Country Netherlands Selected entrant Justine Pelmelay Final result 15th, 45 points | Selection date(s) 10 March 1989 Selected song "Blijf zoals je bent" | |
Selection process Nationaal Songfestival 1989 | ||
The Netherlands was represented by Justine Pelmelay, with the song '"Blijf zoals je bent", at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Lausanne, Switzerland on 13 May. Pelmelay was the winner of the Dutch national final for the contest, held on 10 March.
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Final
The national final was held at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, hosted by Linda de Mol. Thirteen songs took part with the winner being decided by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded points from 13 down to 1. Pelmelay emerged a comfortable winner by a margin of 21 points.
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Pelmelay performed 4th in the running order, following Ireland and preceding Turkey. After a strong performance, Pelmelay's voice famously cracked on the final long note of the song, a fact she acknowledged with a wry facial expression as the song ended. At the close of voting "Blijf zoals je bent" had received 45 points from ten countries (the highest being 10 from Italy), placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Denmark.