The date of the Junior Songfestival in The Netherlands has been revealed.
The final of the Dutch Junior Eurovision national final Junior Songfestival has been revealed as September 29th this year. Tickets for the event will go on sale next month.
Auditions took place at the beginning of the year, with the following artists making it through to the next round:
- Anna G. from Raalte
- Anne B. from Voorschoten
- Astera T. from Amsterdam
- Bijou K. from Almelo
- Britta C. from Landsmeer
- Caitlin V. from Almelo
- Casper S. from Bergschenhoek
- Cato H. from Haarlem
- Demi vd B. from Delden
- Emmie M. from Baarn
- Eva S. from Maassluis
- Febe J. from Tilburg
- Jada S. from Lelystad
- Jamie N. from Almere
- Jasmijn V. from Haarlem
- Jazz F. from Uden
- Jens H. from Noordwijkerhout
- Joëlle V. from Rhoon
- Jon H. from Hengelo
- Jonas S. from Eindhoven
- July S. from Enschede
- Kiya v. R from IJsselstein
- Lars M. from Ermelo
- Madelief v. L. from Apeldoorn
- Max A. from Houten
- Miencke K. from Berghem
- Mimi G. from Amsterdam
- Noa Z. from Medemblik
- Pieter G. from Elsloo
- Rianne D. from Hasselt
- Eomay v. O. from Benschop
- Roula B. from The Hague
- Rune V. v. Z from Hillegom
- Sander S. from Soest
- Sem B. from Berkel-Enschot
- Sharieke d. R. from Wijdenes
- Tom H. from Utrecht
- Xanne vd D. from Heenvliet
- Yvana S. from Apeldoorn
No further details have been revealed.
Fource was selected to represent the Netherlands at last year’s contest in Tbilisi, Georgia, with “Love Me”. The group finished fourth with 156 points, the best result for the Netherlands since 2011.
Source: Junior Songfestival
The Netherlands debuted at the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003. To date the country has only won the competition once. Their only victory came in 2009 when Ralf Mackenbach performed “Click Clack” scoring a total of 121 points, this was just 5 points more than runners-up Armenia and Russia. The Netherlands narrowly lost the contest in 2011 when Rachel performed “Teenager”, she lost by 5 points. The Netherlands worst result came in 2015 when Shalisa finished in 15th place out of 17 competing countries.
