The second part of the final audition round of Junior Songfestival 2026 has taken place
The second set of x singers competed in the final auditions round of Junior Songfestival 2026. The final auditions saw the singers performing covers for a jury and for the first time since 2015, a live audience. The auditions round was presented by Niels Schlimback, who represented the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2017 as part of Fource.
The x singers hoping to make it through to the final in Rotterdam are in show four are:
- Saige (13)
- Minck (11)
- Lady Love (9)
- Nolan (12)
- Ross (11)
- Jaave (11)
- Evy (12)
- Noud (12)
- Sayen (12)
- Benjamin (12)
- Lay (11)
- Maria (9)
- Alisha (11)
- Jurre (12)
- Vajèn (13)
- Joëll (14)
They join, 17 singers in the episode three also hoping to compete in Junior Eurovision 2026:
- Aimiliy (10)
- Janna (13)
- Sam (9)
- Lyanna (12)
- Zoë (12)
- Sepp (11
- Lynn (10)
- Linde (11)
- Troy (14)
- Indy (12)
- Emma-Sophie (14)
- Catelynn (12)
- Jesse (12)
- Nora (13)
- Fedde (13)
- Liza (14)
- Marisa (12)
After the auditions, a number of finalists will be chosen and 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 2026 on September 19, where the winner will represent the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2026.
Meadow represented the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2025 with “Freeze”. She placed 10th in the final scoring 93 points, the Netherlands were 10th with the jury and 13th with the public vote.
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.
