Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

1965 Heats Five qualifying heats took place on consecutive evenings between 8 and 12 February. Each involved one of the selected acts performing three songs, with the jury winner from each act going forward to the final. The 31-member jury contained a mixture of journalists, employees of the organizing broadcaster, NTS, and randomly chosen audience members. The same format was used again in the Dutch preselections of and . The NTS jury consisted of , Pim Jacobs, , , , Ton Kool, , , Bep Ogterop, Tonny Schiferstein, and . The detailed results of Ronnie Tober's semifinal are currently unknown. Final The national final was held on 13 February. The winning song was again chosen by a mixed 31-member jury, each awarding 1 point to their favourite song. The winner was "", written by , composed by Joke van Soest, and performed Conny Vandenbos, who won by a 5-point margin. == At Eurovision ==

On the night of the final Vandenbos performed first in the running order, preceding the . Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to its top three songs, and at the close of the voting "" had received 5 points (all from ), placing the Netherlands 11th of the 18 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners . The Dutch conductor at the contest was Dolf van der Linden. The Dutch jury included Annie Bosma-Banning, , and . Voting == References ==