Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Participating broadcaster AVROTROS (2014–)
Former members
Participation summary
Appearances21
First appearance 2003
Highest placement1st: 2009
Host 2007, 2012
Participation history
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Junior Songfestival
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Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Netherlands has participated in every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since its inception in 2003 and is the only country to have taken part in every edition of the contest. The country has won the competition on one occasion; in 2009, with the song "Click Clack" by Ralf Mackenbach. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS (formerly AVRO) has been responsible for the participation, selecting the nation's entrant through the national final Junior Songfestival .

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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]

The broadcaster 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. Since 2016, candidates audition individually and are placed in groups later on.

As of 2023, the Netherlands has won the competition once –at the 2009 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ralf Mackenbach won with the song "Click Clack" with 121 points, beating runners-up Russia and Armenia by just five points. This was the Netherlands' fifth victory at any Eurovision event, the last time being the Eurovision Song Contest 1975.

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

Participation overview

Femke (pictured in 2012) represented Netherlands at the 2012 contest held in Amsterdam Femke (Femke Meines) (Netherlands, JESC 2012) (cropped).jpg
Femke (pictured in 2012) represented Netherlands at the 2012 contest held in Amsterdam
Mylene and Rosanne in Kyiv (2013) JESC 2013 (Netherlands) Mylene and Rosanne at rehearsal 2.jpg
Mylène and Rosanne in Kyiv (2013)
Table key
1First place
2Second place
◁Last place
†Upcoming event
YearArtistSongLanguagePlacePoints
2003 Roel"Mijn ogen zeggen alles" Dutch 1123
2004 Klaartje and Nicky"Hij is een kei"Dutch1127
2005 Tess "Stupid"Dutch782
2006 Kimberly"Goed"Dutch1244
2007 Lisa, Amy and Shelley " Adem in, adem uit "Dutch1139
2008 Marissa"1 dag"Dutch1327
2009 Ralf Mackenbach "Click Clack"Dutch, English1121
2010 Anna and Senna"My Family"Dutch, English952
2011 Rachel "Teenager"Dutch [lower-alpha 1] 2103
2012 Femke "Tik tak tik"Dutch769
2013 Mylène and Rosanne "Double Me"Dutch, English859
2014 Julia "Around"Dutch, English870
2015 Shalisa "Million Lights"Dutch, English1535
2016 Kisses"Kisses and Dancin'"Dutch, English8174
2017 Fource "Love Me"Dutch, English4156
2018 Max and Anne"Samen"Dutch, English1391
2019 Matheu "Dans met jou"Dutch, English4186
2020 Unity "Best Friends"Dutch, English4132
2021 Ayana " Mata Sugu Aō Ne " (またすぐ会おうね)Dutch, English [lower-alpha 2] 19 ◁43
2022 Luna"La festa"Dutch, English [lower-alpha 3] 7128
2023 Sep & Jasmijn  [ nl ]"Holding On to You"Dutch, English7122
2024 Stay Tuned [2] "Music" [2] Dutch, EnglishUpcoming †

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. [3] 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.

YearChannelCommentator(s) [4] SpokespersonRef.
2003 NPO 2 Angela Groothuizen Aisa Renardus
2004 Danny Hoekstra
2005 Tooske Ragas Giovanni Kemper [5]
2006 NPO 3 Sipke Jan Bousema Tess Gaerthé [6]
2007 Marcel KuijerKimberly Nieuwenhuizen
2008 Sipke Jan Bousema Famke Rauch
2009 Marissa Grasdijk  [ nl ]
2010 Bram Bos
2011 Marcel KuijerAnna Lagerweij
2012 NPO 1 Lidewei Loot
2013 NPO 3 Alessandro Wempe [7] [8]
2014 NPO Zapp on NPO 3 Jan Smit Mylène and Rosanne [9]
2015 Julia van Bergen [10]
2016 Anneloes [11] [12]
2017 Thijs Schlimback [13]
2018 Vincent Miranovich [14] [15]
2019 Buddy Vedder Anne Buhre [16] [17] [18]
2020 Jan SmitRobin de Haas [19] [20] [21]
2021 Buddy Vedder Matheu Hinzen [22]
2022 Bart Arens and Matheu Hinzen Ralf Mackenbach [23] [24] [25]
2023 Luna Sabella [26] [27]
2024 TBA

Hostings

YearLocationVenuePresenters
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

Notes

  1. ↑ Contains some phrases in English
  2. ↑ Contains two repeated phrases in Japanese
  3. ↑ Contains four repeated words in Italian

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