Sensational Temptational in 2005

Gothicband "Within Temptation" will be the Dutch entrant for USC 2005. They are very much rumoured as possible Dutch entrants for the ESC. Now the USC-public can hear why. The beautiful song 'Memories' was only one of the good songs to choose from in 2005. Dutch Management chose the less know song, for Within Temptation already participated with succes with 'Stand my ground' and 'Angels' in other contests.


Within Temptation - Memories

In this world you tried,
Not leaving me alone behind.
There's no other way,
I pray to the gods let him stay.
The memories ease the pain inside,
And now I know why.

All of my memories keep you near.
In silent moments,
Imagine you being here.
All of my memories keep you near,
In silent whispers, silent tears

Made me promise I'd try,
To find my way back in this life.
Hope there is a way,
To give me a sign you're okay.
Reminds me again it's worth it all,
So I can go home.

All of my memories keep you near.
In silent moments,
Imagine you being here.
All of my memories keep you near.
In silent whispers, silent tears.

Together in all these memories,
I see your smile.
All of the memories I hold dear.
Darling you know I'll love you,
Til the end of time.

All of my memories keep you near
In silent moments,
Imagine you being here.
All of my memories keep you near,
In silent whispers, silent tears.

All of my memories...

Finally Grace! Victory for NL!

Glennis Grace took her sweet revenge after her failed attempt to reach the ESC final in Kyiv 2005. In the USC 2009 Spring edition she took the victory by the smallest margin over the Swedish power ballad singer Dawn Finer in the biggest USC final of all time (32 participants). Glennis's song 'The greatest love we'll never know' left all other contestants behind rcollecting a total of 132 points. After her victory she received a telegram from Whitney Houston with compliments and congratulations which brought the Dutch Diva to tears as she debuted 15 years ago on national television winning the Soundmixshow performing a song by her idol, Whitney Houston.



Netherlands 132
Sweden 131
United Kingdom 111
Greece 93
Switzerland 91
Portugal 90
Germany 81
Finland 77
Iceland 72
Norway 69

Spring & Grace

Glennis Grace will be the Dutch entrant in this year's Spring Edition of USC. She beated Krezip with only a nose length in the final. After the lines were closed it turned out that Glennis won with the smallest margin possible leaving Krezip with there la(te)st single 'sweet goodbyes' behind. After the deadline to vote more sms-votes came in for Krezip then for Glennis, so Krezip is offered a second chance in the NF Summer preselection.

Glennis sang with her wonderful voice a very strong ballad in the genre of Whitney Houston (in her best days). "The greates love we'll never know" could do well in USA charts as well, but first miss Grace will conquer USC with her song. The Dutch believe in her chances. The bookies seem to agree on that because the betting odds for her to win are 1 : 5



These are the lyrics (thanks to 11-y.o. Elli)

livin for a fantasy
Somethin that could never be.
Cause all the love you have to give was never ment .. never ment for me
I see The way you look at her
She is everything you’re livin for
love is such a miracle when it comes nockin at your door
But I don’t know what to do..
I’m in love to
can’t see where i’m supose to go..from here cause”


(Refrein)
There’s no way in,There’s no way out..
you’re the one I’m livin for
you’re the one I have to live without
I can’t hold on, I can’t let go
cause I have found the greatest love.
The greatsest love we’ll never know.


I’d love to Make you Cross the Line
But i know you’re not the hurt In Kind.
would you be the menu are If you broke a heart from mine.
So till I Find my Way..2morrow is just another day
And you are just a lonley dream that never ever sins to faith
Someone heals my pain...someone somwhere..
cause I know I can’t go on this way Forever

(Refrein)
There’s no way in,There’s no way out..
you’re the one I’m livin for
you’re the one I have to live without
I can’t hold on, I can’t let go
cause I have found the greatest love.
The greatsest love we’llnever know.

will never laugh will never cry
I not can’t live... But my love will never die
o0hh whooo
somebody heals my pain....2x

(Refrein)
There’s no way in,There’s no way out..
you’re the one I’m livin for........
you’re the one I “have” to live without
I can’t hold on, I can’t let go
cause I have found the greatest love.
The greatsest love we’ll never know......howwwww

I’m livin for a fantasy.. Somethin thath could never Be...

