The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Mijn ogen zeggen alles" written and performed by Roel Felius. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO), selected its entry for the contest through a national final. This was the first-ever entry from the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Eurovisie Songfestival Nationale Finale 2003 Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) received 300 entries. The auditions were held on 15 June 2003. From the auditions, 11 entries were selected to compete in the internal semi-final on 12 September 2003, where the 9 finalists were selected. The 9 finalists were revealed on 15 September 2003.

The final was held on 20 September 2003 in , Amsterdam. The final was hosted by Angela Groothuizen. The results were decided by 50% jury and 50% televoting. The jury consisted of Bastiaan Ragas, Birgit Schuurman, , Jamai Loman and Sylvana Simons. The final had an average of 764,000 viewers with a 14% share.

+Final – 20 September 2003ArtistSongJuryTelevote TotalPlace 1Aisa“Duizend dromen”1211238 2Claire and Manouk“Verliefd op een jongen”146209 3Tom“Dansen in de lucht”4638843 4Jasmine“Mijn radio”2519445 5Hedwig“Verliefd”3522574 6Aylin and Remi“Weet waraan je begint”2212346 7Valerie“Leef je droom”4155962 8Roel“Mijn ogen zeggen alles”52661181 9Tessa and Marloes“Ik had het bijna gevraagd”821297 +Detailed Jury VotesSong scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1“Duizend dromen”3222312 2“Verliefd op een jongen”2433214 3“Dansen in de lucht”1010681246 4“Mijn radio”15104525 5“Verliefd”8685835 6“Weet waraan je begint”5346422 7“Leef je droom”612512641 8“Mijn ogen zeggen alles”12812101052 9“Ik had het bijna gevraagd”411118

At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw, the Netherlands were drawn to perform sixteenth on 15 November 2003, following Malta.

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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