Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (née van Zwieteren; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch singer and television presenter. She is known for winning the

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with the song "

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", representing the Netherlands.

Career

In 1950, Scholten was invited by

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to perform at a show in the

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. She was one of the first Dutch popular music artists to perform in the United States. In 1959, she won the ''Nationaal Songfestival'' 1959 with the song "

", written by

Willy van Hemert Willy van Hemert (29 March 1912 – 26 June 1993) was a Dutch actor and theatre and television director, but is best known as a songwriter who penned two winning Dutch songs for the Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Van Hemert was born in Utre ...

and Dick Schallies. This gave her the right to represent the Netherlands in the

, held in

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. She went on to win the competition, receiving a total of 21 points from the international juries. This marked the second win of the

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. "Een beetje" was also recorded in French ("Un p'tit peu"),

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("Sei ehrlich"),

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("Un poco") and

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("Om våren"). With her husband, Henk Scholten, she recorded several albums, many of them containing songs for children. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in popular television shows in the Netherlands. In 1965 and 1966, she presented the ''

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'', the Dutch national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. Scholten died in

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on 8 April 2010, aged 83.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scholten, Teddy 1926 births 2010 deaths Dutch women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1959 Eurovision Song Contest winners People from Rijswijk Philips Records artists Nationaal Songfestival contestants Nationaal Songfestival presenters