Douwe Bob is the latest past Dutch Eurovision participant to confirm they are submitting a song into the nations 2025 selection process.
Eurovision 2016 representative Douwe Bob has confirmed that he will be submitting a song to represent the Netherlands at Eurovision 2025. The singer who competed with “Slow Down” told Radio538 that he has a song that is ready to be submitted into the song selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Douwe is one of three past Dutch Eurovision representatives who have stated in recent days that they are wishing to represent the Netherlands in 2025. Gerard Joling (1988) and Anouk (2013) have both confirmed to Dutch media that they have entered a song into the selection process for Basel.
Submissions are open until Friday, November 22, 2024, at 11:59 PM. Interested artists, composers, lyricists, producers, and record labels can submit their entries via songfestival@avrotros.nl.
The entry for the Netherlands at Eurovision 2025 will be decided by a selection committee at AVROTROS. There are six people in the group, of which Cornald and Hila are members:
- Jacqueline Govaert
- Jaap Reesema
- Carolien Borgers
- Hila Noorzai
- Cornald Maas
- Sander Lantinga
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The Netherlands debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and has gone on to compete in all bar four contests. To date the Netherlands has won the contest on five occasions; 1957, 1959, 1969, 1975 and most recently 2019. Prior to Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv, the Netherlands had been waiting 44 years for their next victory. Duncan Laurence won the contest in Israel with the song “Arcade”.
