AVROTROS, the Dutch national broadcaster, has revealed the first six finalists of Junior Songfestival 2025.
After several rounds of auditions, the first six finalists of Junior Songfestival 2025 have been revealed. In a change to previous years, the finalists were invited to AVROTROS Studios in Hilversum, where they found out that they were through to the final. The reveals were done by Matheu, who represented the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2019, and who will co-host the live final of Junior Songfestival 2025 with Stefania, who represented the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2016 and Greece at Eurovision 2020 and 2021.
The first six finalists are:
- Tiyana
- Olivier
- Tove
- Razz
- Pari
- Duuk
The remaining finalists will be revealed soon. Once all of the finalists have been revealed, they will be sorted into four acts. Each act will get an original song and film a music video for it. The four acts will then compete in the live final of Junior Songfestival 2025 on September 20, where the winner will represent the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi.
Stay Tuned represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid with the song “Music”. The Netherlands placed 10th scoring 91 points. They were 10th with the jury scoring 34 points and joint 7th in the online vote receiving 57 points.
Image source: Corinne Cumming/EBU | Source: AVROTROS
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Netherlands debuted at the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 and is the only country 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 2021 when Ayana finished in 19th place out of 19 competing countries.
