Netherlands: Junior Songfestival 2022 Audition candidates unveiled

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The Dutch national broadcaster, AVROTROS, has revealed the acts that will take part in the auditions stage of Junior Songfestival 2022, the show that select the country's Junior Eurovision representative.
The Netherlands will be selecting once again their Junior Eurovision hopeful through the Junir Songfestival national selection format.
At the moment the selection is going through the auditions stage, with the first round of auditions taken place on March 13 the next set of auditions will be held on March 26 and 27. The Dutch broadcaser, AVROTROS, unveiled the 53 young talented acts that are taking part in the auditions aiming to compete in the JESC 2022 national selection.
Namely the young acts that will participate in the auditions round are:
- Anne-Marie
- Arwhyn
- Bente
- Benthe
- Caitlyn
- Daniel
- Danny
- Duron
- Elke
- Eva
- Eva
- Fay
- Fleur
- Fina
- Gracella
- Hilde
- Iris
- Jacob
- Joëlle
- Joep
- Kaey
- Kane
- Kayleigh
- Lara
- Larissa
- Lemay
- Lemuël
- Livia
- Lois
- Luna
- Luuk
- Lynn
- Mara
- Maya
- Mijntje
- Miles
- Milika
- Nina
- Noor
- Ole
- Quincy
- Raphaëlla
- Riley
- Ryan
- Saïda
- Sam
- Thijs
- Thirza
- Thomas
- Yfke
- Zahra
- 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: Eurovoix/ Zapp
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