Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Country Netherlands Selection process Artist : Internal selectionSong : Nationaal Songfestival '88Selection date(s) 23 March 1988 Selected artist(s) Gerard Joling Selected song "Shangri-La" Selected songwriter(s) Peter de Wijn Final result 9th, 70 points
The Netherlands participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 , held in Dublin , Ireland .
Nationaal Songfestival 1988 [ edit ]
The final was held on 23 March 1988 at the Congresgebouw in The Hague , hosted by Astrid Joosten . All songs were performed by Gerard Joling , 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.
Final – 23 March 1988
Draw
Song
Points
Place
1
"Heel verliefd"
222
2
2
"Shangri-La"
283
1
3
"Happy End in Hollywood"
213
4
4
"December in April"
165
5
5
"Doolang doolang"
156
6
6
"Mijn droom"
219
3
The contest was aired on Nederland 3 with commentary by Willem van Beusekom .[ 1] Joling performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Spain and preceding Israel . His song received 70 points, placing 9th of 22 competing countries.[ 2]
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof .
Among the members of the Dutch jury were Hans van den Berg and Bert Tuk.
Points awarded to the Netherlands[ 3]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
Italy
4 points
3 points
2 points
Ireland
1 point
Participation Artists Songs
"Alles heeft ritme "
"Als het om de liefde gaat "
"Amambanda"
"Amsterdam"
"Arcade "
"Een beetje "
"Birds "
"Birth of a New Age "
"Blijf zoals je bent "
"Burning Daylight "
"Calm After the Storm "
"Colorado "
"De diepte "
"Ding-a-dong "
"De eerste keer "
"Europapa "
"Fernando en Filippo "
"Grow "
"Heel de wereld "
"Hemel en aarde "
"Het is een wonder "
"I See a Star "
"Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie) "
"Ik hou van jou "
"Ik wil alles met je delen "
"Jij bent mijn leven "
"Jij en ik "
"Katinka "
"Lights and Shadows "
"De mallemolen "
"Morgen "
"My Impossible Dream"
"Net als toen "
"Never Alone"
"Niemand heeft nog tijd "
"No Goodbyes"
"On Top of the World"
"One Good Reason"
"One More Night"
"De oude muzikant "
"Out on My Own"
"Outlaw in 'Em "
"The Party's Over"
"Rechtop in de wind "
"Ring-dinge-ding "
"Shangri-La"
"Shine"
"Sing Me a Song"
"Slow Down "
"Een speeldoos "
"'t Is genoeg "
"'t Is OK "
"Tijd "
"De troubadour "
"De vogels van Holland "
"Voorgoed voorbij "
"Vrede "
"Waar is de zon "
"Walk Along"
"Wat een dag "
"Wat een geluk "
"Waterman "
"Wijs me de weg "
"Without You"
"You and Me "
"Your Heart Belongs to Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where the Netherlands did not compete
Countries
Artists
Songs
Final
"Ben Adam "
"Chanteur de charme "
"La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)"
"Clown"
"Croire "
"For vår jord "
"Go "
"Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'? "
"Laissez briller le soleil "
"Lied für einen Freund "
"Lisa Mona Lisa"
"Mangup "
"Nauravat silmät muistetaan "
"Ne partez pas sans moi "
"Shangri-La"
"Stad i ljus "
"Sufi"
"Take Him Home"
"Þú og þeir (Sókrates) "
"Vivo (Ti scrivo) "
"Voltarei "
Withdrawn