Esther Hart, who will represent The Netherlands with One more night, will be assisted by backing vocals. One of them, Roger, will not join Esther on their trip to Riga.

Roger doesn't want to fly by airplane, because he's afraid of flying: “Initially I wanted to go by car and boat, but that was very difficult to combine because of the time tables. Together with my mother I drove to the Dutch border to take the train to Frankfurt in Germany. From there I will take the airplane to Riga with Lufthansa. Because it's a large airline, I might be not thát afraid”, he said.

Roger Happel was a backingsinger for Edsilia Rombley in 1998 as well. He also participated in the Dutch national final of 1999 with the song “Where is the time”, finishing 5th.