Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
National selection
Selection processJunior Songfestival 2018
Selection date(s)29 September 2018 [1]
Selected artist(s)Max & Anne
Selected song"Samen"
Selected songwriter(s)Babette Labeij
Dimitri Veltkamp
Robin van Veen
Finals performance
Final result13th, 91 points
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2017 •2018• 2019►

The Netherlands participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS was responsible for the organisation of their representative at the contest. Their entry was selected through the national selection Junior Songfestival 2018, which had four songs. For the first time in the history of Junior Songfestival, the competing songs were written fully by famous Dutch musicians.

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Background

Prior to the 2018 Contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen 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 2017, the Netherlands placed 4th out of 16 entries with the song "Love Me" performed by the boy band Fource.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2018

Competing entries

The artists were credited without their surnames.

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)Ref.
Remix"What Girls Do"Lennard Vink, Joost Griffioen and Anja Zegwaard [2]
Anna Grigorian"Touch Each Other's Heart"Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms [3]
Max & Anne"Samen"Babette Labeij, Dimitri Veltkamp, Robin van Veen [4]
Kiya van Rossum"Butterflies"Christina Monteiro, Douriz Monteiro, Garfaёila Jovanca Ethelina Brown, Milangchelo Junior Martina [5]

Final

The final was held on 29 September 2018, hosted by Romy Monteiro.

Final – 29 September 2018
DrawArtistSongKids JuryJury [lower-alpha 1] TelevoteTotalPlace
1Remix"What Girls Do"899263
2Max & Anne"Samen"121012341
3Kiya"Butterflies"988254
4Anna"Touch Each Other's Heart"101210322
  1. ↑ The members of the professional jury were Maan, Buddy Vedder and Tommie Christiaan. [6]

Artist and song information

Anne Buhre (left) and Maxime Albertazzi at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Max & Anne at JESC 2018.jpg
Anne Buhre (left) and Maxime Albertazzi at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Flag of the Netherlands.svg "Samen"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre
As
Max & Anne
Languages
Dutch, English
Finals performance
Final result
13th
Final points
91
Entry chronology
◄ "Love Me" (2017)
"Dans met jou" (2019) ►

Max & Anne

Max & Anne were a pop duo consisting of child singers Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. The duo was active between 2018 and 2019. They represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Samen". [7]

Albertazzi was born on 17 August 2004 in Houten. In July 2020, she came out as transgender. [8] Buhre was born on 31 March 2004 in Voorschoten.

Samen

"Samen" (transl. 'Together') is a song by Dutch singers Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. It represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Maxime and Anne performed on the big stage and their dancers Idaila Voorn and Marc Vermeulen performed on the extra stage. They finished thirteenth with 91 points (23 points from national juries and 68 points from the online voting).

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Netherlands was drawn to perform sixth on 25 November 2018, following Russia and preceding Azerbaijan. [9]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [10]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 25 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [11] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from the Netherlands [12]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 106115274
02Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 191718191219
03Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 84710365
04Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 9141591513
05Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 78313983
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
07Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 181612141417
08Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1196838
09Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 61813121714
10Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 171119161318
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14191671115
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 43221112
13Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1615631092
14Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3781716101
15Flag of France.svg  France 52411647
16Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 11101418511
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 25515756
18Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 15131741916
19Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 129114210
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13121081812

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  11. ↑ "Junior Eurovision fans: Cast your vote online!". Junioreurovision.tv. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "Results of the Final of Minsk 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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