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

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) held the national final at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Ivo Niehe.

"Sing Me a Song" emerged the unexpected winner by a margin of just 1 point over the pre-final favourite "Een beetje van dit" by Vulcano, largely thanks to the South Holland jury awarding 19 of its 30 points to the song.

[1] On the night of the final Bernadette performed 11th in the running order, following Greece and preceding Yugoslavia.

At the close of voting "Sing Me a Song" had received 66 points, placing the Netherlands 7th of the 20 entries.