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Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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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.

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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 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

Femke (pictured in 2012) represented Netherlands at the 2011 contest held in Amsterdam
Mylène and Rosanne in Kyiv (2013)
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1 First place
2 Second place
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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.[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.

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Hostings

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See also

Notes

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

References

  1. García, Belén (7 September 2015). "#BestOfJESC – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. Pons, Miguel (23 September 2023). "AVROTROS abre el plazo de inscripción para el Junior Songfestival 2024" [AVROTROS opens the application window for the Junior Songfestival 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  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. "Sipke-Jan Bousema presenteert Junior Songfestival". Mediacourant (in Dutch). 22 August 2006.
  6. "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.
  7. Granger, Anthony (30 November 2013). "Kiev'13: Tonight's Vote Announcers". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. "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.
  9. Granger, Anthony (20 November 2015). "JESC'15: Betty & Julia Van Bergen Announced As Spokespersons". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  10. "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.
  11. "JESC 2016 Spokespersons" (PDF). junioreurovision.tv. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2016.
  12. Herbert, Emily (24 November 2017). "The Netherlands: Thijs Schlimback Announced As Junior Eurovision Spokesperson". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  13. Granger, Anthony (22 November 2018). "The Netherlands: Jan Smit To Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  14. Granger, Anthony (24 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision'18: Schoolchildren Revealed as Spokespersons For Nine Nations". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  15. "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.
  16. "Introducing: Unity, Jackie & Janae, Robin and T-Square". junioreurovision.tv. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  17. Farren, Neil (30 September 2020). "Netherlands: Robin Revealed as Spokesperson for Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  18. "Junior Songfestival". NPO Start (in Dutch). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  19. "Junior Songfestival". NPO Start (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 November 2022.
  20. "Uitzending Junior Eurovisie Songfestival 2023" [Broadcast of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023]. Gids.tv (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  21. 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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