Dutch preselection 2008 USC winter edition

These are artists and songs will be trying to qualify in one big final for the next USC Winter edition (2008) in alphabetical order:

Alain Clark - This ain't gonna work
Djumbo - Hide and seek (cath us if you can)
Floortje - Believe in yourself
Gerard Joling - Maar vanavond (Tonight though)
Jim - Doe maar gewoon (Just act normal)
Leaf - Wonderwoman
Marco Borsato - Afscheid nemen bestaat niet (There's no such thing as "Farewell")
Nick & Simon - Herwinnen (Regain)
René Froger - Doe maar gewoon (Just act normal)
Sarah - Labyrint
Sharon Kips - Free
Ten Sharp - You
Van Velzen - Shine a little light (pictured)
Within Temptation - Forgiven
XYP - Wanna be like you


songs can be found on soulseek and can be downloaded here
deadline to vote: to be announced
votes in esc-style to be sended to rollercoasterslow@hotmail.com

1997 Ruth beats again!

The dutch 1997 preselection is won by Ruth jacott.

The winner of the 1995 History USC edition, convinced the audience with a stunning performance of her song "Hartslag" (Heartbeat). The 1997 preselection was a tough competition with many quality songs. The only song which scored nil points was the typical noise of gabber-sound (a locally well-known hardcore house style in the Netherlands) by the PartyAnimals who covered Olivia Newton John.

The top 3 ranking:

1. Ruth Jacott - Hartslag (Heartbeat)
2. Volumia! - Het is over (It's over)
3. Marco Borsato & Trijntje Oosterhuis - Wereld zonder jou (World without you)

Ruth was overwhelmed by the success and said at the rpessconference she now wants to beat her 1995 success. In 1995 she won the USC History Edition with the song "Ik ga door!" (I move on!)

Volumia! close to the victory congratulated Ruth with her success and wish her all the best. In the meantime they will prepare for the 2ndC 1997 contest, allthough it's now sure that contest will take place.


update: full results:

Ruth Jacott, 36
Volumia!, 30
Marco & Trijntje, 25
BZN, 24
Guus Meeuwis, 24
T Spoon, 21
Katja Schuurman, 16
Anouk, 16
Frans & Marianne, 10
Jan Smit, 9
Sunclub, 8
Close 2 You - Nice, 7
Close 2 You - Baby don't go, 3
2 Bros o.t.4th Floor, 3
Party Animals, 0

1997 preselection

The 1997 preselection is filled with 15 very different songs. From the rocky Anouk (pictured), via the infamous danceroutine hype called 'gabber' from the Party Animals to ballads like "World without you" and the say-farewell-to-grantma-Schlager (debut) by Jan Smit (then called little Jan in dutch: Jantje) Voting procedure is ESC-style, votes to be cast by email or soulseek chatroom

2 Brothers on the 4th floor - I'm thinkin' of U
Anouk - Nobody's wife
BZN - Mother
Close 2 You - Baby Don't Go
Close 2 You - Nice And Nasty
Frans Bauer en Marianne Weber - De regenboog
Guus Meeuwis & Vagant - Verliefd zijn
Jan Smit - Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen
Katja Schuurman - Wereldmeid
Marco Borsato & Trijntje Oosterhuis - Wereld Zonder Jou
Party Animals - Have you ever been Mellow
Ruth Jacott - Hartslag
T Spoon - Sex on the beach
The Sunclub - Fiesta
Volumia! - Het is over


The songs can be downloaded here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/71286538/1997NL_nf.zip.html

Voting style is 12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Votes can be send to rollercoasterslow (@) hotmail (dot) com
before 27th november

Dutch National Final 1990

These are the finalists for the 1990 USC dutch preselection:

