On 29 October 2016, it was announced that O'G3NE would be representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.[2] In January, it was confirmed that there were three songs in the running to represent the Netherlands, and that one of them was written by Rick Vol, the father of the three members of O'G3NE.[3] It was confirmed that Vol's song had been selected on 2 February.[4] The song title was revealed to be "Lights and Shadows" on 2 March, while the song was released the following day.[5][1][6] The Netherlands competed in the first half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest and finished in 11th place in the final.[7][8]