Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten was a Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in Cannes, France with the song Een beetje, giving the country their second win and making them the first country to win the Contest twice up to that point.
In 1950, she 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 artist to perform in the United States.
With her husband, Henk Scholten, she recorded several albums, many of them containing songs for children. In the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in popular television shows in The Netherlands. In 1965 and 1966, she presented the National Song Festival.
She died in April 2010 at the age of 83.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1959 | |||
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 Jean Philippe •  Birthe Wilke •  Domenico Modugno •  Jacques Pills •  Teddy Scholten •  Alice & Ellen Kessler •  Brita Borg •  Christa Williams •  Ferry Graf •  Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson •  Bob Benny
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| Songs | |||
| Oui, oui, oui, oui • Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig • Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) • Mon ami Pierrot • Een beetje • Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n • Augustin • Irgendwoher • Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien • Sing, Little Birdie • Hou toch van mij
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