Many Dutch personalities hailed Duncan Laurence's historic victory in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, while several cities in the country, such as Amsterdam and The Hague, are already planning to host the event next year, as the wants the tradition.

The Netherlands savored Sunday the historic victory of Duncan Laurence on Eurovision while debating the name of the city that will host the next edition of the competition, followed by millions of viewers. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Maastricht, Arnhem: The volunteer cities to organize the event were numerous only a few hours after the triumph of the young singer who beat his Italian and Russian rivals to bring to his country his first victory in 44 years with a ballad inspired by the disappearance of a loved one.

The title of Duncan Laurence, favorite of the prognoses, came third of the vote of the jury of professionals. He made the difference thanks to the votes of the viewers. The live broadcast from Tel Aviv was watched by more than 5.3 million Dutch. On average, it attracted 4.4 million viewers in the Netherlands, with a peak of 4.6 million at the time of the announcement of the final result, ie 80% of all Dutch people on television at that time. there, according to figures given by the television broadcaster Avrotros.

An almost unknown wins the trophy

"We are proud of Duncan Laurence who conquered Europe with a musical class [...] and brought Eurovision home next year!", Rejoiced on Twitter the King and Queen of the Netherlands. Duncan Laurence, 25, Duncan de Moor of his real name, was relatively unknown in the Netherlands before being chosen to represent the country on Eurovision, last won by the Dutch in 1975.

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"Duncan's song is a winning game! Wij zijn trots op Duncan Laurence die Europa puts muzikale klasse heeft veroverd, Nederland voor het eerst in 44 jaar weer winst heeft bezorgd en het Songfestival volgend jaar naar Nederland haalt! "- WA en Máxima. # # Songfestival eurovisionpic.twitter.com / esSgL9ulB2

- Koninklijk Huis (@koninklijkhuis) May 18, 2019

"My dream came true, it really came true," he told reporters shortly after winning the night from Saturday to Sunday. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte hailed on Twitter a "sublime and powerful performance". "Wow! Fabulous! So proud ...", also tweeted, among many others, a Dutch viewer, Christian Koppelaar. "After 44 years, we finally won again, it's a good day to be Dutch," said Brenda Stoter Boscolo.