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The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Calm After the Storm", written by Ilse DeLange, JB Meijers, Rob Crosby, Matthew Crosby and Jake Etheridge. The song was performed by The Common Linnets, a duo consisting of DeLange and Waylon, two well-known and popular Dutch artists, and formed by DeLange as a platform for Dutch artists to create country, Americana, and bluegrass music. In November 2013 the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS announced that they had internally selected The Common Linnets to represent the Netherlands at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark, with their song first presented to the public in March 2014. In the weeks leading up to the contest, the Netherlands was considered by the bookmakers to be one of the countries most likely to qualify for the final. In the first of two Eurovision semi-finals "Calm After the Storm" came first of the sixteen participating countries, securing its place among the twenty-five other countries in the final. In the Netherlands fifty-fifth Eurovision appearance on 10 May, "Calm After the Storm" finished in second place, receiving 238 points and full marks from eight countries. This was the Netherlands best finish in the contest since 1975. After the show, the song went on to chart in several European countries, reaching number one in Belgium, Iceland and the Netherlands, as well as reaching the top ten in several other countries. The group's self-titled début album, released in May 2014, was also a success in the Netherlands and in other countries. The success of The Common Linnets in the contest was met with wide praise, with many commenting that their triumph was a boost to the musicality and credibility of the contest. ==Background== Prior to the 2014 contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-four times since its début as one of seven countries to take part in . Since then, the country has won the contest four times: in with the song "Net als toen" performed by Corry Brokken; in with the song "'n Beetje" performed by Teddy Scholten; in as one of four countries to tie for first place with "De troubadour" performed by Lenny Kuhr; and in with "Ding-a-Dong" performed by the group Teach-In. Following the introduction of semi-finals for , the Netherlands had been featured in only two finals. The Netherlands' least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on five occasions, most recently in the . The Netherlands has also received ''nul points'' on two occasions; in the and contests. In 2014 The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS organised the selection process for the Netherlands' Eurovision entrant and broadcast the event nationally. AVROTROS had been formed in January 2014 when the Dutch government merged former public broadcasters TROS, who had organised the Dutch entry between 2010 and 2013, and AVRO. Various methods have been used to select the Dutch entry in the past, such as the ''Nationaal Songfestival'', a live televised national final to choose either the performer, the song or both that would compete at Eurovision. However, internal selections had also been held on occasions, which was the method of selection for the Dutch entry in 2013. An internal selection would again be used in 2014 by AVROTROS. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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