| rdfs:comment | - Only appearance was in the spin-off episode.
- Henriëtte Willems, known professionally as Linda Williams, is a Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in Dublin, Ireland with the song Het is een wonder, which finished in ninth place. Williams was unknown at the time she took part with two songs in the 1981 Dutch Eurovision selection, as a last-minute replacement for singer Oscar Harris, who had had to drop out at short notice.
- Linda Williams , real name: Henriette Willems ( Valkenswaard , June 11 1955 ) is a Dutch singer . Linda Williams was discovered by Piet Roelen, the then husband and manager of Corry Konings . In 1981 she was allowed to compete in the National Contest , after Oscar Harris himself had previously withdrawn. at the last minute In this national rounds each candidate sang two songs. Linda sang the songs , that's life (English title Do not need your flowers) and it's a miracle (English title I am the lady), both written and composed by Cees de Wit . Instead of making use of the orchestra Rogier van Otterloo she made when both numbers using a backing track with a fade-out at the end of her two songs. This came to her quite a bit of criticism. Still, she finally won the National Contest with It's
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| abstract | - Linda Williams , real name: Henriette Willems ( Valkenswaard , June 11 1955 ) is a Dutch singer . Linda Williams was discovered by Piet Roelen, the then husband and manager of Corry Konings . In 1981 she was allowed to compete in the National Contest , after Oscar Harris himself had previously withdrawn. at the last minute In this national rounds each candidate sang two songs. Linda sang the songs , that's life (English title Do not need your flowers) and it's a miracle (English title I am the lady), both written and composed by Cees de Wit . Instead of making use of the orchestra Rogier van Otterloo she made when both numbers using a backing track with a fade-out at the end of her two songs. This came to her quite a bit of criticism. Still, she finally won the National Contest with It's a miracle , so they could represent the Netherlands on 26th April 4, 1981 with the song Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin ( Ireland ). After the National Song Festival, there was a riot after Bart van der Laar , boss of TTR Top Three Records, his name did write. the text Van der Laar stressed a few days later in a show ofSonja Barend that he is the lyricist, although the mother is also present in the studio of the White strongly denied this again. When copyright organization Buma / Stemra is only Cees de Wit registered with " It's a miracle . " As a composer / lyricist is W.Edse stated. This is a pseudonym of Cees de Wit. Read CEES DE WIT backwards (TIWEDSEEC), leaving the first and last two letters away and you get W.Edse. The remaining letters TIEC is another pseudonym of Cees de Wit. It's a miracle has been on July 2, 1980, one year before the relevant song contest, at Buma / Stemra declared by Cees de Wit. At the Eurovision Song Contest Williams graduated with It's a wonder the 9th place on 20 candidates. They got 51 points. Her first single was I'll Bide My Time in 1980 with text and music by Cees de Wit and thus had a TV appearance at Tele Bingo with Mies Bouwman in December 1980. Later they made another single: In Spring . At the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Linda stood with her daughter Eva Jane , once again on the Eurovision stage in the Belgian entry Like the wind by Vanessa Chinitor . This entry holds a shared 12th place. With 38 points
- Only appearance was in the spin-off episode.
- Henriëtte Willems, known professionally as Linda Williams, is a Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in Dublin, Ireland with the song Het is een wonder, which finished in ninth place. Williams was unknown at the time she took part with two songs in the 1981 Dutch Eurovision selection, as a last-minute replacement for singer Oscar Harris, who had had to drop out at short notice. Following her Eurovision appearance, Williams released a few singles which passed unnoticed, and soon returned to obscurity. She did however make another appearance on the Eurovision stage in 1999, when along with her daughter Eva-Jane, she was among the backing singers for that year's Belgian entrant, Vanessa Chinitor.
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