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Teddy Scholten

Dutch singer and television presenter who won Eurovision 1959.

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Teddy Scholten is best known for Winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song 'Een beetje', representing the Netherlands. On Dead or Alive, Teddy Scholten is listed in the Eurovision category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Teddy Scholten is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song 'Een beetje', representing the Netherlands
Listed under: Eurovision

About Teddy Scholten

In 1950, Scholten was invited by The Coca-Cola Company to perform at a show in the United States. She was one of the first Dutch popular music artists to perform in the United States. In 1959, she won the Nationaal Songfestival 1959 with the song "Een beetje", written by Willy van Hemert and Dick Schallies. This gave her the right to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, held in Cannes, France. She went on to win the competition, receiving a total of 21 points from the international juries. This marked the second win of the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest. "Een beetje" was also recorded in French ("Un p'tit peu"), German ("Sei ehrlich"), Italian ("Un poco") and Swedish ("Om våren"). With her husband, Henk Scholten, she recorded several albums, many of them containing songs for children. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in popular television shows in the Netherlands.

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