Angela & The Rude - Pressure
Anita Meyer - Freedom
B.B. Queen - Soultrain
Candy Dulfer - Saxuality
Dijk - Bloedend Hart
Frank Boeijen Groep - Zeg me dat het niet zo is
Henk Wijngaard - He Suzie
Hessel - Brother Sagitarius
Lois Lane - I Wanna Be (pictured)
Marco Borsato - Una Donna Cosi
Mildred Douglas - One More Night
Rene Froger - Just Say Hello!
Sandra Reemer - La Colegiala
Twenty 4 Seven & Captain Hollywood - I Can't Stand It
Van Alles We - En nou die hendjes de lucht in

All songs can be heared here:
Link: http://download.yousendit.com/12D35329374D424D
or downloaded via soulseek

Gerard Joling (with Corazon) just missed out the national final of 1990. Also missed the final by one hair, Rene Froger - Are you ready for loving me, Vader Abraham & Smurfs - Doe mij maar na, supersmashhit 'Mooi was die tijd' by Corry Konings and BZN - Yeppa


Votes can be send to rollercoasterslow@hotmail.com
voting in esc style (12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) or short style (7-5-3-2-1)

K-otic shoot video especially for USC 2002

The members of K-otic went to the beachside to tape this video of their fab song.
You can have a look at the results here and don't forget to vote The Netherlands in USC :-P

K-otic wins Dutch 2002 USC national final

In a close final of a high musical standard K-otic has won the Dutch 2002 USC national final with their song "I surrender" (26 points). Runners up were Di-rect (25) and Marco Borsato (23) . Romeo (22) and Within Temptation (20) completed the top 5.

2002 Dutch finalist known!

The finalists in search of the dutch entrant of the USC 2002 are known:

Di-rect - Inside my head

Hermes House Band - Country Roads

K-otic - I Surrender

Krezip - Promise

Marco Borsato - Zij

Romeo - The answer is yes

Within Temptation - Mother Earth

songs can be found on soulseek at 'hebbuzz' or here

votes 10 - 7 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 1 style to: rollercoasterslow at hotmail dot com

Semi's USC SUMMER 2007 NL started!

The semi's for the dutch final have started in search of a great entry for Summer USC 2007:
TOP 5 of every semifinal will go to final! votes to be casted in ESC style (12-10-etc) of in top 5 to rollercoasterslow@hotmail.com

SEMI A:

Dennis - No can do
Do - Beautiful thing
Dolly Dots - S.T.O.P.
Floortje - You're no good
Good Things End - I Know
Jeroen van der Boom - Jij bent zo
Mai Tai - Am I Losing You Forever
Sharon Kips - Heaven knows
The Partysquad - Ben Je Down (TMF Awards 2006 Anthem)
Tiesto ft. Christian Burns - In The Dark
Toontje lager - Stiekum gedanst



SEMI B:

City To City - The Road Ahead
Paul de Leeuw & Raffaela - Mijn houten hart
Petra Berger - Terra Promessa
Racoon - Close your eyes
Rafaella - Right here right now
Robby Valentine - Over and over again
Toontje lager - Vroeg of laat
Twarres - She couldn't laugh
Valensia - Kosmos
Van Velzen - Burn
Vandenberg - Burning heart



SEMI C:

André Hazes & Gerard Joling - Blijf bij mij
BZN - Goodbye
Champagne - Oh Me Oh My Goodbye
Georgina & Janet - Ritmo!
Guillermo & Tropical Danny - Toppertje!
Jannes - Als het zonnetje schijnt
Jim - Doe dit, doe dat
LUV - You are always welcome to my party
Marco Borsato & Lucie Silvas - Everytime I think of you
Millionaires - Fantasy Island
Monique Smit - Wild




All songs can be found on soulseek and here:
semi A
http://s25.quicksharing.com/v/6353659/semi_A_vote_7_5_3_2_1_or_12_10_esc_style_rollercoasterslow_hotma.zip.html
semi B
http://s25.quicksharing.com/v/3310987/semi_B_vote_7_5_3_2_1_or_12_10_esc_style_to_rollercoasterslow_ho.zip.html
semi C
http://rapidshare.com/files/44976452/semi_C-vote_7-5-3-2-1_or_12-10-esc-style_to_rollercoasterslow_hotmail.zip

