On 25 November 2013 , the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest broadcasters , AVRO and TROS , announced in a press conference , that the band would represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen with the song " Calm After the Storm " . Ilse De Lange and Waylon presented their song for Eurovision 2014 for the first time in the Dutch TV Show ' De Wereld Draait Door ' on the 12th of March and released the final version the next day . On 9 May 2014 , they released their debut studio album '' The Common Linnets '' and the following day reached second place in the Eurovision final behind Conchita Wurst of Austria . On 17 May 2014 the album entered the Dutch Albums Chart at number 1 . On 14 May 2014 the album was at number 27 on The Official Chart Update in the UK . On 15 May 2014 the album entered the Irish Albums Chart at number 45 . On 11 September 2014 they released " Give Me a Reason " as the second single from the album , the song peaked to number 92 on the Dutch Singles Chart . The Common Linnets won the 2014 Buma Cultuur Pop Award
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
The Common Linnets