Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Selecting their song through the national final Nationaal Songfestival 2011, organised by Dutch broadcaster TROS. In July 2010 TROS announced that they had internally selected the male trio 3JS to represent Netherlands in at the Contest in Germany.

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: Nationaal Songfestival 2011
Selection date(s)Artist: 15 July 2010
Song: 30 January 2011
Selected entrant3JS
Selected song"Never Alone"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (19th, 13 points)
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 14 July 2010, popular radio DJ Giel Beelen spread the rumour that TROS had selected 3JS to represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.[1] This was confirmed on 15 July 2010 during the morning radio show Gouden Uren, hosted by Daniël Dekker.[2][3]

Nationaal Songfestival 2011

The song that 3JS represented the Netherlands with was selected through a national final titled Nationaal Songfestival 2011. Five songs were provided by 3JS for the competition and were performed on 30 January 2011 at the Studio 21 in Hilversum, hosted by Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau.[4] The winning song, "Je vecht nooit alleen", was selected by the votes of a five-member jury (50%) and public televoting (50%). The five-member jury panel consisted of René Froger (Dutch representative in 2009 as part of De Toppers), Eric van Tijn (producer), Daniël Dekker (radio DJ), Annemieke Schollaardt (radio DJ) and Hind Laroussi (Dutch representative in 2008).[5]

Final – 30 January 2011
Draw Song (English translation) Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 "Ga dan niet" (Don't go then) 3 1% 1 4 3
2 "De stroom" (The stream) 4 25.5% 4 8 2
3 "Toen ik jou vergat" (When I forgot you) 2 3.9% 2 4 3
4 "Weelderig waardeloos" (Luxuriously worthless) 1 5.8% 3 4 3
5 "Je vecht nooit alleen" (You will never fight alone) 5 63.8% 5 10 1

At Eurovision

Netherlands competed in the first half of the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May. They failed to qualify and ended last in the second semi-final, marking the worst placing since the introduction of the semi-finals and the first last place since 1968.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Netherlands came 19th with 13 points: the public awarded Netherlands 19th place with 17 points and the jury awarded 18th place with 22 points.

Points awarded by the Netherlands
Points awarded to the Netherlands (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. "NETHERLANDS - It seems 3 J's to represent the Netherlands in 2011". Oikotimes.com. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. Romkes, Rene (15 July 2010). "Exclusive: 3JS for the Netherlands!". ESCToday. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  3. Bakker, Sietse (15 July 2010). "Netherlands picks 3Js for Eurovision 2011". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  4. "NETHERLANDS - Netherlands decide on 30 January". Oikotimes.com. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  5. "Netherlands: Hind in the Dutch jury". EscToday.com. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

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