Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

The Netherlands was represented by Greetje Kauffeld, with the song '"Wat een dag", at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Cannes, France. For the first time the Dutch entry was chosen internally with no National Songfestival being held. Kauffeld had taken part in the three previous Dutch preselections of 1958, 1959 and 1960.

Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selected entrantGreetje Kauffeld
Selected song"Wat een dag"
Finals performance
Final result10th=, 6 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1960 • 1961 • 1962►

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Greetje Kauffeld performed 6th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding Sweden. At the close of voting "Wat Een Dag" had received 6 points (2 from Italy and Yugoslavia, and 1 from France and Germany), placing the Netherlands joint 10th (with Finland and Monaco) of the 16 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its highest mark (3) to the United Kingdom.[1]

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Dolf van der Linden.

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.[2]

Points awarded to The Netherlands
Points awarded to The Netherlands
10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by The Netherlands
10 points
9 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points United Kingdom
2 points  Switzerland
1 point Denmark
 Italy
 Luxembourg
 Spain
 Yugoslavia

See also

References
  1. ESC History - Netherlands 1961
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