The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through Junior Songfestival, a national selection consisting of eight songs. The competing songs were broken down into two semi-finals taking place on 13 and 20 September 2014. The winner was announced to be Julia van Bergen (credited as Julia) with her song "Around" on 27 September 2014. The expert jury consisted of Xander de Buisonjé, Niels Geusebroek, and Yvonne Coldeweijer.[1]
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Netherlands | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Junior Songfestival 2014 33% Jury 33% Kids Jury 33% Televoting | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 13 September 2014 20 September 2014 Final: 27 September 2014 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Julia | |||
| Selected song | "Around" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 70 points | |||
| Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Junior Eurovision
editJunior Songfestival 2014
editFrom each semi-final two entries qualified for the final based on the decision of adult and kids juries as well as televoting. The fifth entry in the final was chosen by online voting (web wildcard).
Competing entries
edit| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Anne & Anique | "Dromen" | Anne Loos, Anique Kamerik, Hansen Tomas, Robert Dorn |
| Beau | "De wind" | Beau van Cleef, Kirsten Schneider, Mark Erickson, Eric Van Tijn |
| Bobby & Ella | "Hard to Explain" | Bobby Hunter, Ella van den Hurk, Nando Eweg, Hansen Tomas, Joost Griffioen, Peter Kvint |
| Chelsea | "Waarom" | Chelsea Hegener, Stephan Geusebroek, Tjeerd Van Zanen |
| Julia | "Around" | Robert Dorn, Joost Griffioen, Julia van Bergen |
| Sebastiaan | "2gether We Are One" | Sebastiaan Reddering, Tjeerd Oosterhuis |
| Sem | "Jij staat op nummer 1" | Sem Blom, Ed Struijlaart |
| Suze | "Holiday" | Suze van der Meijden, Eric van Tijn, Jochem Fluitsma, Joos van Leeuwen, Rachel Vermeulen |
- Table key
- Participants who qualified to the final via jury and televoting.
- Participants who qualified to the final via wildcard
Semi-final 1
edit| Semi-final 1 – 13 September 2014[2] | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Suze | "Holiday" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 1 |
| 2 | Sem | "Jij staat op nummer 1" | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 3 |
| 3 | Chelsea | "Waarom" | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 2 |
| 4 | Bobby & Ella | "Hard to Explain" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 4 |
Semi-final 2
edit| Semi-final 2 – 20 September 2014[3] | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Sebastiaan | "2gether We Are One" | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 2 |
| 2 | Anne & Anique | "Dromen" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 3 |
| 3 | Beau | "De wind" | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 4 |
| 4 | Julia | "Around" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
Final
edit| Final – 27 September 2014[1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Anne & Anique | "Dromen" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 5 |
| 2 | Suze | "Holiday" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 3 |
| 3 | Chelsea | "Waarom" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 2 |
| 4 | Julia | "Around" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| 5 | Sebastiaan | "2gether We Are One" | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 4 |
At Junior Eurovision
editAt the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, the Netherlands were drawn to perform last on 15 November 2014, following host country Malta.[4] The Netherlands finished 8th in the final with 70 points.[5] The Netherlands placed 6th in the televoting with 69 points, while the jury vote placed the Netherlands 9th with 44 points.
Voting
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Detailed voting results
editThe following members comprised the Dutch jury:[7]
- Rachel Traets
- Kirsten Schneider
- Guido van Gend
- Monique Smit
- Tim Douwsma
| Draw | Country | R. Traets | K. Schneider | G. van Gend | M. Smit | T. Douwsma | Average Jury Points | Televoting Points | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Belarus
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8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| 02 |  Bulgaria
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10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| 03 |  San Marino
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| 04 |  Croatia
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| 05 |  Cyprus
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6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| 06 |  Georgia
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4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 07 |  Sweden
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7 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 08 |  Ukraine
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1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| 09 |  Slovenia
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2 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| 10 |  Montenegro
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| 11 |  Italy
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5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 12 |  Armenia
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12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 |  Russia
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2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 14 |  Serbia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 15 |  Malta
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3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Netherlands
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Julia van Bergen
editJulia van Bergen (born 17 September 1999 in Harderwijk),[8] also known as Julia, is a Dutch singer. She represented The Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Malta with the song "Around".[9] Since then, singles have included "Round And Around" (2015), "Baby Come Home" (2015) and "The One" (2016). In 2017/2018, Julia was a contestant on The voice of Holland, reaching the Knock Out phase.
Notes
edit- ^ All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.
References
edit- ^ a b Granger, Anthony (27 September 2014). "The Netherlands: Julia Is Off To Malta". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (13 September 2014). "Netherlands: Junior Songfestival Semi Final 1 Results". Eurovoix. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Juhász, Ervin (20 September 2014). "Julia and Sebastiaan qualify for the final". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ James-Fisher, Luke (9 November 2014). "The running order for Junior Eurovision 2014!". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Final of Valletta 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Valletta 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Detailed Voting Result | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Julia Bio Page". EBU. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (27 September 2014). "The Netherlands: Julia Is Off To Malta". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 September 2014.