These are the songs entering the dutch national final to choose the dutch 2002 USC entrant:

Semi A

(http://s25.quicksharing.com/v/7136875/semiA.zip.html)

Junkie XL & Elvis Presely - A little less conversation

Anouk - Everything (acoustic)

Within Temptation - Mother Earth

Soulvation - Summer In The City

Romeo - The answer is yes

Kane - Rain down on me

Sita - HelloKrezip - You can say

K-otic - I surrender

DJ Jurgen - One step away

Belle Perez & Jody Bernal - Me & You

Marco Borsato & Sita - Lopen over water

Semi B:

(http://s25.quicksharing.com/v/8373504/semiB.zip.html )

Hermes House Band - Country roads

Lois Lane - When I'm with you

Leona - Zomer op je radio / Summer on your radio

Krezip - Promise

Within Temptation - Ice queen

Ties - Denk aan mij

Sita - Selfish

Marco Borsato - Zij

K-otic - Falling

DJ Sammy & Do - Heaven

Di-rect - Inside my head

Dutch entrant USC 1968 known!

Peter Tetteroo, leadsinger of Tee-Set, a landwidefamous dutch group from the 70's (with about 30 top-40 hits) will be the dutch entrant in the USC of 1968. In the final he beated both favourites "Zen - Hair" and "Golden Earing - Just a little bit of peace in my heart" with his song "Red Red Wine". Both Neil Diamond and UB 40 already made coverversions of his entry.

USC 1968 Dutch national final

The 12 finalists for the 1968 preselection show are made public:

01 Tony Vos & Studio Orkest - Love in Copenhagen (theme from "De Glazen Stad")

02 Shocking Blue - Send me a postcard

03 Egbert Douwe - Kom uit de bedstee m'n liefste

04 Golden Earring - Just a little bit of peace in my heart

05 Peter Tetteroo - Red red wine

06 Heintje - Mijn vriendinnetje

07 Zen - Hair

08 Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group - Drinking on my bed

09 BZN - Waiting for you

10 Patricia Paay - Corriamo

11 After Tea - We will be there after tea

12 Buffoons - Sunday will never be the same

reserve (in case one song drops out): Shocking Blue - Lucy Brown is back in town

The songs can be found here till 21st of april 2007 http://download.yousendit.com/61F792A5604006BC

Dutch entrant USC 2000 will be musical star Pia Douwes

In a mini-preselection, the dutch entrant for the 2000 United Song Contest was chosen. It was a battle between dance-act Alice Deejay, Frysian folk-duo Twarres and musical star Pia Douwes.

During the voting Twarres' frysian language song "Wer bisto" was in the lead but after the last jurors votes were cast it was Pia who won the preselection. Pia Douwes will be singing 'Mijn leven is van mij' (I belong to me). Alice Deejay with her song "Will I ever" ended up last.

Pia became famous for her role in the dutch version of the musical "Elisabeth". After the dutch version she made the german version of the musical to even bigger succes. Therefore she already made a german recording of her entry called "Ich gehör nur mir" as well and expressed she had high hopes to walk in the footsteps of Ruth Jacott who won the 1995 USC.

Anita Meyer & Do both surprise with mixed results

In the Winter 2007 edition, Anita Meyer's disco standard sadly and to the surprise of many stranded in the semi finals with her song "Why tell me why". The non-qualifying rumoured favourite was the talk of the night in Stockholm, tactical voting was mentioned by others but Anita nevertheless expressed she had performed well and after thanking the people who voted her she said she hopes she'll be given a second chance in a future USC edition.

results semi 2007 Winter Edition:
12. Cyprus 86p13. Portugal 84p14. Israel 67p15. Slovenia 64p16. San-Marino 63p17. Lithuania 5918. Hungary 56p (113p before 50%)19. Bosnia-Herzegovina 55p20. Netherlands 53p21. FYR Macedonia 43p (87p before 50%)22. Lebanon 39p23. Czech Republic 28p24. Poland 18p25. Ireland 17p (34p before 50%)26. Morocco 2p (4p before 50%)

In the final Latvia took the victory with singer Ella and the very swedish sounding song 'Heaven In Your Eyes' leaving all favourites (including Iceland and Romania) behind.

