Song Festival Contest 19

 participated in the Song Festival Contest in Tabriz, Iran. The Dutch entry was selected through an national selection by the broadcaster of the country, AVROTROS. 10 acts participated in the "Nationaal Song Festival". In the end Nielson won the national final and represented the Netherlands with the song "Kop in het zand", which qualified from the second heat of the competition and was placed 7th with 184 points.

Nationaal Song Festival
The running order draw was announced on 19th April 2014. The final started on the same day.

Voting
Each country/jury awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs, with 12 points for their favourite song and 1 for their least favourite.

At Song Festival Contest
During the heat allocation draw, the Netherlands was drawn to compete in the second heat. Nielson qualified to the finals and was later drawn as seventh. Nielson was placed 7th in the final getting 184 points.

Points awarded by the Netherlands
Semi-final 2 votes

Final votes