Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Netherlands has sent an entry to every Junior Eurovision Song Contest since its creation in 2003. The Netherlands is one of only two countries to have taken part in every Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the other one being Belarus.

Netherlands
Member station	AVRO (2003–2013) AVROTROS (2014–)
National selection events	National final Junior Songfestival 2003–2015 2017–2020 Internal selection 2016
Participation summary
Appearances	17
First appearance	2003
Best result	1st: 2009
Worst result	15th: 2015
External links
Netherlands's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

History

The Netherlands are one of the sixteen countries to have made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place on 15 November 2003 at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1]

AVROTROS, formerly AVRO, is responsible for the organisation of the Dutch Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry. A national final has been organised by AVRO to select the entry, called Junior Songfestival. Entrants previously wrote their own songs and sent it to the broadcaster, where a jury and the public decided the winner. However, as of 2016, candidates audition individually and are placed in groups later on.

The Netherlands has won the contest once - in 2009 Ralf Mackenbach went on to victory at the 2009 Contest in Kiev, Ukraine with his song "Click Clack", beating runners-up Russia and Armenia by just five points. This was the Netherlands' fifth Eurovision victory at any Eurovision Song Contest and the first win since the Eurovision Song Contest 1975.

The 2007 Contest was held in the Netherlands, at the Ahoy in Rotterdam. The 2012 contest was held in the Netherlands as well, making it the first country to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice.

Participation

Table key

1	Winner
2	Second place

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2003	Roel	"Mijn ogen zeggen alles"	Dutch	11	23
2004	Klaartje & Nicky	"Hij is een kei"	Dutch	11	27
2005	Tess	"Stupid"	Dutch	7	82
2006	Kimberly	"Goed"	Dutch	12	44
2007	Lisa, Amy & Shelley	"Adem in, adem uit"	Dutch	11	39
2008	Marissa	"1 dag"	Dutch	13	27
2009	Ralf Mackenbach	"Click Clack"	Dutch, English	1	121
2010	Senna & Anna	"My Family"	Dutch, English	9	52
2011	Rachel	"Teenager"	Dutch	2	103
2012	Femke	"Tik Tak Tik"	Dutch	7	69
2013	Mylène & Rosanne	"Double Me"	Dutch, English	8	59
2014	Julia	"Around"	Dutch, English	8	70
2015	Shalisa	"Million Lights"	Dutch, English	15	35
2016	Kisses	"Kisses and Dancin'"	Dutch, English	8	174
2017	FOURCE	"Love me"	Dutch, English	4	156
2018	Max & Anne	"Samen"	Dutch, English	13	91
2019	Matheu	"Dans met jou"	Dutch, English	4	186

Photogallery

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  Mylène and Rosanne in Kiev (2013)

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[2] The Dutch broadcaster, AVROTROS, sent their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Dutch language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Netherlands. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year	Commentator	Spokesperson	Channel	Ref.
2003	Angela Groothuizen	Aisa	NPO 2
2004		Danny
2005	Tooske Ragas	Giovanni Kemper
2006	Sipke Jan Bousema	Tess Gaerthé	NPO 3
2007	Marcel Kuijer	Kimberly Nieuwenhuizen
2008	Sipke Jan Bousema	Famke Rauch
2009		Marissa Grasdijk
2010		Bram Bos
2011	Marcel Kuijer	Anna Lagerweij
2012		Lidewei Loot
2013		Alessandro Wempe
2014	Jan Smit	Mylène and Rosanne	NPO Zapp
2015		Julia van Bergen
2016		Anneloes
2017		Thijs Schlimback
2018		Vincent Miranovich
2019	Buddy Vedder	Anne Buhre		[3][4][5]

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
2007	Rotterdam	Rotterdam Ahoy	Kim-Lian van der Meij and Sipke Jan Bousema
2012	Amsterdam	Heineken Music Hall	Ewout Genemans and Kim-Lian van der Meij

See also

• Junior Songfestival – The competition organised by AVROTROS to select the entrant for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• Netherlands in the Eurovision Dance Contest – Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• Netherlands in the Eurovision Young Dancers – A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
• Netherlands in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.

References

1. García, Belén (7 September 2015). "#BestOfJESC – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
2. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
3. Granger, Anthony (21 November 2019). "The Netherlands: Buddy Vedder to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2019". eurovoix.com.
4. "Instagram Junior Songfestival". instagram.com (in Dutch).
5. "Matheu vertegenwoordigt Nederland op het Junior Eurovisie Songfestival 2019 in Polen". avrotros.nl (in Dutch). AVROTROS. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.