Thérèse Steinmetz

Dutch singer

Thérèse Steinmetz
Thérèse Steinmetz in 1967
Background information
Born	(1933-05-17) 17 May 1933 (age 91) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer

Musical artist

Thérèse Steinmetz (born 17 May 1933) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest.

Early career

Steinmetz studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and appeared in various theatre, television and film roles before being give her own TV series, Thérèse, in 1966

Eurovision Song Contest

In 1967, Steinmetz sang all six songs in the Dutch Eurovision selection, with "Ring-dinge-ding" being chosen by postcard voting as the winner.^[1] Steinmetz went forward to the 12th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Vienna on 8 April, where "Ring-dinge-ding" ended the evening in 14th place of 17 entries, continuing a run of poor Dutch results dating back to 1960.^[2]

Later career

In 1970, Steinmetz won the Golden Stag Festival in Braşov, Romania, beating another former Eurovision singer, Lize Marke, into second place.^[3] The victory led to her becoming a very popular singer in Romania, which she would visit several times, performing a folk music-based repertoire. She had a top 40 hit, "Geef ze een kans", in the Netherlands in 1974 and made regular television appearances.^[4]

Steinmetz has lived for many years in the French Riviera city of Cannes, where she has become a successful painter and owns and runs an art gallery and workshop.^[5]

References

^ ESC National Finals database – 1967
^ ESC History – 1967
^ Golden Stag festival 1970
^ Muziek Centrum Nederland biography (Dutch)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ De Telegraaf interview 27-7-08 (Dutch)

External links

1967 page at Dingadong.nl (Dutch)
Thérèse Steinmetz workshop & gallery

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Milly Scott with "Fernando en Filippo"	Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967	Succeeded by Ronnie Tober with "Morgen"

Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

Nationaal Songfestival

Participation

Artists

Songs

"Alles heeft ritme"
"Als het om de liefde gaat"
"Amambanda"
"Amsterdam"
"Arcade"
"Een beetje"
"Birds"
"Birth of a New Age"
"Blijf zoals je bent"
"Burning Daylight"
"Calm After the Storm"
"Colorado"
"De diepte"
"Ding-a-dong"
"De eerste keer"
"Europapa"
"Fernando en Filippo"
~~"Grow"~~
"Heel de wereld"
"Hemel en aarde"
"Het is een wonder"
"I See a Star"
"Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"
"Ik hou van jou"
"Ik wil alles met je delen"
"Jij bent mijn leven"
"Jij en ik"
"Katinka"
"Lights and Shadows"
"De mallemolen"
"Morgen"
"My Impossible Dream"
"Net als toen"
"Never Alone"
"Niemand heeft nog tijd"
"No Goodbyes"
"On Top of the World"
"One Good Reason"
"One More Night"
"De oude muzikant"
"Out on My Own"
"Outlaw in 'Em"
"The Party's Over"
"Rechtop in de wind"
"Ring-dinge-ding"
"Shangri-La"
"Shine"
"Sing Me a Song"
"Slow Down"
"Een speeldoos"
"'t Is genoeg"
"'t Is OK"
"Tijd"
"De troubadour"
"De vogels van Holland"
"Voorgoed voorbij"
"Vrede"
"Waar is de zon"
"Walk Along"
"Wat een dag"
"Wat een geluk"
"Waterman"
"Wijs me de weg"
"Without You"
"You and Me"
"Your Heart Belongs to Me"

Note: Entries scored out signify where the Netherlands did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Countries	Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Minouche Barelli Inge Brück Noëlle Cordier Sean Dunphy Fredi Géraldine Peter Horten Vicky Leandros Lado Leskovar Eduardo Nascimento Louis Neefs Raphael Sandie Shaw Kirsti Sparboe Thérèse Steinmetz Claudio Villa Östen Warnerbring
Songs	"L'amour est bleu" "Anouschka" "Boum-Badaboum" "Dukkemann" "Hablemos del amor" "If I Could Choose" "Ik heb zorgen" "Il doit faire beau là-bas" "Non andare più lontano" "Puppet on a String" "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?" "Ring-dinge-ding" "Som en dröm" "Varjoon – suojaan" "O vento mudou" "Vse rože sveta" "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"