Netherlands: 23 acts advance to the Junior Songfestival 2022 Academy

Netherlands: 23 acts advance to the  Junior Songfestival 2022 Academy
Sunday, 29 May 2022

  • A total of 23 acts have advanced to the Junior Songfestival Academy, the Dutch national selection to determine the country's Junior Eurovision 2022 act and entry.

    The Dutch broadcaster, AVROTROS, has released the 23 acts that will be progressing in the national selection for Junior Eurovision 2022. 

    Following the live auditions in which 53 acts took part, 23 of them moved on to the next stage of Junior Songfestival 2022. From these 23 acts which can be solo acts, groups or duos will be chosen to take part in the national final. Namely the ones that made it to the next round are: 

    • Arwhyn
    • Danny
    • Eva C
    • Eva K
    • Gina
    • Joep
    • Kaey
    • Kayleigh
    • Larissa
    • Lemay
    • Lois
    • Luna
    • Luuk
    • Mijntje
    • Milika
    • Noor
    • Ryan
    • Saïda
    • Sam
    • Thijs
    • Thomas
    • Zaki
    • Zinedine

     

    The Netherlands in Junior Eurovision

    The Netherlands has been participating in the contest since day 1 in 2003 and haven’t missed a year. In 2009 they won the competition and have achieved nine times to finish in the top 10 places. The country’s worst place came in 2015 when it finished 15th. In 2018 the country was represented by the duo Max & Anne and their entry Samen, which finished in 13th place with 91 points.

    In 2019, Matheu represented the nation in Gliwice with his song "Dans met jou" which finished in the 4th place with 186 points. In 2020 the girl group UNITY won the national final and represented the nation in Warsaw, Poland with their song 'Best Friends'  which finished 4th, the second fourth placing for the county in a row.

    Last year in Paris, Ayana, represented the nation with the song “Mata Sugu Aō Ne” who finished scoring a total of 43 points.

     

     

    News source: Zapp/ Eurovoix

    Image: Junior Songfestival

     

     

     

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