 The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song " Calm After the Storm " , written by Ilse DeLange , JB Meijers , Rob Crosby , Matthew Crosby and Jake Etheridge . The song was performed by The Common Linnets , a duo consisting of DeLange and Waylon , two well @-@ known and popular Dutch artists , and formed by DeLange as a platform for Dutch artists to create country , Americana , and bluegrass music . In November 2013 the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS announced that they had internally selected The Common Linnets to represent the Netherlands at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen , Denmark , with their song first presented to the public in March 2014 . 
