Thérèse Steinmetz (born 17 May 1933) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest.

Early career

Steinmetz studied at the

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, and appeared in various theatre, television and film roles before being give her own TV series, ''Thérèse'', in 1966

Eurovision Song Contest

In 1967, Steinmetz sang all six songs in the Dutch Eurovision selection, with " Ring-dinge-ding" being chosen by postcard voting as the winner. Steinmetz went forward to the 12th Eurovision Song Contest, held in

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on 8 April, where "Ring-dinge-ding" ended the evening in 14th place of 17 entries, continuing a run of poor Dutch results dating back to 1960.

Later career

In 1970, Steinmetz won the Golden Stag Festival in Braşov,

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, beating another former Eurovision singer, Lize Marke, into second place. The victory led to her becoming a very popular singer in Romania, which she would visit several times, performing a

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-based repertoire. She had a top 40 hit, "Geef ze een kans", in the Netherlands in 1974 and made regular television appearances. Steinmetz has lived for many years in the

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city of

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, where she has become a successful

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and owns and runs an art

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and

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References

External links

1967 page at Dingadong.nl (Dutch)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinmetz, Therese 1933 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands Dutch women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1967 Musicians from Amsterdam Dutch women painters Dutch expatriates in France