Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest Di Rienzo () and Arlette Zola (), before winning the contest for the second time in with Celine Dion and the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Annie Cotton gave the country its 15th top five result in , when she placed third. Girl band Vanilla Ninja finished eighth in , Switzerland's only top ten result of the 21st century. Sebalter gave the country its second-best result of the century, finishing 13th in . Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Switzerland has failed to reach the final 11 times. Switzerland had been absent from Eurovision four times
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 a 55-person jury who gave each song a mark out of 6. Joling performed 7th on the night of the contest, following Spain and preceding Israel. His song received 70 points, placing 9th of 22 competing countries. The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof. Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 The Netherlands participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, held in Dublin, Ireland. After coming 5th at the 1987 contest with "Rechtop in de wind", Dutch broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) internally selected Gerard Joling to sing for the Netherlands at the upcoming contest in Dublin.