Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The song was performed by the group De Toppers, which was internally selected by the Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) to represent the Netherlands at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia.The Netherlands has used various methods to select the Dutch entry in the past, such as the Nationaal Songfestival, a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision.[8] On 5 November 2008, it was revealed that complications within Joling and Gordon as well as TROS and NOS, mainly of disagreements over the planned docusoap Op weg naar Moskou, have resulted in the Dutch participation coming under threat.[21][22] The national final took place on 1 February 2009 at the Studio 22 in Hilversum, hosted by Jack van Gelder and was broadcast on Nederland 1 as well as streamed online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.The jury panel consisted of radio DJs Tony Berk and Daniël Dekker, singer and actress Tatjana Šimić, Dutch 1975 Eurovision winner (as part of Teach-In) Getty Kaspers, and lyricist and producer Emile Hartkamp.[27] In addition to the performances of the competing songs, past Dutch Eurovision entrants Saskia and Serge (1971), Ben Cramer (1973), Heddy Lester (1977), Bill van Dijk (1982), Laura Vlasblom (1986), Rosina Brochard (1978) and Marga Bult (1987) were also present during the show.On 18 April, De Toppers performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Amsterdam Marcanti venue and hosted by Marga Bult and Maggie MacNeal.[30] Between 19 March and 7 May, the seven-episode docusoap Toppers op weg naar Moskou was broadcast on Nederland 1 which covered the group's promotional activities and preparations for the contest.[31][32] A Dutch-language version of "Angel of the Night" was covered by former Eurovision participant Gerard Joling (competed with "Shangri-La" in 1988), titled "Engel van mijn hart."
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