NF 2009 - winter

7 songs compete for a ticket to the USC winter final of 2009:

Song A) So Incredible
Song B) Do for love
Song C) Hey Hey Hey
Song D) Alles altijd (always everything)
Song E) Miracle
Song F) Bring me down
Song G) Medicine

All songs can be downloaded here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F3K1R34V

Please vote 9-7-5-3-2-1-0 points and send it to rollercoasterslow [at] hotmail [dot] com

Promotional video by Sharon & Armin

Sharon den Adel & Armin van Buuren made a promotional video for the SOTY selection.

It can be watched here:

Dutch furious about SOTY 2008 selection

Dutch delegation furious about the voting system in SOTY.

In a press conference the Dutch management made it clear they consider not voting in the SOTY 2008 of USC. Where-as 22 countries –the non qualifiers- are allowed to divide their (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+10+12=) 58 points over their favorites. The qualified countries all together form the 23rd jury. This jury exists of 18 members, so their influence on the final ranking is margined from 1/23rd to 1/414th . This seems rather unfair.

The USC management argued that the rule change was tested and was needed because some countries switched managers and some managers had more than one song in the SOTY competition. So it would be impossible to keep a track on who votes its own songs? The Dutch management claims that all managers and songs of the past year are known to management so this cannot be the reason for a rule change.

All give 58 points, but when given by a qualified manager they are worth only 3,2 points (=58/18), a 12 only 0,67 points (=12/18th) .

The Dutch management suspects the USC management to give their own songs (Greece and Slovenia) more profit from this rule. The rule is argued to be more fair, but in fact it’s even beneficial for players with more than one song in the SOTY final (Sweden Greece & Spain) !

Because every player is obliged to vote the same amount of points? Not really : If Sweden gives 12 points to an opponent it’s divided by 18 (because of the shared jury nr 23) So Swedish songs profit from that a lot when a non Sweden-player votes a Swedish song. Then Sweden relatively receives 18 times more points….. More over Sweden is allowed to vote even for itself.

The Status of the UK jury is unclear as well. Are their 4 members considered as 1 jury or does each of their votes have the same weight as i.e. the Macedonian vote?

Off course we want this competition to be about music, not about countries. So this rule change shouldn’t have applied at all. The Dutch management proclaims “We’d rather have no vote than voting within this malfunctioning system!”

The chief of the Dutch Management also stated “We have a problem with reviews being published during the voting. We know The Italian staff agrees on that one as well. “

Autumn 2008 entry

Sharon den Adel & Armin van Buuren - In & out of love was the Dutch entry in the Autumn edition. Sharon is the well-known singer of the Gothic band Within Temptation. Armin van Buuren is one of the worldfamous DJ's from Holland. They teamed up for a wonderfull tune with both capablities well mixed. They managed to qualify in the semi to the final with 79 points and a 4th place. In the final the even ranked top 3, with 111 points.


Sharon den Adel & Armin van Buuren - In & out of love

See the mirror in your eyes
See the truth behind your lies
Your lies are haunting me
See the reason in your eyes
Giving answer to the why:
Your eyes are haunting me!

Falling in & out of love
in love, in love
Falling in & out of love
your love, your love

See the mirror in your eyes
see the truth behind your lies
Your lies are haunting me
see the reason in your eyes
Giving answer to the why:
Your eyes are haunting me!

Falling in & out of love
in love, in love
Falling in & out of love
your love, your love
in love in love in love

Why can’t you see it?
Why can’t you feel?
In & out of love
each time.

Why can’t you feel it?
Why can’t you see it?
In & out of love

I keep keep runnin’
I keep keep fallin’
Let it fade away.
[x3]

Away away away away
Oh Let it fade away.