Eurovision 1979 - Netherlands

Xandra performing "Colorado", the Dutch entry at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest.

For her 3rd appearance at the contest, after 1972 and 1976, former child-star Sandra Reemer fronted a rock band with this nice, harmless light-rock tune that must be the only ESC entry with an American state for a title. Kudos to whoever manages to figure out what those shiny triangular objects at Sandra's outfit are! :-D

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Music

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• Eurovision
• Song
• Contest
• ESC
• 1979
• netherlands
• sandra
• reemer
• xandra
• colorado
• dutch
• holland
• nederland
• jerusalem
• israel

[fishamaphone]

To answer your question, tasosk, those triangles on her outfit are the 1980's desperately trying to break free. They knew it was 1979. It was only a matter of time for them.

[tasosk3]

LOL! :-D

[94ayd]

This may really be the only song named after an USA state but the Portuguese participants in 1987 are named Nevada!

[tasosk3]

You're absolutely correct! :-)

[Mangoteppe]

A really nice rock song! Not the best from The Netherlands, but very nice. It's about the joys you will find in America, therefor it's called "Colorado". I think the triangular objects on Xandra's dress (The dress was awful BTW) is suppossed to be mountains! :-P The state Colorado have alot of mountains you see! :-)

[tasosk3]

Hmm... Yes, that's a very interesting theory indeed :-D

[amsterdamned123]

Excellent excellent song, if only eurovision was liike back in the good old days, we wouldnt see the kind off coruption and farce that it has become now .

[cd845484144]

Cool. A song about my home state!

[ArcticHellfire]

Somehow this reminds me of John Denver..

[irjajit]

Like Sandra, I'm Indonesian, and my dad went to college in Boulder, Colorado. So I think I'm actually meant to know this song.

[Oxe1988]

First heared it and immediately adore it ♥

[guidokuwas]

Watching this song, it's no wonder Holland never wins :-)

[Londo271]

@oldiegoldiefan

Reemer is a Dutch name. She is of mixed blood. In colonial times Indonesia had a big "Dutch' Eurasian community called the Indo Europeans also known as the 'Indische Nederlanders' (in Dutch)

Most of them came to Holland or USA,etc. Usually they call themselves Dutch Eurasians from Indonesia or Indische Nederlanders(in Dutch) and not Indonesians.

[Londo271]

@majormarco

Not exactly.....Sandra belongs to the Dutch-Indonesian(Eurasian)comm­unity ( in Dutch: Indische Nederlanders of Indo-Europeanen)

There are more Eurasians of Indonesia in the Netherlands than real Indonesians.

[Londo271]

@Rock010288

Sandra is of mixed blood (Eurasian).

[TheDRMISTERY]

And all in all she didn't win but due to Israel's resign the following edition took place in Netherlands and 80s - just like 70s - in ESC started there.