Dutch belt out their return to Eurovision with violins

Claude from the Netherlands performing the song C’est La Vie. Picture: Martin Meissner/AP

The Netherlands has made a triumphant return to the Eurovision Song Contest, following last year’s disqualification as the first semi-final acts finished performing on Tuesday night in Switzerland.

Claude Kiambe, 21, surrounded by violinists, sang out his track C’est La Vie, a blend of English and French that promotes a message of dealing with life as it is, at the Basel arena St Jakobshalle.