1969 Nationaal Songfestival brought Europe together by asking every single participating country in 1969 to vote with Dutch juries . Conny Vink 's " De toeteraar " was beaten by Lenny Kuhr 's " De troubadour " . Dolf van der Linden refused to go to Madrid and the song was conducted by Frans de Kok . This folk song about Troubadour did n't lead early in the voting before the third last country , France , gave six points to lead . The last two countries brought France , UK and Spain tied for lead with 18 points . Those four countries all won and led to withdrawn countries in 1970 . The Netherlands beat France in coin-toss to host 1970 in RAI Amsterdam . Hearts of Soul finished 7th with " Waterman " . Saskia & Serge finished second in 1970 national final before being internally selected for 1971 . Ballad and beautiful " Tijd " finished tied sixth that night . That song was a farewell for Dolf van der Linden after 13 songs were conducted by him , two victories . Sandra & Andres with " Als het om de liefde gaat " provided memorable performance as the 1972 audience clapped to the rhythm of the song . Belgium gave its neighbour only two points to finish fourth , one point behind Germany . After an old-fashioned " De oude muzikant " from Ben Cramer finished forgettable 14th in 1973 , the country sent the stars Mouth & MacNeal with " I See a Star " in 1974 . ( Developing ) The Netherlands has missed only four contests in its Eurovision history . The first one was at the 1985 contest , held in Gothenburg , Sweden . The contest , held on 4 May conflicted with the Dutch Remembrance of the Dead and therefore the Netherlands withdrew
I See a Star
I See a Star
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest