Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Netherlands
Netherlands
Member stationAVRO (2003–2013)
AVROTROS (2014–)
National selection events
National final
Internal selection
Participation summary
Appearances18
First appearance2003
Best result1st: 2009
Worst result15th: 2015
External links
Netherlands's page at Eurovision.tv
Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

The Netherlands has participated in every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since its inception in 2003. 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. The Netherlands is the only country to have taken part in every edition of the contest.

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 2020, 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[]

Mylène and Rosanne in Kyiv (2013)
Table key
1
 Winner
2
 Second place
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2003
 Roel "Mijn ogen zeggen alles" Dutch 11 23
2004
 Klaartje & Nicky "Hij is een kei" Dutch 11 27
2005
 Tess "Stupid" Dutch 7 82
2006
 Kimberly "Goed" Dutch 12 44
2007
 Lisa, Amy & 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
 Senna & Anna "My Family" Dutch, English 9 52
2011
 Rachel "Teenager" Dutch 2 103
2012
 Femke "Tik tak tik" Dutch 7 69
2013
 Mylène & 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 & Anne "Samen" Dutch, English 13 91
2019
 Matheu "Dans met jou" Dutch, English 4 186
2020
 Unity "Best Friends" Dutch, English 4 132

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.[2] 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 Commentator Spokesperson Channel Ref.
2003 Angela Groothuizen Aisa NPO 2
2004 Danny
2005 Tooske Ragas Giovanni Kemper
2006 Sipke Jan Bousema Tess Gaerthé NPO 3
2007 Marcel Kuijer Kimberly Nieuwenhuizen
2008 Sipke Jan Bousema Famke Rauch
2009 Marissa Grasdijk
2010 Bram Bos
2011 Marcel Kuijer Anna Lagerweij
2012 Lidewei Loot
2013 Alessandro Wempe
[3][4]
2014 Jan Smit Mylène and Rosanne NPO Zapp
[5]
2015 Julia van Bergen
[6]
2016 Anneloes
[7][8]
2017 Thijs Schlimback
[9]
2018 Vincent Miranovich
[10][11]
2019 Buddy Vedder Anne Buhre
[12][13][14]
2020 Jan Smit Robin de Haas
[15][16][17]

Hostings[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ García, Belén (7 September 2015). "#BestOfJESC – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (30 November 2013). "Kiev'13: Tonight's Vote Announcers". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 November 2015). "JESC'15: Betty & Julia Van Bergen Announced As Spokespersons". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "JESC 2016 Spokespersons" (PDF). junioreurovision.tv. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2016.
  9. ^ Herbert, Emily (24 November 2017). "The Netherlands: Thijs Schlimback Announced As Junior Eurovision Spokesperson". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  10. ^ Granger, Anthony (22 November 2018). "The Netherlands: Jan Smit To Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (24 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision'18: Schoolchildren Revealed as Spokespersons For Nine Nations". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  12. ^ Granger, Anthony (21 November 2019). "The Netherlands: Buddy Vedder to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2019". eurovoix.com.
  13. ^ "Junior Songfestival on Instagram". Instagram (in Dutch). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Introducing: Unity, Jackie & Janae, Robin and T-Square". junioreurovision.tv. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  16. ^ Farren, Neil (30 September 2020). "Netherlands: Robin Revealed as Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Junior Songfestival". npostart.nl (in Dutch). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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