Auditions have taken place this week as the Netherlands begins Junior Songfestival 2021 and its search for Junior Eurovision.
The Netherlands has kicked off its search for its Junior Eurovision 2021 representative this week. Following a call for participants which closed in December, Zapp has revealed the list of singers who have made it through to the auditions round. The auditions round was held earlier this week.
The acts that made it to the auditions were:
- Angelina – Helmond
- Ayana – Bussum
- Beau – Deventer
- Boele – Amstelveen
- Britte – Baarn
- Camiel – Nijmegen
- Ceder – Alkmaar
- Daan – Assendelft
- Faye – Amsterdam
- Fieke – Fijnaart
- Jade – Almere
- Jestéy – Hoofdorp
- Juliette – Wormer
- Lilia – Capelle a/d IJssel
- Loïs – Uden
- Luca – Maastricht
- Lyova – Duiven
- Milika – Dordrecht
- Mirre – Amsterdam
- Nanice – Nootdorp
- Pietje – Utrecht
- Priscilla – Doetinchem
- Rinze – Hengelo
- Roos – Zeewolde
- Sam – Gemert
- Shanaya – Dordrecht
- Sofie – Alkmaar
- Soline – Bussum
- Thijs – Baarn
- Tim – Kapelle
The Netherlands finished 4th at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 represented by Unity with the song “Best Friends”. This is the second year in a row and third time in four years the Netherlands has finished 4th. The Netherlands were 5th in the jury vote with 68 points and received 12 points from Germany, they then finished 4th in the public vote with 64 points.
Image Source: EBU/Chantal Antonides | Source: Zapp
The Netherlands debuted at the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 and is one of only two countries to have taken part in every edition to date. 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.
