1974 NETHERLANDS EUROVISION SELECTION

Date - February 27, 1974

Official name - Nationaal Songfestival 1974

Organising broadcaster - AVRO

Venue - Jaarbeurs Congrescentrum, Utrecht

Host - Willem Duys

Director - Theo Ordeman

Stage designer - Els Salomons

Producer - Fred Oster

Musical director - Harry van Hoof

Orchestra - Songfestivalorkest (freelance orchestra)

Interval acts - Lenny Kuhr / Dana / Séverine / Vicky Leandros / Anne-Marie David

Number of entries - 3, all performed by Mouth & MacNeal

Winning entry - 'Ik zie een ster'

Winning songwriters - Gerrit den Braber / Hans van Hemert

Winning orchestrator - Piet Souer

Note - The winning entry, 'Ik zie een ster', was performed on the international Eurovision stage with English lyrics by Hans van Hemert, 'I See A Star'

Conductor Harry van Hoof (with headphones) at the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with Mouth & MacNeal 

PARTICIPATING ENTRIES

Song 1

Title – "Liefste"

Lyrics – Lennaert Nijgh

Composition – Hans van Hemert

Studio arrangement – Piet Souer

(studio orchestra conducted by Piet Souer)

Live orchestration – Piet Souer

Score – 2nd place (19 votes)

Song 2

Title – "Zoals de oudjes zongen"

Lyrics – Hans Bouwens / John Möring / Peter Schoonhoven

Composition – Hans Bouwens / John Möring / Peter Schoonhoven

Studio arrangement – Piet Souer

(studio orchestra conducted by Piet Souer)

Live orchestration – Piet Souer

Score – 3rd place (12 votes)

Song 3

Title – "Ik zie een ster"

Lyrics – Gerrit den Braber

Composition – Hans van Hemert

Studio arrangement – Piet Souer

(studio orchestra conducted by Piet Souer)

Live orchestration – Piet Souer

Score – 1st place (79 votes)