In 1970 , Saskia & Serge took part in the Dutch Eurovision selection with " Het spinnewiel " ( " The Spinning-Wheel " ) , which was narrowly and controversially beaten into second place . They returned in 1971 , this time singing all six songs in the selection , and " Tijd " ( " Time " ) was chosen to go forward to the 16th Eurovision Song Contest , held in Dublin on 3 April . Although Saskia suffered a microphone malfunction at the start of the song , " Tijd " finished in joint sixth place of the 18 entries
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Saskia & Serge