The Dutch participating broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), selected its entry for the contest through Nationaal Songfestival 1999.

Performing during the show in position 11, the Netherlands placed eighth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 71 points.

In 1998, NOS has organised Nationaal Songfestival in order to select both the artist and song for the contest, a method that was continued for its 1999 entry.

Nationaal Songfestival 1999 was the national final developed by NOS that selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.

The winner, "One Good Reason" performed by Marlayne, was selected by the 50/50 combination of a public televote and the votes of an eight-member expert jury.

The expert jury panel consisted of Ferdi Bolland (songwriter and producer), Frédérique Spigt (singer), Wessel van Diepan (producer, composer and radio presenter), Harry van Hoof (conductor and composer), Henk Langerak (journalist at Algemeen Dagblad), Charlotte Margiono (opera singer), Dean Gorré (footballer) and Sugar Lee Hooper (singer).

NOS spokesperson Fred de Vries later explained that language and commercial considerations were not part of the selection criteria for the commission which only chose the finalists based on quality.