Anna Marie Palmen, better known as Annie Palmen, was a Dutch singer. She first attempted to represent her home country at the 1960 Contest but lost out in the national final to Rudi Carrell. Her bid three years later proved more successful but on the night of the Contest she finished in joint last place with Nul Points, marking the first time that a competing country scored absolutely nothing in two successive contests.
Four years later, she became a featured singer with the Boertjes van Buuten orchestra (Boertjes van Buuten is a hypocorism for Little farmers from outside towns) on the monthly television programme Mik for channel KRO, playing the role of Drika. This was a success and raised her profile. However, after the cancellation of the show in 1972, she dropped out of sight.
She died in Beverwijk on 15 January 2000, after a long illness of an undisclosed nature, aged 73.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1963 | |||
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 Ronnie Carroll •  Annie Palmen •  Heidi Brühl •  Carmela Corren •  Anita Thallug •  Emilio Pericoli •  Laila Halme •  Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann •  Vice Vukov •  Esther Ofarim •  Alain Barrière •  José Guardiola •  Monica Zetterlund •  Jacques Raymond •  Françoise Hardy •  Nana Mouskouri
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| Songs | |||
| Say Wonderful Things • Een speeldoos • Marcel • Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder • Solherv • Uno per tutte • Muistojeni laulu • Dansevise • Brodovi • T'en vas pas • Elle était si jolie • Algo prodigoso • En gång i Stockholm • Waarom? • L'amour s'en va • À force de prier
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