Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Netherlands
Participating broadcasterAVROTROS (2014–)
Former members
Participation summary
Appearances21
First appearance2003
Highest placement1st: 2009
Host2007, 2012
Participation history
Related articles
Junior Songfestival
External links
Netherlands's page at JuniorEurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
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.

History

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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

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Femke (pictured in 2012) represented Netherlands at the 2012 contest held in Amsterdam
Mylène and Rosanne in Kyiv (2013)
Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
◁ Last place
† Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2003 Roel "Mijn ogen zeggen alles" Dutch 11 23
2004 Klaartje and Nicky "Hij is een kei" Dutch 11 27
2005 Tess "Stupid" Dutch 7 82
2006 Kimberly "Goed" Dutch 12 44
2007 Lisa, Amy and 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 Anna and Senna "My Family" Dutch, English 9 52
2011 Rachel "Teenager" Dutch[a] 2 103
2012 Femke "Tik tak tik" Dutch 7 69
2013 Mylène and 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 and Anne "Samen" Dutch, English 13 91
2019 Matheu "Dans met jou" Dutch, English 4 186
2020 Unity "Best Friends" Dutch, English 4 132
2021 Ayana "Mata Sugu Aō Ne" (またすぐ会おうね) Dutch, English[b] 19 ◁ 43
2022 Luna "La festa" Dutch, English[c] 7 128
2023 Sep & Jasmijn [nl] "Holding On to You" Dutch, English 7 122
2024 Stay Tuned[2] "Music"[2] Dutch, English Upcoming †

Commentators and spokespersons

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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.

Year Channel Commentator(s)[4] Spokesperson Ref.
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 Kuijer Kimberly Nieuwenhuizen
2008 Sipke Jan Bousema Famke Rauch
2009 Marissa Grasdijk [nl]
2010 Bram Bos
2011 Marcel Kuijer Anna 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 Smit Robin 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

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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

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ García, Belén (7 September 2015). "#BestOfJESC – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b Farren, Neil (21 September 2024). "Netherlands: Stay Tuned to Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ^ Schalk, Daniël (6 December 2022). "Bart Arens en Matheu Hinzen doen commentaar bij Junior Songfestival" [Bart Arens and Matheu Hinzen provide commentary for Junior Songfestival]. Songfestival Update (in Dutch).
  5. ^ Gallagher, Robyn (7 November 2020). "Her majesty! Sandra Kim is revealed as the Queen and wins The Masked Singer Belgium". Wiwibloggs.
  6. ^ "Sipke-Jan Bousema presenteert Junior Songfestival". Mediacourant (in Dutch). 22 August 2006.
  7. ^ "Malta wint Junior Songfestival in Kiev" [Malta wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 30 November 2013. Marcel Kuijer verzorgde het commentaar.
  8. ^ Granger, Anthony (30 November 2013). "Kiev'13: Tonight's Vote Announcers". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Erop of eronder voor Julia tijdens Junior Songfestival" [Make or break for Julia during Junior Eurovision Song Contest] (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  10. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 November 2015). "JESC'15: Betty & Julia Van Bergen Announced As Spokespersons". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. ^ "KISSES zondag live te zien tijdens Junior Songfestival" (Press release) (in Dutch). Hilversum: Avrotros. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  12. ^ "JESC 2016 Spokespersons" (PDF). junioreurovision.tv. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2016.
  13. ^ Herbert, Emily (24 November 2017). "The Netherlands: Thijs Schlimback Announced As Junior Eurovision Spokesperson". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  14. ^ Granger, Anthony (22 November 2018). "The Netherlands: Jan Smit To Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  15. ^ Granger, Anthony (24 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision'18: Schoolchildren Revealed as Spokespersons For Nine Nations". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  16. ^ Granger, Anthony (21 November 2019). "The Netherlands: Buddy Vedder to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.
  17. ^ @jrsongfestival (24 November 2019). "Vandaag is dé dag! Matheu en zijn dansers vertegenwoordigen NL🇳🇱 op het Junior Eurovisie Songfestival. Are you ready?!📺 16.00 uur LIVE op @npozapp / NPO3 & volg onze stories" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  18. ^ "Matheu vertegenwoordigt Nederland op het Junior Eurovisie Songfestival 2019 in Polen" [Matheu will represent The Netherlands on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Poland] (Press release) (in Dutch). Hilversum: AVROTROS. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Introducing: Unity, Jackie & Janae, Robin and T-Square". junioreurovision.tv. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  20. ^ Farren, Neil (30 September 2020). "Netherlands: Robin Revealed as Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Junior Songfestival". NPO Start (in Dutch). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  22. ^ Farren, Neil (16 December 2021). "🇳🇱 Netherlands: Junior Eurovision 2021 Spokesperson and Commentator Revealed". Eurovoix.
  23. ^ "Junior Songfestival". NPO Start (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Netherlands: Junior Eurovision 2022 Commentators Announced". Eurovoix. 2 December 2022.
  25. ^ Granger, Anthony (10 December 2022). "Netherlands: Ralf Mackenbach Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix.
  26. ^ "Uitzending Junior Eurovisie Songfestival 2023" [Broadcast of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023]. Gids.tv (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  27. ^ Granger, Anthony (4 November 2023). "Netherlands: Luna to Reveal the Points of the Dutch Jury at Junior Eurovision 2023". Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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