Sunday 3 March 1996

1996 NETHERLANDS EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - March 3, 1996
Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1996
Organising broadcaster - NOS
Venue - Cinevideo Studio, Almere
Host - Ivo Niehe
Director - Pim Marks
Stage designer - Hub Berkers
Producer - Ivo Niehe
Musical director - Dick Bakker
Orchestra - Metropole Orchestra (Metropole Orkest, pre-recorded)
Concertmasters - Ernő Oláh & Rami Koch
Interval act - Rein Kolpa (tenor) & Mariska Mulder (soprano) performing a classically arranged medley of the four winning Dutch entries (arr. Erik van der Wurff)
Number of entries - 5 in final (semi-finals with total of 15 songs)
Winning entry - 'De eerste keer' Maxine & Franklin Brown
Winning songwriters - Piet Souer / Peter van Asten
Winning orchestrator - Piet Souer

Note - All five participating acts took part with three songs, with semi-finals organised between February 26 and March 1 in various theatres across the country to determine which song each entrant would sing in the final; all those heats were broadcast on television

The moment of victory - Maxine & Franklin Brown winning the national final in Almere

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES (FINAL)

Song 1
Title – "De wereld is van jou"
Rendition – Gina de Wit
Lyrics – Pim Koopman / Jeroen Englebert
Composition – Pim Koopman / Jeroen Englebert
Studio arrangement – Erik van der Wurff
(Metropole Orchestra conducted by Dick Bakker)
Live orchestration – Erik van der Wurff
Score semi-final – 1st place (57% of votes)
Score final – 2nd place (40 votes)

Song 2
Title – "De eerste keer"
Rendition – Maxine & Franklin Brown
Lyrics – Piet Souer
Composition – Piet Souer / Peter van Asten
Studio arrangement – Piet Souer
Live orchestration – Piet Souer
Score semi-final – 1st place (54% of votes)
Score final – 1st place (51 votes)

Song 3
Title – "Ik wil alleen walsen met jou"
Rendition – Roland Verstappen
Lyrics – Roland Verstappen
Composition – Roland Verstappen
Studio arrangement – Cor de Vries / Marc Daniëls
Live orchestration – C.M. Peeters
Score semi-final – 1st place (73% of votes)
Score final – 5th place (9 votes)

Song 4
Title – "Als je hart klopt"
Rendition – Clau-dya's (Claudia Soumeru / Tosca Aijal / Selina Loupatty)
Lyrics – Ad van Olm
Composition – Ad van Olm
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Rik Elings
Score semi-final – 1st place (40% of votes)
Score final – 4th place (12 votes)

Song 5
Title – "Neem de tijd voor mij"
Rendition – Lucretia van der Vloot
Lyrics – Edwin de Groot / Ruud Nijhuis
Composition – Edwin de Groot / Ruud Nijhuis
Studio arrangement – Rik Elings
Live orchestration – Rik Elings
Score semi-final – 1st place (45% of votes)
Score final – 3rd place (31 votes)

ELIMINATED ENTRIES (SEMI-FINAL)

Eliminated song 1
Title – "Dan dansen wij"
Rendition – Roland Verstappen
Lyrics – Jelle Kooistra
Composition – Henk Pool / Jelle Kooistra
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – C.M. Peeters
Score semi-final – 3rd place (13% of votes)

Eliminated song 2
Title – "Eén woord van jou"
Rendition – Roland Verstappen
Lyrics – Herman Grimme / Peter Grootkormelink
Composition – Herman Grimme / Peter Grootkormelink
Studio arrangement – Ferdi Lancée
Live orchestration – Onno Krijn
Score semi-final – 2nd place (14% of votes)

Eliminated song 3
Title – "De kracht van je hart"
Rendition – Gina de Wit
Lyrics – Gina de Wit
Composition – Gina de Wit
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Henk Huizinga
Score semi-final – 3rd place (17% of votes)

Eliminated song 4
Title – "Jij hoort bij mij"
Rendition – Gina de Wit
Lyrics – Gina de Wit
Composition – Gina de Wit
Studio arrangement – unknown
Live orchestration – Henk Huizinga
Score semi-final – 2nd place (26% of votes)

Eliminated song 5
Title – "Wie weet wat morgen brengt"
Rendition – Maxine & Franklin Brown
Lyrics – John Ewbank
Composition – John Ewbank
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Erik van der Wurff
Score semi-final – 3rd place (21% of votes)

Eliminated song 6
Title – "Dat woordje wij"
Rendition – Maxine & Franklin Brown
Lyrics – Pieter Goemans
Composition – Tom Bakker
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Bob Zimmerman
Score semi-final – 2nd place (25% of votes)

Eliminated song 7
Title – "Neem me mee"
Rendition – Lucretia van der Vloot
Lyrics – Annemieke Woudt
Composition – Michiel Pos
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Jan Wessels
Score semi-final – 3rd place (16% of votes)

Eliminated song 8
Title – "Hoe hoger je klimt"
Rendition – Lucretia van der Vloot
Lyrics – Arnout van Krimpen
Composition – Franky Douglas
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Henk Heijink
Score semi-final – 2nd place (39% of votes)

Eliminated song 9
Title – "Met of zonder jou"
Rendition – Clau-dya's (Claudia Soumeru / Tosca Aijal / Selina Loupatty)
Lyrics – Pim Koopman / Jeroen Englebert
Composition – Pim Koopman / Jeroen Englebert
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Rik Elings
Score semi-final – 3rd place (27% of votes)

Eliminated song 10
Title – "Mozart"
Rendition – Clau-dya's (Claudia Soumeru / Tosca Aijal / Selina Loupatty)
Lyrics – Han Kooreneef
Composition – Henk Temming / Michiel Eilbracht
Studio arrangement – none
Live orchestration – Paul Natte
Score semi-final – 2nd place (33% of votes)

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