Eurovision 2012 – The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 just came to an end in the Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. 18 countries competed for the last 10 places in the grand final on Saturday evening. Here are the 10 qualifiers:
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Eurovision 2012: The Second Semi-Final Qualifiers!
Posted: May 24, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Netherlands196
Eurovision 2012: Today’s SF2 Rehearsals
Posted: May 19, 2012 by hulluna in Belarus, Bulgaria, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, FYR Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, SerbiaEurovision 2012 – The afternoon’s rehearsals saw semifinal 2 acts take to the Crystal Hall stage for the second time. Rehearsals and press conferences from Serbia, FRY Macedonia, The Netherlands, Malta, Belarus, Portugal, Ukraine & Bulgaria took place. See what you think to their second rehearsals.
The Netherlands – Joan Franka was crowned winner of the Nationaal Song Festival in the Netherlands yesterday and will now represent her country in Baku. Joan beat off two other superfinalists; Pearl Jozefzoon and Ivan Peroti, dressed up as a Native American with a guitar and singing ‘You and Me‘.
The Netherlands – Tonight will see The Netherlands decide on their representative for Baku. There are 6 acts remaining in the final, and they will go head to head in three pairs in ‘duels’. The winners will go to a superfinal of three acts. The winner will then be chosen by a combination of jury [...]
The Netherlands – The six acts left in the Netherlands’ selection process have today been drawn against each other in three ‘duels’. The Nationaal Songfestival takes place next Sunday February 26th at 20:20 (CET), and will be shown on the RTL4 show Life4you. In the ‘superfinal’ a jury and the Dutch viewers will decide which act [...]
Eurovision History Chat: The Netherlands
Posted: January 11, 2012 by hikarufreeman in Australia, Eurovision Through the Years, Netherlands, Worldwide FansTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Gerard Joling, Joy 94.9, Netherlands, Ruth Jacott, Sieneke
Podcast – Two presenters from the Australian radio station, JOY 94.9: Andrew Bell & Hikaru Freeman have embarked on an ambitious project in the run up to Eurovision 2012. They will be looking over many years of Eurovision entries, one country at a time. The first featured country is The Netherlands, which is one [...]
Netherlands: Nationaal Songfestival to be Discussed in Parliament
Posted: January 6, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in NetherlandsNetherlands – The euro crisis does not seem to be as pressing in the Netherlands as it is in other European countries as Socialist MP Jasper van Dijk is planning to raise the issue of the Dutch selection method for Eurovision in parliament. Mr. van Dijk thinks that the Nationaal Songfestival has ‘been hijacked‘ [...]
Netherlands: Four “The Voice” Candidates for Nationaal Songfestival 2012 + Snippets
Posted: January 5, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in NetherlandsNetherlands – Several Dutch media, had reported recently that the six candidates for the Nationaal Songfestival 2012 would almost all have a connection to a show of John de Mol. Today TROS announced the names of the participants and 4 of them were participants in “The Voice of Holland”, one is known to write [...]
Netherlands: “The Voice” Candidates for Eurovision?
Posted: December 30, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in NetherlandsNetherlands – According to several Dutch media, the six candidates for the Nationaal Songfestival 2012 will almost all have a connection to a show of John de Mol. Mol is one of the most successful television producers on the planet and has taken responsibility for the Dutch national final this year. His casting show [...]
Netherlands- The Dutch national broadcaster will reveal the six entries of their national final next Thursday in a press conference. The entries were selected by a jury of experts out of 491 submission. This year English and Dutch songs were part of the selection. In 2010 and 2011 only Dutch-language songs were allowed to [...]
Netherlands – The Dutch national broadcaster TROS has announced today that the participants in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 will be announced on January 5. Originally the competitors were supposed to be revealed in the “first weeks of December”. According to TROS the amount of entries submitted went way beyond [...]
Netherlands – The Dutch broadcaster TROS has told Eurovision website ESCxtra, that they will start to announce the participants of the Dutch national final in the first two weeks of December. TROS also told the website that six to eight participants will compete for the Dutch ticket to Baku. This year English and Dutch [...]
ESC History: First song ever performed on Eurovision
Posted: November 7, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in ESC History, NetherlandsESC History – Did you know that the first song ever performed at a Eurovision Song Contest was “De vogels van Holland” by Jetty Pearl from the Netherlands? It was 1956 in Lugano, Switzerland, when 7 countries started the tradition that today is one of the biggest media events each year. Just this first year [...]
