The Netherlands participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in

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Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1988

The final was held on 23 March 1988 at the

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, hosted by

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. All songs were performed by

Gerard Joling Gerard Jan Joling (born 29 April 1960) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. Known for his high tenor voice, he rose to fame in the late 1980s and released a string of singles including "Ticket to the Tropics" and "Love Is in Your Eyes". H ...

, who was internally selected by Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) to sing for the Netherlands at the 1988 contest in Dublin, with the winning song being chosen by a 55-member jury who gave each song a mark out of 6.

At Eurovision

Joling performed 7th on the night of the contest, following

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and preceding

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. His song received 70 points, placing 9th of 22 competing countries. The Dutch conductor at the contest was

Harry van Hoof Harry van Hoof (born 16 March 1943) is a Dutch conductor, composer and music arranger. Van Hoof has written many successful productions to his name already, he has his own production company and he had his first success as an arranger with "Sof ...

. Among the members of the Dutch jury were Hans van den Berg and Bert Tuk.

Voting

References

External links

Dutch National Final 1988 page
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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