“Crossovers”, The Crossovers song for the Junior Songfestival 2026, the Dutch selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, has been released.
The fourth of the four songs that are competing to represent the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Malta has been released. The Crossovers will perform “Crossovers” in the final of Junior Songfestival 2026 in September. The song was written and composed by Willem Laseroms, he has had a number of songs previously in the Dutch selection, including “Teenager”, “Dans met jou” and “Music” that went on to compete in Junior Eurovision
The acts competing in Junior Songfestival 2026 are:
- Nolan (12) – “Crush”
- Maria (9) – “Stronger Together”
- Vajèn (13) – “Here I Am”
- The Crossovers – “Crossover”
The final of the Junior Songfestival 2026 will take place on September 19 at RTM Stage, Rotterdam. As ever four acts will compete in the final of the Dutch selection, with the winner being determined by public voting, jury voting and a children’s jury voting.
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 missed out on victory by 5 points. The Netherlands’ worst result came in 2021 when Ayana finished in 19th place out of 19 competing countries.
