The Netherlands was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Johnny Holshuyzen, with lyrics by Karel Prior, and performed by

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. The Dutch participating Broadcaster, (NTS), selected its entry through a national final. Five acts participated in the Dutch preselection, which consisted of five qualifying rounds, followed by the final on 13 February. All the shows were held at the Theater Concordia in

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, hosted by the 1959 Eurovision winner

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. Vandenbos had previously taken part in the Dutch preselection of

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. Future Dutch representative

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(

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) was one of the other participants.

Before Eurovision

1965

Heats

Five qualifying heats took place on consecutive evenings between 8 and 12 February. Each involved one of the selected acts performing three songs, with the jury winner from each act going forward to the final. The 31-member jury contained a mixture of journalists, employees of the organizing broadcaster, NTS, and randomly chosen audience members. The same format was used again in the Dutch preselections of and . The NTS jury consisted of ,

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, , , , Ton Kool, , , Bep Ogterop, Tonny Schiferstein, and . The detailed results of Ronnie Tober's semifinal are currently unknown.

Final

The national final was held on 13 February. The winning song was again chosen by a mixed 31-member jury, each awarding 1 point to their favourite song. The winner was "", written by , composed by Joke van Soest, and performed

, who won by a 5-point margin.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Vandenbos performed first in the running order, preceding the . Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to its top three songs, and at the close of the voting "" had received 5 points (all from ), placing the Netherlands 11th of the 18 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners . The Dutch conductor at the contest was

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. The Dutch jury included Annie Bosma-Banning, , and .

Voting

References

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