Eurovision 2020 may be cancelled this year but that won’t stop us from celebrating everything that’s Dutch during Eurovision week!
In honour of this years host country, The Netherlands, we conducted a poll looking for your top 10 favourite Dutch Eurovision entries from 1956 to 2020.
Over the last few days 170 of you completed our ‘Dutch Eurovision Song Poll’.
We received a huge response from Dutch fans with 38.2% taking part, overtaking the Australian voters who made up 20% of the poll, the remaining 41.8% of the voters were from the rest of the world.
Before we reveal the overall full results let's take a look at the Top 20 favourite Dutch Eurovision songs from Australian and Dutch voters. We have shown previous Dutch Eurovision winners in bold.
Top 20 results from Australian voters
1. The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm (2014) - 215 points
2. Duncan Laurence - Arcade (2019) - 209 points
3. Anouk - Birds (2013) - 164 points
4. Edsilia Rombley - Hemel en aarde (1998) - 136 points
5. Jeangu Macrooy - Grow (2020) - 135 points
6. Ruth Jacott - Vrede (1993) - 115 points
7. Teach-In - Ding-a-Dong (1975) - 114 points
8. O'G3NE - Lights and Shadows (2017) - 105 points
9. Douwe Bob - Slow Down (2016) - 82 points
10. Waylon - Outlaw in 'Em (2018) - 70 points
11. Teddy Scholten - Een Beetje (1959) - 48 points
12. Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along (2015) - 45 points
13. Maggie MacNeal - Amsterdam (1980) - 38 points
14. Edsilia Rombley - On Top of the World (2007) - 37 points
15. Mouth & MacNeal - I See A Star (1974) - 34 points
16. 3JS - Never Alone (2011) - 33 points
17. Lenny Kuhr - De troubadour (1969) - 28 points
18. Mrs. Einstein - Niemand heeft nog tijd (1997) - 27 points
19. Sandra & Andres - Als het om de liefde gaat (1972) - 24 points
20. Marcha - Rechtop in de wind (1987) - 22 points
Top 20 results from Dutch voters
1. Duncan Laurence - Arcade (2019) - 618 points
2. The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm (2014) - 445 points
3. Edsilia Rombley - Hemel en aarde (1998) - 360 points
4. Anouk - Birds (2013) - 321 points
5. Ruth Jacott - Vrede (1993) - 305 points
6. Jeangu Macrooy - Grow (2020) - 192 points
7. O'G3NE - Lights and Shadows (2017) - 180 points
8. Lenny Kuhr - De troubadour (1969) - 175 points
9. Teach-In - Ding-a-Dong (1975) - 161 points
10. Douwe Bob - Slow Down (2016) - 108 points
11. Esther Hart - One More Night (2003) - 99 points
12. Maxine [nl] & Franklin Brown - De eerste keer (1996) - 64 points
13. Maggie MacNeal - Amsterdam (1980) - 53 points
14. Waylon - Outlaw in 'Em (2018) - 52 points
15. Corry Brokken - Net als toen (1957) - 43 points
16. Glennis Grace - My Impossible Dream (2005) - 43 points
17. Edsilia Rombley - On Top of the World (2007) - 42 points
18. Marlayne - One Good Reason (1999) - 39 points
19. Mouth & MacNeal - I See A Star (1974) - 37 points
20. Gerard Joling - Shangri-La (1988) - 35 points
The Common Linnets just edged out Duncan Laurence to be the Aussie favourite Dutch entry.
However, Dutch voters demonstrated a huge love for Duncan Laurence’s ‘Arcade’ with over 46% giving it their full 12 points, followed by The Common Linnets where 12% of Dutch voters gave it douze points.
Interestingly the Aussies placed the second Dutch Eurovision winning entry from 1959, Teddy Scholten's ‘Een Beetje’, at No.11 and Dutch voters had it outside the top 20 at No.26.
Both Australian and Dutch voters showed a lot of love for this years Dutch entry ‘Grow’ by Jeangu Macrooy. Aussies placed it in the top 5 and the Dutch in the top 10.
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Now without further ado, we can reveal your favourite Dutch Eurovision songs ranked from 1st to 61st. Over 26% of total participants gave their full douze points to the number one ranked song. We have shown previous Dutch Eurovision winners in bold.
