Junior Eurovision 2024: Stay Tuned will represent The Netherlands in Madrid!

Today it was The Netherlands’ turn to select their entry for Junior Eurovision 2024. Just a while ago, Junior Songfestival 2024, the Dutch national selection for Junior Eurovision 2024, was concluded. Junior Songfestival served for another year as the country’s selection method for the children’s contest and was broadcasted live from Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Hosted by Stefania (JESC: Netherlands 2016 as a part of “Kisses”, ESC: Greece 2020-2021) and Matheu Hinzen (JESC: Netherlands 2019) and following the combination of votes from a kids jury, a professional jury and public voting, Stay Tuned were crowned as the winners with the song “Music“.

The following four acts competed for the Dutch representation in Madrid:

Veronika – “Dreams Are Built to Last“
Ruben – “Colors of My Heart“
Dunyah, Hidde, Saïda – “In M’n Prime“
Stay Tuned (Inkar, Miucha, Niek and Chiara) – “Music“

The voting process

A professional jury along with a kids jury and a public vote decided in equal shares who would fly the Dutch flag in Madrid.

Professional Jury

The professional jury consisted of Roxeanne Hazes, Jim Bakkum and Anne Appelo:

12 points – Veronika

10 points – Stay Tuned

9 points – Ruben

8 points – Dunyah, Hidde, Saïda

Kids Jury

The kids jury consisted of Sep and Jasmijn, last year’s winners, along with the girl group Joy!:

12 points – Stay Tuned

10 points – Veronika

9 points – Dunyah, Hidde, Saïda

8 points – Ruben

Audience’s Votes

12 points – Stay Tuned

10 points – Veronika

9 points – Dunyah, Hidde, Saïda

8 points – Ruben

The winner

Following the combination of the above and with a total of 34 points, Stay Tuned were crowned as the winners of Junior Songfestival 2024 and will therefore serve as the country’s representatives in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest that will take place in Madrid in November.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

Albania – RTSH
Armenia – AMPTV
Cyprus – RIK
Estonia – ERR
France – FT
Georgia – GPB
Germany – ARD/NDR
Ireland – RTÉ
Italy – RAI
Malta – PBS
North Macedonia – MRT
Poland – TVP
Portugal – RTP
San Marino – RTV San Marino
Spain – TVE
The Netherlands – AVROTROS
Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

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