The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Hij is een kei", written by Nicky Bruin and Klaartje Meulemeester, and performed by themselves as . The Dutch participating broadcaster, Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO), selected its entry for the contest through a national selection called Junior Songfestival 2004.
Before Junior Eurovision
Junior Songfestival 2004 The submission window was originally supposed to end on 14 April 2004 but due to enormous interest, the deadline was extended to 16 April 2004. By the deadline, AVRO received over 1000 submissions.
From the submissions, 45 acts were selected to the auditions that took place on 14 and 15 May 2004. On 14 July 2004, the participants of Junior Songfestival 2004 were revealed during a press conference in Six Flags Holland.
The host of Junior Songfestival 2004 was Angela Groothuizen. The adult jury consisted of Angela Schijf, Carlo Boszhard, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, and Manuela Kemp. This was the first Junior Songfestival to also have a common song which was “Wij gaan eervoor”.
Format Junior Songfestival 2004 consisted of two semi finals and one final. Each semi-final had 5 participants and two participants would qualify to the final. The results were decided by 1/3 adult jury, 1/3 kids jury and 1/3 televoting. The final was originally supposed to have 4 participants
Semi-Finals The semi-finals were held on 11 and 18 September 2004 in Studio 23 at Media Park, Hilversum and was broadcast on Nederland 2 at 19:55 CET. At the first semi final, the host accidentally announced the 3rd place, as the qualifiers, which was supposed to be Marnix. After it was revealed that Marnix was supposed to qualify, in order not to disappoint Klaartje and Nicky, the professional jury let them qualify to the final.
+Semi Final 1 – 11 September 2004ArtistSongKids juryAdult juryTelevoting TotalPlaceResult 1Four Stars"Hoi"678214 2Marnix"Het allergrootste hart"10107272 Qualified 3Klaartje and Nicky"Hij is een kei"7810253 Qualified 4Shakira"Dansen in Afrika"121212361 Qualified 5Lorrèn"Alles wat je kan"866205 +Semi Final 2 – 18 September 2004ArtistSongKids juryAdult juryTelevoting TotalPlaceResult 1Anouk"Over en uit"121210341Qualified 2Danny"Van zingen word ik blij"61012282Qualified 3Denise"Jungle beat"867215 4Four Flying Elements"Zo is het leven"1086243 5Kika"Dansen"778224
Final The final was held on 25 September 2004 at in Amsterdam and was broadcast on Nederland 2 at 19:25 CET. +Final – 25 September 2004ArtistSongKids juryAdult juryTelevoting TotalPlace 1"Hij is een kei"101210321 2Anouk"Over en uit"12107292 3Danny"Van zingen word ik blij"6612243 4Shakira"Dansen in Afrika"888244 5Marnix"Het allergrootste hart"776195
At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw, the Netherlands were drawn to perform third on 20 November 2004, following Malta and preceding Switzerland.
Voting
+ Points awarded to the Netherlands Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by the Netherlands Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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