Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) held the national final on 23 March 1988 at 20:10 CEST in the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Astrid Joosten. The national final was broadcast on Nederland 2.^[1] All songs were performed by Gerard Joling, who was internally selected by the broadcaster to sing for the Netherlands, with the winning song being chosen by a 55-member jury who gave each song a mark out of 6.

The contest was broadcast on Nederland 3 (with commentary by Willem van Beusekom).^[2][3] Joling performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Spain and preceding Israel. His song received 70 points, placing 9th of 22 competing countries.^[4]

The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof.^{[citation needed]}

Among the members of the Dutch jury were Hans van den Berg and Bert Tuk.^{[citation needed]}

Points awarded to the Netherlands[5] Score Country 12 points  Greece  Luxembourg 10 points 8 points 7 points  Israel   Switzerland  Yugoslavia 6 points  Germany  Turkey  United Kingdom 5 points  Italy 4 points 3 points 2 points  Ireland 1 point

Points awarded by the Netherlands[5] Score Country 12 points  Denmark 10 points   Switzerland 8 points  Sweden 7 points  Norway 6 points  Ireland 5 points  Luxembourg 4 points  Iceland 3 points  Israel 2 points  France 1 point  Turkey