The Netherlands participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in

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Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1988

The final was held on 23 March 1988 at the Congresgebouw in

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, hosted by Astrid Joosten. All songs were performed by Gerard Joling, who was internally selected by Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) to sing for the Netherlands at the 1988 contest in Dublin, with the winning song being chosen by a 55-member jury who gave each song a mark out of 6.

At Eurovision

Joling performed 7th on the night of the contest, following

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and preceding

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. His song received 70 points, placing 9th of 22 competing countries. The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof. Among the members of the Dutch jury were Hans van den Berg and Bert Tuk.

Voting

References

External links

Dutch National Final 1988 page
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1988 1988 Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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