The Netherlands

The Netherlands debuted in the first edition of the Universion Song Contest. The country won one time but hosted the contest twice, the first edition, being held in Rotterdam and the seventh edition in Amsterdam.

History
The Netherlands participated in the very first edition with Sherefa and her song "Is It Love?". She ended 20th out of 22 countries with 59 points. In the second edition, they had to participate in the semi-finals, the girlgroup TP4Y was selected to perform "Lovecation", they qualified, placing 19th in the grand final.

In the third edition, another girlgroup was sent, OG3NE, however, they didn't manage to qualify.

After this disappointing result, The Netherlands decided to select a collaboration. Marco Borsato, Armin van Buuren and Davina Michelle performed in Miami, barely qualified but got the eighteenth spot in the final. After this being their best result, they selected TP4Y again but this time, the group didn't qualify, placing twelfth.

For the sixth edition Duncan Laurence got selected to represent the Netherlands with the song "Love Don't Hate It". The juries ranked him first, the televote placed him third, nevertheless he managed to win with 203 points, giving The Netherlands the first win in the contest. In the seventh edition, the country selected Stefania to perform the song "Turn Around". In her own country she placed third, being the second best result for the Netherlands in the Universion Song Contest ever.