The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry through a national final.

Although "Jij en ik" performed poorly at Eurovision and was forgotten immediately after, "Fantasie eiland", which had finished second in the Dutch national final, was picked up by British record producer Tim Friese-Greene, recorded in English (as "Fantasy Island") by the group Tight Fit, and became a top 5 hit in the UK and also a chart success in Ireland.

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) held the national final at the Circustheater in Scheveningen, hosted by the 1969 Eurovision winner Lenny Kuhr.

[1] On the night of the final van Dijk performed 16th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Ireland.

At the close of voting "Jij en ik" had received just 8 points, placing the Netherlands 16th of the 18 entries, ahead only of Denmark and Finland.