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Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Participating broadcaster	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Nationaal Songfestival 1977
Selection date(s)	2 February 1977
Selected artist(s)	Heddy Lester
Selected song	"De mallemolen"
Selected songwriter(s)	Frank Affolter; Wim Hogenkamp;
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 35 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song "De mallemolen", composed by Frank Affolter, with lyrics by Wim Hogenkamp, and performed by Heddy Lester. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 1977

The final was held at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Ati Dijckmeester. Ten songs took part and voting was by eleven "celebrity" juries of nine people based in each Dutch province. Each juror awarded one point to his/her favourite song, with 99 points available in total. "De mallemolen" emerged the winner by a 5-point margin.^[1]

Final – 2 February 1977
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Oscar Harris	"Superster"	5	6
2	Heddy Lester	"De mallemolen"	28	1
3	Arjan Brass	"Annabelle"	4	9
4	Bonnie St. Claire	"Stop Me"	23	2
5	Rita Hovink	"Toen kwam jij"	2	10
6	Air Bubble	"Jany"	5	6
7	Peter Cook	"Pinokkio"	8	4
8	Loeki Knol	"Ik wil de wereld laten zien dat ik kan dansen"	5	6
9	Dick Rienstra	"Jouw lach"	6	5
10	Maggie MacNeal	"Jij alleen"	13	3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Lester performed 3rd in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Austria. "De mallemolen" had been one of the front-runners in pre-contest betting, but at the close of voting had managed to muster only 35 points, placing the Netherlands 12th of the 18 entries.^[2] The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Belgium.^[3]

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.

Because the normal jury made up of members of the public did not show up on the day of the final for unknown reasons, a jury made up of music and entertainment professionals was brought in at the last minute. These people were Martine Bijl [nl], Tony Nolte, Mieke Telkamp, Eddy Becker [nl], Leo Janssen, Hans Vermeulen [nl], Rien van Wijk [nl], Caroline van Hemert [nl], and Hans van Hemert.^[4]

Voting

Points awarded to the Netherlands^[5]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Belgium
8 points	France
7 points	Switzerland
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	Ireland Monaco
2 points
1 point	Greece Israel Spain United Kingdom

Points awarded by the Netherlands^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium
10 points	Greece
8 points	France
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Spain
5 points	Israel
4 points	Finland
3 points	Germany
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Ireland

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1977
^ "Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Netherlands 1977
^ "Publieksjury kwam niet op Songfestival". Leeuwarder courant: hoofdblad van Friesland. 10 May 1977. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of London 1977". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.