The Netherlands' national broadcaster, NOS, has confirmed to esctoday.com's partner website, songfestival-weblog.nl that they will return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.

Last year, there was concerns that the broadcaster would withdraw from the competition after failure to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest for a second successfive year. Today, they have confirmed that they will not withdraw from the competition if Hind does not reach the final tonight.

The statement comes before the show where Hind is not seen as one of the ten most likely qualifiers and should kill off any rumours about the country's withdrawal should they miss out on an appearance in the final for a third year in a row.