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1984 in Dutch television

overview of television-related events in the Netherlands during the year of 1984

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ20310659 ↗
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This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1984.

Events

14 March – Maribelle is selected to represent Netherlands at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Ik hou van jou". She is selected to be the twenty-ninth Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at NOS Studios in Hilversum.

5 May – Sweden wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys. The Netherlands finish in thirteenth place with their entry "Ik hou van jou" by Maribelle.

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The public source identifies “1984 in Dutch television” as overview of television-related events in the Netherlands during the year of 1984. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dutch, television and overview.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dutch, television and overview providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q20310659. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “1984 in Dutch television” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.