"Slow Down" is a song performed by Dutch singer

Douwe Bob Douwe Bob Posthuma (born 12 December 1992), professionally known by only his first and middle names Douwe Bob (), is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He won the Dutch talent show ''De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland''. He specializes in folk musi ...

. The song represented the

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in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Heroes (Måns Zelmerlöw song), Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organis ...

, and was written by Bob along with Jan Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman, and Matthijs van Duijvenbode. The song was released as a digital download on 5 March 2016 through Universal Music Netherlands as the lead single from his album '' Fool Bar''.Slow Down - Douwe Bob
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Eurovision Song Contest

Douwe Bob was announced as the Dutch entrant to the

by Dutch media on 20 September 2015. Two days later, he confirmed the news during the Dutch talk show ''

De Wereld Draait Door ''De Wereld Draait Door'' (; DWDD) was an early-evening talk show on Dutch television, broadcast every weekday at 7:00 p.m. on NPO 1. It was the Netherlands' longest-running, regularly scheduled TV entertainment show and had the second-highes ...

''. "Slow Down" was revealed as his Eurovision entry on 4 March 2016 during a press conference in

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. The song was released as a digital download the day after. He performed in the first half of the semi-final. He got through the semi-final and performed in the grand final on Saturday 14 May 2016, coming in 11th place with 153 points.

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Eurovision songs of the Netherlands Eurovision songs of 2016 2016 songs 2016 singles Douwe Bob songs Universal Music Group singles {{2016-single-stub