Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I a ia e 20 tau noa iho te pakeke, ko Edsilia Rombley te kaiwaiata o te Netherlands i whiwhi i tana tohu nui tuatahi o te rongonui o te ao. Kua riro kē i a ia te toa o te whakataetae whakaata iti ake "Soundmix Show", ka whakatau ia kia piki ake. I runga i te nui o te whakatau, i mahi ia i mua i nga rau miriona o nga kaimātakitaki pouaka whakaata i te 1998 Eurovision Song Contest
i Birmingham, United Kingdom. Ko tana waiata, ko te R&amp;B i reka "Hemel en aarde" ("Rangi me te whenua"), i tu i te tuawha, i hoatu ki tana whenua te waahi teitei i Eurovision mai i to raatau wikitoria whakamutunga i te 1975. Kaore he kaitono o te Netherlands i muri i a ia i kaha ki te tuu i te ahua rite.