The Netherlands
National selection
National final
Date:
1 February 2009
| # | Performer(s) | Song | pts | plc | a | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Toppers | Our night | 41 | 6 | more... | |
| 2 | De Toppers | Angels of the light | 190 | 2 | more... | |
| 3 | De Toppers | Everybody can be a star | 43 | 5 | more... | |
| 4 | De Toppers | There is the magic number | 50 | 4 | more... | |
| 5 | De Toppers | No one loves me like you | 57 | 3 | more... | |
| 6 | De Toppers | Shine | 249 | 1 | more... | |
The Toppers were chosen internally to represent the Netherlands in 2009. The songs was chosen in the national final. The jury (1/3) and the televoting (2/3), who were supposed to choose the Dutch entry, disagreed. Angel of the night had got all top marks from the jury members but only finished second in the televote, where the song Shine got more than 40% of the votes. The song was originally stated as written by Bas van den Heuvel and Ger van de Westelaken, but in the press conference Gordon stated that Ger van de Westlaken does not really exist and the song was writen by him together with Bas van den Heuvel, a fact he concealed even from the other two members of the trio. The show was held at the Studio 22 in Hilversum and hosted by Jack van Gelder.
