Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
# Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

The Netherlands was represented by Maywood, with the song "Ik wil alles met je delen", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Zagreb on 5 May.

## Before Eurovision

### Nationaal Songfestival 1990

**Competing entries**

Competing entries :

| Artist | Song | Composer(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Angelina van Dijk | "Later" | Coen Baes, Sietze Jansen |
| Aurora | "De mooiste dag" | Edward Reekers, Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Cha-Cha | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | Elbert Kok |
| The Company | "Zonder liedje" | Marcel Schimscheimer, Ruud Sommer, Cees Stolk |
| Erik Mesie | "Liefde" | Fons Merkies, Cyriel van Kappel |
| Georgie Davis | "Eenmaal" | John Ewbank |
| Gina | "Liever alleen" | Maarten Peeters |
| Gordon | "Gini" | Peter van Asten, Karel Alberts |
| Harold Verwoerdt | "Blijf maar bij mij" | Maarten Peeters |
| Helen Carmine | "Morgen" | Kees Smit |
| Jeans | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | Piet Souer |
| John Vis | "Ben je gek" | Edward Reekers |
| Jolanda de Wit | "Je bent het echt" | Clemens van Ven, Margriet de Graaf |
| Marc Benz | "Geef mij een kans" | Gertjan Hessing, Elmer Veerhoff, Aart Mol, Erwin van Prehn, Cees Bergman |
| Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | Alie May |
| Rose Glisten | "Niet zonder jou" | Maarten Peeters |
| Shan | "Anne" | Peter van Asten, Piet Souer |
| Shift | "Helemaal" | Herman Pieter de Boer, Hans van Eijk, Ronald Schilperoort |
| Simple and Pure | "Einde van de regentijd" | Peter de Wijn, Peter Schön |
| Tony Neef | "Alles" | Hans Vermeulen, Hans Jansen |

**Semi-finals**

The first semi-final took place on 16 February 1990. Ten songs competed and five songs, chosen by an expert jury, qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1 – 16 February 1990 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cha-Cha | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | Advanced |
| 2 | Rose Glisten | "Niet zonder jou" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Gordon | "Gini" | Advanced |
| 4 | Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | Advanced |
| 5 | Angelina van Dijk | "Later" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Shan | "Anne" | Eliminated |
| 7 | Jeans | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | Advanced |
| 8 | Harold Verwoerdt | "Blijf maar bij mij" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Helen Carmine | "Morgen" | Eliminated |
| 10 | Marc Benz | "Geef mij een kans" | Advanced |

The second semi-final took place on 23 February 1990. Ten songs competed and five songs, chosen by an expert jury, qualified for the final.

Semi-final 2 – 23 February 1990 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | The Company | "Zonder liedje" | Advanced |
| 2 | Georgie Davis | "Eenmaal" | Advanced |
| 3 | Simple and Pure | "Einde van de regentijd" | Advanced |
| 4 | Jolanda de Wit | "Je bent het echt" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Erik Mesie | "Liefde" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Aurora | "De mooiste dag" | Eliminated |
| 7 | John Vis | "Ben je gek" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Gina | "Liever alleen" | Advanced |
| 9 | Tony Neef | "Alles" | Eliminated |
| 10 | Shift | "Helemaal" | Advanced |

**Final**

The final took place on 10 March 1990 at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Paula Patricio. Ten songs competed, and the winner was chosen by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded 10 points to their favourite song down to 1 point to the least-liked. Maywood won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries, two more than any other competing song.

Final – 10 March 1990 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | The Company | "Zonder liedje" | 95 | 2 |
| 2 | Cha-Cha | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | 46 | 8 |
| 3 | Gordon | "Gini" | 45 | 9 |
| 4 | Simple and Pure | "Einde van de regentijd" | 60 | 6 |
| 5 | Georgie Davis | "Eenmaal" | 44 | 10 |
| 6 | Jeans | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | 64 | 5 |
| 7 | Gina | "Liever alleen" | 56 | 7 |
| 8 | Marc Benz | "Geef mij een kans" | 69 | 4 |
| 9 | Maywood | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | 102 | 1 |
| 10 | Shift | "Helemaal" | 79 | 3 |

Detailed Regional Jury Votes :

| Draw | Song | Drenthe | Overijssel | Zeeland | Utrecht | Limburg | South Holland | North Holland | North Brabant | Friesland | Flevoland | Groningen | Gelderland | Total score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | "Zonder liedje" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 95 |
| 2 | "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 46 |
| 3 | "Gini" | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 |
| 4 | "Einde van de regentijd" | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| 5 | "Eenmaal" | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 64 |
| 7 | "Liever alleen" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 56 |
| 8 | "Geef mij een kans" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 69 |
| 9 | "Ik wil alles met je delen" | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 102 |
| 10 | "Helemaal" | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 79 |

## At Eurovision

On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries, placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France.

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.

