leo Nelissen on 22 February from the Kloosterhoeve in

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, the smallest town ever to play host to a Dutch final. The winning song was chosen by postcard voting, and on 1 March, this time from the Theater Orpheus in

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, Steinmetz performed all six songs again before the results of the vote were announced. "Ring-dinge-ding" turned out to be the easy winner by a margin of well over 2,000 votes.

At Eurovision

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

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. At the close of voting "Ring-dinge-ding" had received only 2 points (1 each from

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and the

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), placing the Netherlands joint 14th (with

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and

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) of the 17 entries, ahead only of the zero points entry from

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. This continued the string of bad results the Netherlands had suffered throughout the 1960s.ESC History - Netherlands 1967
/ref> However the song has remained quite well remembered, as it is often cited as one of the classic examples of the facile "ring-ding-bang-boom" school of bouncy Eurovision songs particularly prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s. The Dutch conductor at the contest was

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Voting

External links

Dutch Preselection 1967

References

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