Here are the overall results from all 170 voters:
1. Duncan Laurence - Arcade (2019) - 1198 points
2. The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm (2014) - 1075 points
3. Edsilia Rombley - Hemel en aarde (1998) - 848 points
4. Anouk - Birds (2013) - 777 points
5. Ruth Jacott - Vrede (1993) - 632 points
6. Jeangu Macrooy - Grow (2020) - 547 points
7. Teach-In - Ding-a-Dong (1975) - 508 points
8. O'G3NE - Lights and Shadows (2017) - 488 points
9. Douwe Bob - Slow Down (2016) - 357 points
10. Lenny Kuhr - De troubadour (1969) - 334 points
11. Maggie MacNeal - Amsterdam (1980) - 232 points
12. Esther Hart - One More Night (2003) - 195 points
13. Waylon - Outlaw in 'Em (2018) - 162 points
14. Maxine [nl] & Franklin Brown - De eerste keer (1996) - 160 points
15. Glennis Grace - My Impossible Dream (2005) - 136 points
16. Mouth & MacNeal - I See A Star (1974) - 135 points
17. Edsilia Rombley - On Top of the World (2007) - 113 points
18. Marcha - Rechtop in de wind (1987) - 109 points
19. Teddy Scholten - Een Beetje (1959) - 106 points
20. Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along (2015) - 104 points
21. Maribelle - Ik hou van jou (1984) - 99 points
22. Sandra & Andres - Als het om de liefde gaat (1972) - 93 points
23. Linda Wagenmakers - No Goodbyes (2000) - 92 points
24. Marlayne - One Good Reason (1999) - 91 points
25. Corry Brokken - Net als toen (1957) - 90 points
26. Maywood - Ik wil alles met je delen (1990) - 85 points
27. 3JS - Never Alone (2011) - 80 points
28. Gerard Joling - Shangri-La (1988) - 77 points
29. Mrs. Einstein - Niemand heeft nog tijd (1997) - 63 points
30. Michelle - Out on My Own (2001) - 62 points
31. Joan Franka - You and Me (2012) - 58 points
32. De Toppers - Shine (2009) - 57 points
=33. Frizzle Sizzle - Alles heeft ritme (1986) - 56 points
=33. Sieneke - Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie) (2010) - 56 points
35. Hind - Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008) - 54 points
36. Willeke Alberti - Waar is de zon? (1994) - 49 points
37. Sandra Reemer - The Party's Over (1976) - 44 points
=38. Xandra - Colorado (1979) - 42 points
=38. Justine Pelmelay - Blijf zoals je bent (1989) - 42 points
=40. Heddy Lester - De mallemolen (1977) - 37 points
=40. Humphrey Campbell - Wijs me de weg (1992) - 37 points
=40. Re-Union - Without You (2004) - 37 points
43. Hearts of Soul - Waterman (1970) - 35 points
44. Saskia & Serge - Tijd (1971) - 26 points
45. Treble - Amambanda (2006) - 24 points
46. Milly Scott - Fernando en Filippo (1966) - 21 points
47. Jetty Paerl - De vogels van Holland (1956) - 10 points
48. Bernadette - Sing Me a Song (1983) - 9 points
=49. Corry Brokken - Heel de wereld (1958) - 8 points
=49. Conny Vandenbos - t Is genoeg (1965) - 8 points
=49. Bill van Dijk - Jij en ik (1982) - 8 points
=52. Thérèse Steinmetz - Ring-dinge-ding (1967) - 7 points
=52. Ben Cramer - De oude muzikant (1973) - 7 points
=54. Greetje Kauffeld - Wat een dag (1961) - 6 points
=54. Linda Williams - Het is een wonder (1981) - 6 points
=56. Corry Brokken - Voorgoed voorbij (1956) - 4 points
=56. Rudi Carrell - Wat een geluk (1960) - 4 points
58. Ronnie Tober - Morgen (1968) - 3 points
59. Anneke Grönloh - Jij bent mijn leven (1964) - 2 points
60. De Spelbrekers - Katinka (1962) - 1 points
=61. Annie Palmen - Een speeldoos (1963) - 0 points
=61. Harmony - t Is OK (1978) - 0 points