The Semifinals

The Dutch Semi-Finals were held at the Pepsi Stage Theatre in Amsterdam, hosted by Nance & Hans Schiffers. In each semi-final, the top two songs chosen by televoting (indicated by a ‚T‘) and one by an „expert“ jury (indicated by a ‚J‘) qualified for the final. The „expert“ jury included Esther Hart who represented the Netherlands in ESC 2003.

Semi-Final 1 – January 20th

1	Go	Go	Trinity	25%	1st	T
2	One look	One look	Renée & Dennis	22%	2nd	T
3	Something	Something	Wilson	17%	3rd	–
4	Someone like you	Someone like you	Yvette	15%	5th	J
5	Een leven lang	For a lifetime	Jeen	16%	4th	–
6	Eat yer heart out, Leonardo!	Eat yer heart out, Leonardo!	Chantal	6%	6th	–

Semi-Final 2 – January 27th

1	Leven als een beest	Living like a beast	Rachel & Waylon	9%	4th	–
2	Wishful thinking	Wishful thinking	Willemijn Verkaik	7%	5th	–
3	Tomorrow	Tomorrow	Tiffany	18%	3rd	J
4	Free as a bird	Free as a bird	Blue Karma	4%	6th	–
5	Tusken skimer en ljocht	Between dusk and dawn	Meänder	42%	1st	T
6	Baby it’s you	Baby it’s you	Chastity	21%	2nd	T

Semi-Final 3 – February 3rd

1	When forever ends	When forever ends	Johnny Rosenberg	25%	2nd	T
2	Together	Together	Kuik & Klaver	13%	3rd	–
3	Stay	Stay	Femme Vocale	9%	4th	J
4	What you see is what you get	What you see is what you get	Justine Pelmelay	8%	6th	–
5	Breaking news	Breaking news	Ralph McCoy	9%	5th	–
6	Tranen in de stilte	Tears in silence	Barbara Lok	35%	1st	T

Semi-Final 4 – February 10th

1	How does it feel	How does it feel	Airforce	27%	2nd	T
2	De liefde	The love	Darre	4%	5th	J
3	Dressed to kill	Dressed to kill	We’re No Angels	3%	6th	–
4	My impossible dream	My impossible dream	Glennis Grace	38%	1st	T
5	Too wild	Too wild	Nadeem	6%	4th	–
6	So high	So high	André Kuik	23%	3rd	–

Justine Pelmelay represented the Netherlands in ESC 1988 (as a backing singer) and 1989.

The Final

The Dutch Final was held on February 13th at the Pepsi Stage Theatre in Amsterdam, hosted by Nance & Hans Schiffers. The winner was chosen by televoting (50%), an „expert“ jury (30%), an international jury (10%) and Radio 2 listeners (10%). One of the members of the „expert“ jury was Esther Hart who represented the Netherlands in ESC 2003.

1	Go	Go	Trinity United	32	6th
2	One look	One look	Renée & Dennis	23	10th
3	Baby it’s you	Baby it’s you	Chastity	33	5th
4	Tusken skimer en ljocht	Between dusk and dawn	Meänder	31	7th
5	Stay	Stay	Femme Vocale	10	12th
6	Tranen in de stilte	Tears in silence	Barbara Lok	25	9th
7	Someone like you	Someone like you	Yvette	14	11th
8	When forever ends	When forever ends	Johnny Rosenberg	47	3rd
9	My impossible dream	My impossible dream	Glennis Grace	170	1st
10	De liefde	The love	Darre	28	8th
11	Tomorrow	Tomorrow	Tiffany	34	4th
12	How does it feel	How does it feel	Airforce	133	2nd

Glennis Grace came equal 14th at the ESC Semi-Final. One of the members of Airforce was Laura Vlasblom who represented the Netherlands in ESC 1986 in the group Frizzle Sizzle.