Anouk first revealed taking part in the festival on Facebook on 17 October 2012 , after negotiations with broadcaster TROS . Her song was officially revealed on 11 March 2013 . Anouk performed " Birds " in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013 , where she progressed to the final on 18 May 2013 . Anouk reached the 9th place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö , Sweden on 18 May 2013 with her song " Birds " . The Dutch broadly perceived her result to be a major achievement , as it was the best ranking for the Netherlands in 14 years and the first time in 9 years that any Dutch artist even made it to the finals . Anouk wrote the 2015 Dutch entry called " Walk Along " , performed by Trijntje Oosterhuis along with Swedish songwriter Tobias Karlsson
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Anouk (singer)