Marlayne had mainly worked as a backing vocalist for singers such as René Froger when , in 1999 , her song " One Good Reason " was chosen by a very comprehensive margin from ten competitors as the Dutch representative in the 44th Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 29 May in Jerusalem . " One Good Reason " was a very contemporary song , and the first Dutch entry to be sung in English since 1976 ( following the abolition of the national language rule for the 1999 contest ) . In the run up to the contest , " One Good Reason " had been considered one of the favourites for victory , so its eighth-place finish of the 23 entries , while respectable , was seen as somewhat disappointing
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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