Netherlands – Last summer the 3JS were announced to be the Dutch representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest. At the beginning of the year the Dutch people could choose their entry out of 5 songs. They went for “Je Vecht Nooit Alleen” which was later translated into “Never alone”. Here is our interview with them:
New Versions of the Dutch, Croatian and Hungarian Entries
Posted: March 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Croatia, Hungary, NetherlandsEurovision 2011 – The new videos and revamped versions are pouring in right before the Heads of Delegations meeting in Düsseldorf this Monday. Hungary has tonight revealed its official preview video (which I can’t see in Germany), Croatia has revealed a new English version of the song “Lahor” which is entitled “Celebrate”. The initial title [...]
Eurovision recap (25)
Posted: February 3, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, SloveniaToday with news from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Slovenia, Macedonia, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal Netherlands – The 3Js, the Dutch representatives at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will probably sing their entry “Je vecht nooit alleen” (I don’t fight alone”) in its English version. Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan,the Armenian Head of Delegation has told OGAE [...]
3JS with ‘Je Vecht Nooit Alleen’ to Düsseldorf
Posted: January 30, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in NetherlandsNetherlands – The Dutch song selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 has just ended. The internally selected band “The 3JS” performed 5 self-penned songs in Dutch. “Je Vecht Nooit Alleen” (You do not fight alone) was chosen as the Dutch entry at the contest. The decision was taken by 50% jury and 50% televote. [...]
Tonight: National Final in the Netherlands
Posted: January 30, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in NetherlandsNetherlands – Apart from Lena, the 3Js were the first confirmed entry of the 2011 Eurovision season. After tonight’s Dutch national final we will finally know the song that the band will perform in the second semi-final in Düsseldorf. The trio will perform 5 self-penned songs which are all in Dutch. Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau will host [...]
Netherlands: Listen to snippets of the 3Js’ songs
Posted: January 26, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in NetherlandsNetherlands – This Sunday the Dutch national final will be held to select a song for the internally selected band “The 3Js”. Now snippets of the 5 songs, that the 3Js will present to the Dutch public, have been played on a Dutch radio show. Nooit alleen (Never alone), Geef mij een naam (Give me [...]
Eurovision recap (20)
Posted: December 17, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Belgium, Estonia, NetherlandsThis time with news from Belgium, Estonia, Armenia and the Netherlands! Armenia – Just a few days ago the Armenian national broadcaster ARMTV revealed that Emmy would represent the Caucasian country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Today the channel explained how the song selection will work: Composers can submit entries for Emmy until January [...]
Eurovision recap (19)
Posted: December 15, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Estonia, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, SpainThis time with news from the Netherlands, Düsseldorf, Spain, Greece and Estonia Greece – According to oikotimes, the deadline for artists to submit entries for the Greek national final will pass this Friday. Apparently the financially strained national broadcaster has asked record labels to cover 60% of the costs of the Greek participation. Names that [...]
Today with news from Norway, Romania and the Netherlands Netherlands – The 3Js have written another 3 songs during arecent stay in France. They now have a selection of 7 songs for the national final. Only 5 will be used for the televised national final tough. Jaap Kwakmann has confirmed that the 5 songs will [...]
Netherlands – Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf” reports today that the representatives of the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest “3Js” will get a reality soap documenting their lives leading up to the Dutch national final. TROS announced that the 4-part series will portray the 3Js while working on their 5 songs for the national final [...]
The Norwegian and Dutch national finals
Posted: October 21, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Netherlands, NorwayNorway – As previously announced the Norwegian national final will take place February 12, 2011 in Oslo. Now the venues of the semifinals have been announced: Semifinal 1: Ørland (January 5), Semifinal 2: Florø (January 22) Semifinal 3: Skien (January 29) and Second Chance: Sarpsborg (February 2). No artists have been announced yet. Netherlands – [...]
Netherlands – Yesterday we reported about rumors that the band “3J’s” would represent the Netherlands in 2011. Today TROS, the Dutch channel responsible for the Eurovision Song Contest has confirmed that “3J’s” are the representatives for 2011. The Netherlands are thus the second country to reveal their act after Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut has announced to [...]
Netherlands – Giel Beelen, a Dutch radio host has revealed in his morning show on 3FM that the group “3 J’s” will represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011. The 3 J’s are quite popular in the Netherlands and mostly sing their songs in Dutch. TROS, the Dutch television channel responsible for [...]
Eurovision recap (6)
Posted: June 30, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Germany, Netherlands, United KingdomUnited Kingdom – Eurovision site “oikotimes” cites an insider of the BBC, saying that the national broadcaster is set to take the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 very seriously to get even with Germany. In the Eurovision Song Contest Germany
