The Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

were present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...

, held in Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, the Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

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To select their entry, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting , English: Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation, is one of the broadcasters in the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system...

, the Dutch broadcaster, decided to continue with their format of a televised national selection, consisting of four semi-finals and a final. 24 songs in total competed in these semi-finals, with the top two chosen by televoting and by an expert jury progressed to the final. At the final the winner was decided by 50% televoting and 50% from the different juries, with 30% coming from an expert jury, 10% from an international jury and another 10% coming from the listeners of Dutch radio station Radio 2

Radio 2 (Netherlands)

Radio 2 is a Dutch music radio station. In 2005 the following public broadcasters took part in Radio 2: AVRO, BNN, EO, KRO, NCRV, NPS, TROS, MAX en VARA....

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The winner was Glennis Grace

Glennis Grace

Glennis Grace is a singer from the Netherlands who in 2005 won the national selection in the Netherlands for the Eurovision song contest 2005 for the nation. Grace's song was the ballad My Impossible Dream, but she did not advance the semifinal...

 with the song "My Impossible Dream

My Impossible Dream

"My Impossible Dream" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Glennis Grace.The song is a ballad, with Grace telling her lover that they are "driftin' far apart" and thus that their relationship is coming to an end...

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National final

Draw	Artist	Song	Lyrics (l) / Music (m)	Points	Place
1	Trinity United	"Go"	Gregor Hamilton (m), Jerry Rijstenbil (m & l)	32	6
2	Renée & Dennis	"One Look"	Arjen Langen (m), Renée van Wegberg (l)	23	10
3	Chastity	"Baby It's You"	Kees Rietveld Georgie Davis Georgie Davis is a Dutch singer who was one of the first participants of the Soundmixshow in 1985, in which he sang a song by Stevie Wonder....  (m & l)	33	5
4	Meänder	"Tusken skimer en ljocht"	Douwe Bouma (m), Wiebe van der Mei (l)	31	7
5	Femme Vocale	"Stay"	Kees Koedooder (m & l)	10	12
6	Barbara Lok	"Tranen in de stilte"	Mark Groot Kormelink (m), Rowin Schumm (l)	25	9
7	Yvette	"Someone Like You"	Robert D. Fisher (m), Bruce Smith (l)	14	11
8	Johnny Rosenberg	"When Forever Ends"	Alan Michael (m & l), Johnny Rosenberg (m & l)	47	3
9	Glennis Grace Glennis Grace Glennis Grace is a singer from the Netherlands who in 2005 won the national selection in the Netherlands for the Eurovision song contest 2005 for the nation. Grace's song was the ballad My Impossible Dream, but she did not advance the semifinal...	"My Impossible Dream"	Robert D. Fisher (m), Bruce Smith (l)	170	1
10	Darre	"De liefde"	Darre van Dijk (m), Lars Boom (l)	28	8
11	Tiffany	"Tomorrow"	Tiffany Maes (m & l), Harry Maes (m)	34	4
12	Airforce	"How Does It Feel?"	Johnny Logan Johnny Logan Johnny Logan may refre to:*Johnny Logan , American baseball player*Johnny Logan , American basketball player*Johnny Logan , Australian-born Irish singer...  (m & l), Andreas Linze (m & l)	133	2

At Eurovision

Grace performed her song "My Impossible dream" at the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, after Re-Union

Re-Union

Re-Union were a short-lived Dutch musical duo, set up in late 2003 in order to take part in the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest selection in 2004. The duo were Paul de Corte and Fabrizio Pennisi ....

's 20th place in the 2004 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...

. One of the favourites to qualify to the final from the bookmakers, Grace only managed to pick up 53 points, placing 14th of 25 and failing to qualify.

The spokesperson who revealed the Netherland's votes for other countries was national final host Nance.