Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processJunior Songfestival 2022
Selection date(s)24 September 2022
Selected artist(s)Luna
Selected song"La festa"
Selected songwriter(s)Robert Dorn
Finals performance
Final result7th, 128 points
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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The Netherlands participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. National broadcaster AVROTROS was responsible for the participation and selected the nation's entrant, Luna with the song "La festa", via national final Junior Songfestival 2022.

Background

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Main article: Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Netherlands is the only country to have participated in every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the inaugural 2003 edition.[1] The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack", performed by Ralf Mackenbach.[2] In the 2021 contest in Paris, France, Ayana represented the Netherlands with the song "Mata Sugu Aō Ne", containing lyrics in Dutch, English and Japanese. She finished in 19th place with 43 points; the first last place result for the Netherlands.[3]

Before Junior Eurovision

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Junior Songfestival 2022

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AVROTROS selected the Dutch representative through the televised national final Junior Songfestival, on 24 September 2022 at the RTM Stage in Rotterdam, a part of the Ahoy venue complex.[4]

Competing entries

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Following the 2021 edition of the competition, the submissions process was opened for singers who want to represent the Netherlands at the 2022 contest.[5] Following a call for participants which closed in February,[6] NPO Zapp revealed the list of singers who made it through to the auditions round in March 2022.[7] The finalists were revealed on 10 and 17 June 2022, during two episodes published on the official Junior Songfestival YouTube channel.[8][9] Twenty three acts past the audition stage and fourteen of them were selected to be the finalists of Junior Songfestival 2022.[10][11] The four acts that will compete in the final of Junior Songfestival 2022 were revealed on 24 June 2022.[12] The line-up consists of three groups: a girl group, a boyband, a mixed group and a soloist, being the first line-up in over a decade in which this mix of performers has competed.[12]

Artist[13] Song[13] Songwriter(s) Language(s)
High5 "Because I Know"
  • Julian Vahle
  • Maxine van Breukelen
 Dutch, English
Infinity "Never Ever"
  • Jermain van der Bogt
  • Willem Laseroms
 Dutch, English
Luna "La festa" Robert Dorn Dutch, English[a]
Mixed Up "It Doesn't Matter"
  • Jermain van der Bogt
  • Willem Laseroms
 Dutch, English

Final

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The final took place on 24 September 2022, hosted by Matheu Hinzen and Stefania.[14] During the online voting window, the finalists performed a common theme song titled "Living in the Moment".[15] 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 2021 winner Ayana and finalists Shine and Priscilla, and the professional jury consisted of Chantal Janzen, Flemming and Glen Faria.[16][17] Overall, the show had an average of 187,000 viewers with a share of 5.2%. The average number of viewers increased by 45,000 viewers compared to 2021 and the market share increased by 1.3%.[18]

Junior Songfestival – 24 September 2022
Draw Artist Song Points Place
Kids jury Prof. jury Online vote Total
1 Infinity "Never Ever" 8 8 8 24 4
2 Mixed Up "It Doesn't Matter" 10 10 10 30 2
3 High5 "Because I Know" 9 9 9 27 3
4 Luna "La festa" 12 12 12 36 1

At Junior Eurovision

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After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that the Netherlands would perform first on 11 December 2022 preceding Poland.[19]

Voting

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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.[20]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 9 December 2022 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 11 December 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.[21] 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

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Detailed voting results from the Netherlands[22]
Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Average Rank Points Awarded
01  Netherlands
02  Poland 11 5 8 11 5 9 2
03  Kazakhstan 15 10 14 15 15 14
04  Malta 14 14 15 13 14 15
05  Italy 12 9 13 5 12 11
06  France 5 2 5 2 1 1 12
07  Albania 10 7 10 14 10 12
08  Georgia 2 4 2 7 6 3 8
09  Ireland 4 8 1 9 8 4 7
10  North Macedonia 3 6 12 10 13 10 1
11  Spain 13 15 6 3 3 8 3
12  United Kingdom 7 13 4 1 7 5 6
13  Portugal 9 3 7 4 9 7 4
14  Serbia 1 1 11 8 2 2 10
15  Armenia 6 12 3 6 4 6 5
16  Ukraine 8 11 9 12 11 13

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Contains three repeated words in Italian.

References

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  1. ^ David López, José (21 August 2021). "BTRC from Belarus: "Junior Eurovision is highly important for us. We regret very much not be able to participate this year"". ESCPlus. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022. ... from this year 2021 The Netherlands will be the only country that has taken part every occasion.
  2. ^ "The Netherlands". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022.
  3. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 December 2021). "Netherlands: Lowest Ever Junior Eurovision Viewing Figures". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Junior Songfestival Finale 2022". AVROTROS. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022.
  5. ^ Christou, Costa (20 October 2021). "Netherlands open submissions for Junior Eurovision 2022". ESCXTRA. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ^ Van Waarden, Franciska (7 December 2021). "Netherlands: Junior Songfestival 2022 Application Deadline Extended". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Wie mag er op auditie komen?" [Who can audition?]. Zapp (in Dutch). AVROTROS. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022.
  8. ^ J, Tim (16 June 2022). "🇳🇱 Junior Songfestival 2022 to take place on September 24". That Eurovision Site. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ Farren, Neil (17 June 2022). "🇳🇱 Netherlands: Junior Songfestival 2022 Line-Up Complete". Eurovoix. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. ^ escppeurovision (10 June 2022). "#JESC22: First Finalists Of Junior Songfestival 2022 Announced". Eurovision Ireland. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  11. ^ escppeurovision (19 June 2022). "#JESC22: Second & Final Set Of Finalists For Junior Songfestival 2022 Announced". Eurovision Ireland. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ^ a b Granger, Anthony (24 June 2022). "🇳🇱 Netherlands: Four Junior Songfestival 2022 Acts Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  13. ^ a b Mancheño, José Miguel (1 July 2022). "Escucha un avance de las canciones finalistas del Junior Songfestival 2022". ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  14. ^ "DIT ZIJN DE NIEUWE PRESENTATOREN VAN HET JUNIOR SONGFESTIVAL". Zapp. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  15. ^ #9 FINALISTEN JSF 2022 - LIVING IN THE MOMENT 🎶 (OFFICIAL LYRICVIDEO) | JUNIOR SONGFESTIVAL 2022 🇳🇱, retrieved 29 June 2022
  16. ^ DIT IS DE VAKJURY!, retrieved 13 September 2022
  17. ^ "DIT IS DE KINDERJURY!". Zapp. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  18. ^ Granger, Anthony (25 September 2022). "🇳🇱 Netherlands: Junior Songfestival Viewing Audience Up For 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Junior Eurovision 2022: Running Order". Junioreurovision.tv. 5 December 2022.
  20. ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  21. ^ "Section 8 – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 – Online Voting Terms and Conditions" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. November 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Results of the Grand Final of Yerevan 2022". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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