Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
National selection
Selection process Junior Songfestival 2023 [1]
Selection date(s)23 September 2023
Selected entrantSep and Jasmijn
Selected song"Holding On to You"
Selected songwriter(s)Robert Dorn
Finals performance
Final result7th, 122 points
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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The Netherlands competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in France, which was held in Nice on 26 November 2023. [1] [2] Sep and Jasmijn were selected by AVROTROS to represent the country with their song "Holding On to You" through the televised national selection Junior Songfestival 2023. [2] [3]

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Background

The Netherlands is the only country to have participated in every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the inaugural 2003 edition. The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack", performed by Ralf Mackenbach. [4] In the 2022 contest in Yerevan, Armenia, Luna represented the Netherlands with the song "La festa". She finished in 7th place with 128 points. [5]

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2023

AVROTROS selected the Dutch representative through the televised national final Junior Songfestival , held on 23 September 2023 at the RTM Stage in Rotterdam, a part of the Ahoy venue complex, hosted by Matheu Hinzen and Stefania. [1] [2] [6]

Competing entries

Following the 2022 edition of the competition, the submissions process was opened for singers who want to represent the Netherlands in the 2023 contest. [1] [7] Following a call for participants which closed on 6 February 2023, [1] NPO Zapp revealed the list of singers who made it through to the auditions round on 14 February. [8] The auditions were broadcast in a series of three reveal videos published between 21 April and 19 May on the official Junior Songfestival YouTube channel. [9] [10] [11] [12] A total of 51 acts took part in the auditions, and 24 entrants passed to the academy stage of the selection. [13] [14] The finalists were revealed on 16 June 2023. [15] They were then grouped into 4 acts–one male soloist, one mixed duo and two female trios– the compositions of which were revealed on 3 July. [16] [17]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)Language(s)Ref.
Duron"Magic"
  • Hansen Tomas
  • Simon Gitsels
 Dutch, English [18]
Flare"Side by Side"
  • Jermain van der Bogt
  • Willem Laseroms
Dutch, English [19]
Joy!"Better Together"
  • Didier de Ruyter
  • Kirsten Michel
Dutch, English [20]
Sep and Jasmijn"Holding On to You"Robert DornDutch, English [21]

Final

The final took place on 23 September 2023 at 19:20 CET. [22] During the online voting window of the final, the finalists performed a common theme song titled "Good Vibes". [23] The winner was determined through points given by a kids jury, a professional jury and public voting, each having equal weight. The kids jury consisted of Junior Songfestival 2022 winner Luna and finalist Mixed Up, while the professional jury consisted of Soy Kroon, Sosha Duysker and Meau. [24] [25]

Junior Songfestival – 23 September 2023
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
Kids juryProf. juryOnline voteTotal
1Duron"Magic"998264
2Flare"Side by Side"8810263
3Joy!"Better Together"10109292
4Sep and Jasmijn"Holding On to You"121212361

At Junior Eurovision

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 took place at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France on 26 November 2023.

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. [26]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2023 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 26 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 three songs. [27] 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.

At the end of the show, the Netherlands received 52 points from juries and 70 points from online voting, placing 7th. [28]

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Dutch jury: [29]

  • Niels Schlimback
  • Peter Natrop
  • Sam Terbraak
  • Marieke van Oostrum
  • Zoë Aries
Detailed voting results from Netherlands [28]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22127210
02Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 141415151315
03Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 65413665
04Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 91113141513
05Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5357147
06Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 12776883
07Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8139111211
08Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 3461238
09Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 11684356
10Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1391491012
11Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 710105992
12Flag of France.svg  France 11235112
13Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 10121284101
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 151511101414
15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 483121174
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

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