The Dutch selection committee for the Eurovision Song Contest has received 331 entries for the 2025 edition. “A huge and fantastic number considering the short period that registration was open,” AVROTROS announced on Saturday.
The number ensures diversity: the entries include songs in Dutch, English and other languages, ranging from ballads to uptempo and rock songs.
Registration for the Song Contest opened later than usual this year. For a long time it was unclear whether the Netherlands would participate in the edition in Basel, Switzerland, due to the controversy surrounding the disqualification of Joost Klein.
The Europapa singer declined to participate in the upcoming edition and “needs more time to recover”. “I am grateful for all the love and support I have received. But I am still devastated by what happened this year,” Klein said earlier.
The selection committee will consider the entries in the coming weeks and then determine which artist will represent the Netherlands in Basel. While the number of 331 is an impressive result, it is lower than last year’s record number of over 600 entries. Source: nu.nl
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