Date - February 5, 1966
Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1966
Organising broadcaster - NTS
Venue - Theater Concordia, Bussum
Host - Teddy Scholten
Director - Tineke Roeffen
Stage designer - Els Salomons
Producer - Adrie van Oorschot
Orchestra - Metropole Orchestra (Metropole Orkest)
Concertmaster - Guus Valten
Opening tune - "Muziek" (Johnny Steggerda / arr. Bert Paige)
Interval act - Metropole Orchestra playing several instrumental tunes: "Diep in mijn hart" feat. Sem Nijveen - violin (Jaap Valkhoff / arr. Bert Paige) / "Everything Happens To Me" (arr. Theo Loevendie) / "Morgen bloeit er..." (arr. Joop Elders) / "Pianosolo Dick Schallies" (arr. Bert Paige) / "'t Was een zomernachtfeest" feat. Kees Verschoor - sax (Ronny Luco - Han Dunk - Eddy Christiani / arr. Bert Paige) / "Who Knows Why" feat. Ad van den Hoed - clarinet (Dick Schallies / arr. Bert Paige)
Number of entries - 5 in final (semi-finals with total of 15 songs)
Winning entry - 'Het is genoeg' Conny van den Bos
Winning songwriters - Karel Prior "Joke van Soest" / Johnny Holshuysen
Winning orchestrator - Bert Paige
Note 1 - Via their record companies, all five participating artists had submitted three songs, with semi-finals organised between January 31st and February 4th to determine which song each artist would sing in the final; all those heats, held at the same venue as the final with the same host, were broadcast live on television
Note 2 - In each of the five semi-finals, as well as in the final, the Metropole Orchestra played an instrumental tune to fill the gap between the competing entries and the voting procedure. All six titles could be traced in the broadcasting service's library, but it is unclear which title was used for which show. All six tunes have been given above as interval acts under the title of the arrangement
Note 3 - The number of points picked up by each entry in Bob Bouber's semi-final have not been preserved
Dolf van der Linden congratulating Milly Scott on winning the ticket to the international Eurovision final in Luxembourg
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES (FINAL)
Song 1
Title – "Fernando en Philippo"
Rendition – Milly Scott
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber
Composition – Kees Bruyn
Studio arrangement – Kees Bruyn
Live orchestration – Kees Bruyn
Score semi-final – 1st place (13 votes)
Score final – 1st place (52 votes)
Song 2
Title – "Ik heb je lief"
Rendition – Piet Sybrandy
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber "Paul Dertien"
Composition – Kees Bruyn
Studio arrangement – Kees Bruyn
(studio orchestra conducted by Kees Bruyn)
Live orchestration – Kees Bruyn
Score semi-final – 1st place (7 votes)
Score final – 5th place (2 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Nog wel bedankt"
Rendition – Bob Bouber
Lyrics – Bob Bouber
Composition – Joop Portengen / Bob Bouber
Studio arrangement – Rinus van Galen "Martin Gale"
(studio orchestra conducted by Rinus van Galen "Martin Gale")
Live orchestration – Rinus van Galen
Score semi-final – 1st place (?? votes)
Score final – 3rd place (ex aequo, 3 votes)
Song 4
Title – "Dromen zijn bedrog"
Rendition – The Luckberries
Lyrics – John Möring
Composition – Jan van Schalkwijk
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Joop Elders
Score semi-final – 1st place (13 votes)
Score final – 2nd place (15 votes)
Song 5
Title – "Wereld"
Rendition – Helen Shepherd feat. The Shepherds
Lyrics – John Möring
Composition – Helen Shepherd
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Joop Elders
Score semi-final – 1st place (9 votes)
Score final – 3rd place (ex aequo, 3 votes)
ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL)
Eliminated song 1
Title – "Over de horizon"
Rendition – Helen Shepherd feat. The Shepherds
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber
Composition – Joop Portengen
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Joop Elders
Score semi-final – 3rd place (2 votes)
Eliminated song 2
Title – "Ver hiervandaan"
Rendition – Helen Shepherd feat. The Shepherds
Lyrics – John Möring
Composition – John Shepherd
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Joop Elders
Score semi-final – 2nd place (4 votes)
Eliminated song 3
Title – "Battledress (In een battledress)"
Rendition – Piet Sybrandy
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber
Composition – Kees Bruyn
Studio arrangement – Kees Bruyn
(studio orchestra conducted by Kees Bruyn)
Live orchestration – Kees Bruyn
Score semi-final – 2nd place (5 votes)
Eliminated song 4
Title – "Ergens in de West"
Rendition – Piet Sybrandy
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber
Composition – Kees Bruyn
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Kees Bruyn
Score semi-final – 3rd place (3 votes)
Eliminated song 5
Title – "Mijn hart klopt alleen maar voor jou"
Rendition – The Luckberries
Lyrics – John Möring
Composition – Joop Portengen
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Joop Elders
Score semi-final – 2nd place (2 votes)
Eliminated song 6
Title – "Land der liefde"
Rendition – The Luckberries
Lyrics – John Möring
Composition – John Möring
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Joop Elders
Score semi-final – 3rd place (0 votes)
Eliminated song 7
Title – "Jouw eerste concert"
Rendition – Bob Bouber
Lyrics – Bob Bouber
Composition – Betty Friedmann
Studio arrangement – Pi Scheffer
(studio orchestra conducted by Pi Scheffer)
Live orchestration – Pi Scheffer
Score semi-final – 2nd place (?? votes)
Eliminated song 8
Title – "Je bent een raadsel"
Rendition – Bob Bouber
Lyrics – Ger Rensen
Composition – Kees Beaart / Bob Bouber
Studio arrangement – Rinus van Galen "Martin Gale"
(studio orchestra conducted by Rinus van Galen "Martin Gale")
Live orchestration – Rinus van Galen
Score semi-final – 3rd place (?? votes)
Eliminated song 9
Title – "Graag of niet"
Rendition – Milly Scott
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Pieter Goemans
Studio arrangement – Kees Bruyn
Live orchestration – Kees Bruyn
Score semi-final – 3rd place (0 votes)
Eliminated song 10
Title – "Onvoltooide symphonie"
Rendition – Milly Scott
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber
Composition – Joop Stokkermans
Studio arrangement – Kees Bruyn
Live orchestration – Kees Bruyn
Score semi-final – 2nd place (2 votes)
