The Netherlands has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 60 times since making its debut as one of the seven countries at the first contest in 1956. The country has missed only four contests, twice because the dates coincided with Remembrance of the Dead (1985, 1991) and twice because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year (1995 and 2002). The Netherlands hosted the contest in Hilversum (1958), Amsterdam (1970), twice in The Hague (1976 and 1980), and would’ve hosted the contest in Rotterdam in 2020, but the edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rotterdam will remain as the host city of the 2021 contest.