Dutch Song Contest 1995
dutch song contest dutch het nederlandse songfestival oneoff song competition regional public broadcaster netherlands contest held may muziekcentrum vredenburg utrecht hosted karin bloemen served substitute nationaal songfestival dutch annual selection show eurovision song contest held year due netherlands relegation eurovision song contest following insufficient result edition competition renewed second edition reworked version format launched name regio songfestival format competition developed regionale omroep overleg en samenwerking roos – umbrella organisation dutch regional public broadcaster – conamus foundation decided stage event ascension day celebrate th anniversary omroep limburg founded regionale omroep zuid marking half century regional public broadcasting netherlands addition event would fill void left nationaal songfestival would held year due netherlands exclusion eurovision song contest although contest intended substitute eurovision song contest plan format potentially replace nationaal songfestival dutch national selection process future year main objective however provide platform regional artist present broader audience thirteen regional public broadcaster participated competition – representing one twelve province exception south holland represented two broadcaster one serving province northern subregions hague surroundings presented west one serving southern subregions rotterdam surroundings presented rijnmond song dutch eligible enter competition submission window opened november call entry published december issue bumastemra magazine original composition received expert jury led conamus director john de mol sr selected ten entry addition three composer personally commissioned write entry competition thirteen entry assigned regional broadcaster selected representative perform song broadcaster also appointed one jury member would distribute point region entry based personal preference opinion two listener region entry received point would win competition event tie entry received top score point jury would declared winner broadcast solely radio contest held thursday may beginning cest lasted two hour event staged grote zaal great hall muziekcentrum vredenburg – music venue city utrecht – front audience around people shown slide show performance performing artist accompanied backing track show hosted dutch singer cabaret performer karin bloemen winner groningen represented song bij alles wat ik doe composed kees smit performed wia buze buze jury vote small margin ahead runnerup joke bruijs represented rijnmond region winning composer smit ƒ ≈ € prize money buze awarded promotional airplay participating broadcaster radio station trip london show met negative critical reception due alleged low quality performance despite ambition become annual event competition ultimately renewed second edition instead regional broadcaster invited nederlandse omroep stichting no contribute organisation nationaal songfestival two contestant dutch song contest roland verstappen north brabant gina de wit friesland selected compete nationaal songfestival songwriter zeelandic entry de woorden die schieten tekort – michel po annemiek woudt – also entered festival song neem mee performed lucretia van der vloot june official compilation album contest released emi music holland wia buze whose repertoire consisted primarily song gronings dialect released studio album entirely dutch following win contest twentyeight year contest reworked version format launched name regio songfestival het nederlandse songfestival discogs het nederlandse songfestival muziekweb website