Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
| Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
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| Country |
 Netherlands | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process |
Artist: Internal Selection Song: Nationaal Songfestival 1993 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 26 March 1993 | |||
| Selected entrant | Ruth Jacott | |||
| Selected song | "Vrede" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 96 points | |||
| Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The Netherlands was represented by Ruth Jacott, with the song "Vrede", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Millstreet, Ireland on 15 May. The song was chosen at the Dutch national final on 26 March.
Final
The final took place on 26 March at the Discothèque Escape in Amsterdam, hosted by Paul de Leeuw. All eight songs were performed by Jacott, with the winner being decided by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded votes as 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. (For reasons which are unclear, on the night the votes were announced in multiples of 1,000 - i.e. the favourite song was awarded 10,000 points.) "Vrede" won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries.[1]
| Draw | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Medeleven" | 63 | 4 |
| 2 | "Kom op" | 49 | 7 |
| 3 | "Ik hou van jou" | 22 | 8 |
| 4 | "Waar blijft de tijd" | 71 | 3 |
| 5 | "Blijf bij mij" | 54 | 5 |
| 6 | "Vrede" | 83 | 1 |
| 7 | "Tederheid" | 50 | 6 |
| 8 | "Loop met me mee" | 76 | 2 |
| Song | Flevoland | North Holland |
South Holland |
Zeeland | North Brabant |
Limburg | Groningen | Friesland | Drenthe | Overijssel | Gelderland | Utrecht | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medeleven | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 63 |
| Kom op | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 49 |
| Ik hou van jou | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Waar blijft de tijd | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 71 |
| Blijf bij mij | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 54 |
| Vrede | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 83 |
| Tederheid | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 50 |
| Loop met me mee | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 76 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Jacott performed 20th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Croatia. At the close of voting "Vrede" had received 96 points from 14 countries (including the maximum 12 from Ireland and 10 from Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina), placing the Netherlands 6th of the 25 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Portugal.[2]