The Netherlands was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1962 The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 in the of the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg and presented by Mireille Delannoy. Organised by the European Broadcasting Un ...

with the song "", written by

Joop Stokkermans Johannes Andreas "Joop" Stokkermans (20 February 1937 in Leiden – 25 October 2012 in Hilversum) was a Dutch composer and pianist.

, Henny Hamhuis, and Lodewijk Post, and performed by

De Spelbrekers De Spelbrekers (''The Spoilsports'') were a Dutch singing duo, consisting of Theo Rekkers (24 April 1924 – 20 April 2012) and Huug Kok (19 February 1918 – 27 October 2011). They were known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contes ...

. The Dutch participating Broadcaster, (NTS), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

The national final was held at the Theater Concordia in

Bussum Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren. Bussum had a ...

, hosted by Hannie Lips and Elisabeth Mooy. Seven songs took part and the winning song was chosen by 12 regional juries, each with 60 points to divide between the songs.

Conny Vandenbos Jacoba Adriana Hollestelle (16 January 1937 – 7 April 2002), known professionally as Conny Vandenbos, was a popular Dutch singer. She had her first radio hit in 1966 and continued to make hit recordings throughout the 1970s. She represented th ...

, who would represent the , was one of the participants. "Katinka" performed by

emerged the clear winner by a 28-point margin.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final De Spelbrekers performed 8th in the running order, following and preceding eventual contest winners . Voting was by each national jury awarding 3, 2 and 1 points to their top three songs, and at the end of the evening "Katinka" (along with the entries from , , and ) had failed to pick up a single point, the second time the Netherlands had finished at the foot of the scoreboard. 1962 was the first contest in which any entry failed to score, but the "honour" of being Eurovision's first ever nul-pointer is generally awarded to Belgium's

Fud Leclerc Ferdinand Urbain Dominic Leclerc (, 1924 – 20 September 2010) was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, songwriter and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his ...

, as he had performed earliest of the four in the running order. The Dutch jury awarded its 3 points to . The Dutch conductor at the contest was

Dolf van der Linden David Gijsbert van der Linden (22 June 1915 – 30 January 1999), known as Dolf van der Linden, was a Dutch Conductor (music), conductor of popular music with a reputation which extended beyond the borders of the Netherlands. Biography David Gij ...

. Despite its poor showing at Eurovision, "Katinka" was a big domestic hit and remains one of the better-remembered Dutch Eurovision entries from the contest's early years.

Voting

The Netherlands did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962.

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

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