 On 9 November 2017, Dutch National Broadcaster AVROTROS akazivisa Waylon sezvo Dutch entrant panguva Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Waylon akanga ambomiririra Netherlands muna 2014sorutivi rweThe Common Linnets pamwe chete naIlse DeLange. Rwiyo rwavo Calm After the Storm rwakawana mapoinzi 238 mumutambo wokupedzisira, zvichivaita kuti vave vechipiri. Pamberi pekuratidzwa kwepamutemo kwenziyo musi wa2 Kurume 2018, Waylon akapa nziyo shanu - kusanganisira kupinda kweDutch pamutemo kweEurovision Song Contest - kubva mualbum yake iri kuuya Nyika Inogona Kumirira pane hurukuro yehurukuro De Wereld Draait Door, inotambirwa naMatthijs van Nieuwkerk uye yakaratidzwa paNPO 1. Netherlands yakakwikwidza muhafu yekutanga yechipiri semi-fainari paEurovision Song Contest. 