Waar Is De Zon
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| Waar Is De Zon | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1994 entry | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Artist(s) | Willy Albertina Verbruggen |
| As | Willeke Alberti |
| Language | Dutch |
| Composer(s) | Edwin Schimscheimer |
| Lyricist(s) | Coot van Doesburgh |
| Place | 23rd |
| Points | 4 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
Waar Is De Zon (English translation: "Where Is The Sun", both titles occasionally attested with a question mark) was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Dutch by Willeke Alberti.
The song is a ballad, with Alberti asking an absent lover what has become of him. She compares his love to the warmth provided by the sun, and asks where this has gone. As the song concludes, however, he returns to her and the final chorus features a key change and the more positive lyric that "You are the sun/That will warm me".
The song was performed thirteenth on the night (following Malta's Chris & Moira with More Than Love and preceding Germany's MeKaDo with Wir Geben 'Ne Party). At the close of voting, it had received 4 points, placing 23rd in a field of 25.
Due to the rapidly-expanding number of entrants, the decision was taken to restrict entry to the 1995 Contest to the 18 best-performed entrants from 1994, a group which did not include the Netherlands. The country was, however, eligible to enter the pre-selection for the following year's event, in which it ultimately qualified for the main draw.
Thus, the song was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1996 Contest by Maxine and Franklin Brown with De Eerste Keer.
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