The Netherlands was represented by
Corry Brokken
Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken (3 December 1932 – 31 May 2016) was a Dutch singer, television presenter and jurist. In 1957, she won the second edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Net als toen", representing the Netherlands. ...
, with the song '"
Heel de wereld", at the
1958 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 March in
Hilversum. "Heel de wereld" was chosen at the Dutch national final on 11 February. Brokken had taken part in both previous Eurovisions, and her victory in
Frankfurt
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the previous year with "
Net als toen
"Net als toen" (; "Just like then") is a love song written in Dutch by Willy van Hemert, composed by Guus Jansen and performed by Corry Brokken in 1957 as the Netherlands' entry and runaway winner of the pan-European Eurovision Song Contest, whi ...
" had brought the contest to the Netherlands for the first time.
Before Eurovision
Nationaal Songfestival 1958
The national final took place at the
AVRO TV studios in Hilversum (the same venue in which the Eurovision final took place), hosted by Tanja Koen. Eleven songs and six singers were involved, with all participants other than Anneke van der Graaf performing two songs.
The winning song was chosen by postcard voting; the full ranking of the songs is known, but information on votes received is only available for the top five songs.
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Brokken performed second in the running order, following
Italy
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and preceding
France
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. At the close of voting "Heel de wereld" had received only 1 point (from
Switzerland), placing the Netherlands joint last (with
Luxembourg
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) of the 10 entries.
The Dutch entry was conducted at the contest by the musical director
Dolf van der Linden
David Gijsbert van der Linden (22 June 1915 – 30 January 1999), known as Dolf van der Linden, was a Dutch conductor of popular music with a reputation which extended beyond the borders of the Netherlands.
Biography
David Gijsbert van der Lind ...
.
Brokken thus became the only performer in Eurovision history ever to have finished both first and last; it was also the only year, until 2015, in which the host country ended the evening at the bottom of the scoreboard.
Voting
Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.
References
External links
Dutch Preselection 1958
{{DEFAULTSORT:Netherlands In The Eurovision Song Contest 1958
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958
Eurovision