Anita's opponent in the preselections, Do, participated wih her song 'Heaven (piano version)' in the Second Chance Edition of the 2007 Winter USC and managed to rank 6th in the final!

Both Anita and Do will be in the Spring edition of 2007 USC preselections.
Do is considering to enter the Spring contest with an uptempo song while Anita will give a shot with a ballad.

The Netherlands win USC 1995

In a hilariously nerve-wrecking voting Ruth Jacott - the dutch entrant to the USC 1995 - ran away with the victory. She had sang her song 'Ik ga door' (I'll survive/go on) and managed to collect the most points (86) from the juries all over Europe. Voting was exciting till the last vote was cast by the Luxemburg jury. The Netherlands were in the lead with a 6 point margin over Portugal who was still pointless in the last vote, but with a douze points would grap the victory. Drama to the max Luxemburg left Portugal in 2nd spot with 80 points and gave thier 12p to (France) Celine Dion's song, leaving Pedro Migueis with "As Coisas Que Nao Esqueci" (The things one doesn't hope for) as runner up. After the voting made it clear beloved Ruth was the winner the crowd went wild and Ruth couldn't stop thanking the people that voted her. Prophetical At the pressconference, she sang especially for the fans to thank them, her 1993 preselection entry "Ik hou van jou" ( I love you) and Ruth expressed that she hoped her song title ('which can be translated as I'll go on, I'll survive or I'll pass) would be prophetical for both her fans and the chances of her fellowdutch singer Anita Meyer who is in the semi's at the 2007 USC Winter Edition. With her song "Why tell me why"

Ruth Jacott in USC 1995!

Ruth Jacott will represent The Netherlands in the 1995 USC with the song "Ik ga door!" (I'll go on /survive)

She won the national selection by a landslide where she competed in a field of 4 contestants; Gerard Joling (Zing met me mee, 2nd), Glennis Grace (I'm gonna be strong, 3rd) & Charly Lownoise feat. Menthal Theo (Wonderfull days, 4th)

Anita Meyer wins dutch national final in USC winter edition 2007

In search of a masterpiece to enter the United Song Contest - Winter Edition 2007 The Netherlands organised a national final with 14 contestants. (which can be found here: http://s25.quicksharing.com/v/5522896/NF_The_Netherlands.rar.html)


Last friday was the deadline to vote and these are the results:

song nr. 1: Anita Meyer - Why tell me why, 57 points, 1st -> winner entrant USC (20o7 Winter)

song nr. 2: Do - Heaven (piano version), 40 points, 3rd -> entrant USC 2nd Chance Contest (2007 Winter)

song nr. 3: Dolly Dots - Love me just a little bit more, 22 points, 6th

song nr. 4: Trijntje Oosterhuis - I'll never fall in love again, 20 points, equal 7th

song nr. 5: Glennis Grace - Absolutely not!!, 38 points, 4th

song nr. 6: Judith - You, 20 points, equal 7th

song nr. 7: Luv' - You're The Greatest Lover, 12 points, equal 12th

song nr. 8: Krezip - I would stay, 18 points, 9th

song nr. 9: Edsilia Rombley - Dan ben ik van jou!, 49 points, 2nd, runner up *

song nr. 10: Ilse DeLange - Tapdancing on a highwire, 12 points, equal 12th

song nr. 11: XYP - Body to Body, 4 points, 14th, last

song nr. 12: Total Touch - I'll say goodbye, 17 points, 10th

song nr. 13: Elize - Automatic (I'm talking to you), 16 points, 11th

song nr. 14: Alma Nieto - Through my eyes, 23 points, 5th



*Having participated in the USC 2006 Autumn, 2nd Chance edition, this song is withdrawn for the 2007 winter edition of USC 2nd Chance and replaced by the third ranked song.


The reprise of the winning song can be seen here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oTBUGSQg08A