Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

The Netherlands will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 which will be held on 29 November 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.[2] The entrant will be decided by AVROTROS through the televised national selection Junior Songfestival 2020.[3]

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processJunior Songfestival 2020
Selection date(s)26 September 2020[1]
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 • 2020

Background
Main article: Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2020 contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest seventeen times since its first entry in 2003. The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack" performed by Ralf Mackenbach. In the 2019 contest, Matheu represented the Netherlands in Gliwice, Poland with the song "Dans met jou". He placed 4th out of 19 entries with 186 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2020

Criticism

With the release of T-Square's song "Count On Me", accusations of plagiarism of the song "Boy With Luv" by BTS emerged on social media. Due to these accusations, AVROTROS launched a formal investigation with several music experts. As a result of the investigation, AVROTROS responded to the allegations through the Junior Songfestival Instagram account rejecting the allegations, and that the K-Pop sound used in the song is common among international artists. They also said music should be a means to bring people together and not divide them, and that they firmly stand with T-Square regarding the song.[4]

Final

The final will be held on 26 September 2020. For the first time in its history, the contest will be held in Rotterdam Ahoy and without an audience (due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic).[1]

Final – 26 September 2020
Draw Artist Song[5] Songwriter(s) Kids jury Jury Televote Total Place
Jackie and Janae "It's You And Me" Babette Labeij, Dimitri Veltkamp, Robin van Veen
Robin "Mee" (Along) Adriaan Philipse, Julian Vahle, Maxine Van Breukelen
T-Square "Count On Me" Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms
UNITY "Best Friends" Robert Dorn
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See also

References
  1. Farren, Neil (29 June 2020). "Netherlands: Junior Songfestival 2020 Final to Be Held on September 26". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. "It's time to #MoveTheWorld!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest. 16 May 2020. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. Granger, Anthony (28 September 2019). "The Netherlands: Confirms Junior Eurovision 2020 Participation". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. Farren, Neil (12 August 2020). "Netherlands: T-Square's Junior Songfestival Entry Cleared of Plagiarism Allegations". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. Granger, Anthony (17 July 2020). "Netherlands: Junior Songfestival 2020 Entries Revealed". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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