Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The Netherlands was represented by Hind in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Your Heart Belongs to Me".

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 23 November 2007
Song: 7 March 2008
Selected entrantHind
Selected song"Your Heart Belongs to Me"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (13th)
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Following Edsilia Rombley's failure to qualify to the final of the 2007 with the song "On Top of the World", the Dutch broadcaster revealed that the broadcaster would continue to internally select both the artist and song for the Eurovision Song Contest and that several artists had already been in contact with the broadcaster in regards to participating.[1] Artists that were rumoured in Dutch media to be in talks with NOS included the band Bearforce 1 and 1988 Dutch Eurovision entrant Gerard Joling.[1][2] On 9 November 2007, Dutch media reported that NOS had selected singer Hind Laroussi to represent the Netherlands at the 2008 contest.[3] Hind was confirmed as the Dutch entrant on 23 November 2007 during a press conference.[4] Following the press conference, a song submission period was opened where composers were able to submit their songs in English.[5]

On 7 March 2008, Hind's Eurovision entry, "Your Heart Belongs to Me", written by Tjeerd van Zanen, Bas van den Heuvel and Hind herself, was presented to the public during the Nederland 3 programme Thank God it's Friday, hosted by Claudia de Breij.[6][7] The song is an up-tempo pop song with rock and Arabic influences.[8] The official video for the song directed by Jelle Posthuma was premiered on 18 March.[9]

At Eurovision

As the Netherlands did not qualify for the final in 2007, the country needed to participate in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008. However, they failed to qualify to compete in the final on 24 May.[10]

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for the Netherlands was Esther Hart.[11]

Points awarded to the Netherlands
Points awarded to the Netherlands (Semi-final 1)[12]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points  Belgium
7 points  Norway
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points  Azerbaijan
1 point  Israel

Points awarded by the Netherlands

References
  1. van Gorp, Edwin (18 October 2007). "The return of Gerard Joling?". Esctoday. Retrieved 22 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Romkes, René (24 September 2007). "Bearforce1 for Belgrade (Update)". Esctoday. Retrieved 22 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Royston, Benny (9 November 2007). "Netherlands: attention turns to Hind". Esctoday. Retrieved 22 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Royston, Benny (23 November 2007). "Netherlands confirmed: Hind for Belgrade". Esctoday. Retrieved 22 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "NOS bevestigt deelname Hind". songfestivalweblog.nl (in Dutch). 23 November 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Royston, Benny (7 March 2008). "Netherlands: Hind – My heart belongs to Eurovision". Esctoday.
  7. "Hind met up-tempo lied naar Songfestival" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). 2008-03-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  8. Frost, Marcel. "Hind zingt 'Your heart belongs to me' in Belgrado". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  9. Floras, Stella (18 March 2008). "Netherlands: Hind's video clip released". Esctoday. Retrieved 22 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  11. "Esther Hart, the new Dutch spokeswoman". esctoday.com. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  12. "Results of the First Semi-Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  13. "Results of the Grand Final of Belgrade 2008". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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