Netherlands
Eurovision debut: 1956 (First ever Eurovision)
Total appearances to date: 63
Best finish: Five-time winners - 1957 (Corry Brokken, 'Net als toen'), 1959 (Teddy Scholten, 'Een beetje'), 1969 (Lenny Kuhr, 'De troubadour'), 1975 (Teach-In, 'Ding-a-dong'), 2019 (Duncan Laurence, 'Arcade')
2023 performance: Failed to qualify for the grand final
Official broadcaster: AVROTROS
2024 selection process: Internal selection
Artist: Joost Klein
Song: 'Europapa'
Songwriter(s): Donny Ellerstrom, Dylan van Dael, Joost Klein, Paul Elstak, Teun de Kruif, Thijmen Melissant, Tim Haars
Language: Dutch
Sounds Like: Vengaboys at a chemsex party
Official music video
Lyrics
(English translation)
Europe let's come together!
It's now or never!
I love you all!
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Visit my friends in France
Or take a long walk to Vienna
I want to leave the Netherlands
But my passport is gone
Fortunately don't need a visa
To be with you
So take the bus to Poland
Or the train to Berlin
I have no money for Paris
So use my imagination
Do you have a euro please
Say "merci" and "please"
I lost everything
Except time
So am travelling every day
For the world is mine
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Eu-ro-pa!
Ich bin in Deutschland
Aber Ich bin so allein
Io sono in Italia
but still I feel pain
Am running from myself
Calling for "help!" all day long
Yes I even give people money
But there is no one to help me
I don't need es-car-gots
Don't need fish 'n chips
Don't need paella, no
I don't even really know what that is
Turn on the radio
I hear Stromae with "Papaoutai"
Won't stop until they say
"Yes, yes, he does that very well ey!"
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Welcome to Europe
Stay here until I die
Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Eu-ro-pa!
Euro-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa....
Welcome in Europe boy!
At the end of the day
we are all human beings.
My father told me once that
the world has no borders.
I miss you every day
is what I whisper to myself.
You see, dad,
I did listen to you.
Performance schedule: Joost will perform 16th (last) in the second semi-final on Thursday, May 9
Bookmaker odds: 9/1
Neil Wilkes
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