Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | AVROTROS | |||
| Country | Netherlands | |||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Announcement date | Artist: 19 December 2024 Song: 27 February 2025 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "C'est la vie" | |||
| Artist | Claude | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 121 points) | |||
| Final result | 12th, 175 points | |||
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The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "C'est la vie", written by Arno Krabman, Claude Kiambe, Joren van der Voort, and Léon Paul Palmen, and performed by Claude himself. The Dutch participating broadcaster, AVROTROS, internally selected its entry for the contest. Claude's appointment as the Dutch representative was announced on 19 December 2024, while the song, "C'est la vie", was presented to the public on 27 February 2025.
The Netherlands was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2025. Performing during the show in position 13, "C'est la vie" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 17 May. It was later revealed that the Netherlands placed third out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 121 points. In the final, the Netherlands performed in position 12 and placed twelfth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 175 points.