Date - February 26, 1975
Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1975
Organising broadcaster - AVRO
Venue - Jaarbeurs Congrescentrum, Utrecht
Host - Willem Duys
Director - Theo Ordeman
Stage designer - Cor Hermeler
Producer - Fred Oster
Musical director - Harry van Hoof
Orchestra - Songfestivalorkest (freelance orchestra)
International jury - Dick van Bommel (chairman) with Wally Bishop / Bert Paige / Will Tura / Syd Lawrence / George Lemel
International jury - Dick van Bommel (chairman) with Wally Bishop / Bert Paige / Will Tura / Syd Lawrence / George Lemel
Number of entries - 3
Participating acts - Teach-In / Debbie / Albert West
Winning entry - 'Dinge-dong' Teach-In
Winning songwriters - Will Luikinga / Eddy Ouwens / Dick Bakker
Winning orchestrator - Dick Bakker
Note 1 - For this national final, each participating act first performed the song of their choice, upon which an international expert jury chose the winning song. Following this, all three acts performed their arrangement of the winning entry, 'Dinge-dong'; with the audience in the hall chosing their preferred arrangement (1st place for Teach-In, 56 votes / 2nd place for Albert West, 33 votes / 3rd place for Debbie, 11 votes). As a result, the arrangements written for Teach-In's and Albert West's versions of 'Circus' as well as Teach-In's and Debbie's versions of 'Ik heb geen geld voor de trein' were rehearsed by the festival orchestra, but never performed on television
Note 2 - For their reprise of 'Dinge-dong', Teach-In chose to perform the song in English - as was the case on the international Eurovision stage. The lyricists of the Dutch as well as the English versions of the song officially are Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens, but both gentlemen have confirmed that the name of Ouwens, who was the group's producer, was only added for copyright reasons
Note 3 - Albert West as well as Teach-In only released studio recordings in English of 'Ik heb geen geld voor de trein' under the title 'You And Me' (English lyrics by Jacques Zwart)
PARTICIPATING ENTRIES
Song 1
Title – "Ik heb geen geld voor de trein"
Original rendition – Albert West
Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber
Composition – Jacques Zwart / Job Maarse
Studio arrangements – Job Maarse (for Albert West) / Dick Bakker (for Teach-In) / not recorded by Debbie
Live orchestration – Job Maarse (for Albert West) / Dick Bakker (for Teach-In) / Gerard Stellaard (for Debbie)
Score (song choice) – 2nd place (1 vote)
Song 2
Title – "Dinge-dong (Ding-Dinge-Dong)"
Original rendition – Teach-In
Lyrics – Will Luikinga
Composition – Dick Bakker
Studio arrangements – Job Maarse (for Albert West) / Dick Bakker (for Teach-In) / Gerard Stellaard (for Debbie)
Live orchestration – Job Maarse (for Albert West) / Dick Bakker (for Teach-In) / Gerard Stellaard (for Debbie)
Score (song choice) – 1st place (4 votes)
Song 3
Title – "Circus"
Original rendition – Debbie
Lyrics – Toon Gispen / Marshal Manengkei
Composition – Dries Holten / Eddy Ouwens / Hans van Hemert
Studio arrangements – Dick Bakker (for Teach-In) / Gerard Stellaard (for Debbie) / not recorded by Albert West
Live orchestration – Job Maarse (for Albert West) / Dick Bakker (for Teach-In) / Gerard Stellaard (for Debbie)
Score (song choice) – 3rd place (0 votes)
