The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Stupid", written and performed by Tess Gaerthé. The Dutch participating broadcaster, Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO), selected its entry for the contest through a national selection called Junior Songfestival 2005.
Before Junior Eurovision
Junior Songfestival 2005 The submission window for Junior Songfestival 2005 was open from 1 January 2005 until 1 April 2005. By the deadline, AVRO received almost 2000 submissions. Out of the submissions, 40 acts were selected to perform in auditions in Hilversum at 5 and 6 May 2005. A six-member jury selected the participants.
Originally, Stephanie with the song “De wereld om je heen” was a participant of Junior Songfestival 2005, but she withdrew and was replaced by Cleo with the song “Ik lijk zo op een jongen”. On 1 September 2005, 30 second fragments of the competing songs were released. The common song of Junior Songfestival 2005 was “Alles wat je wilt”.
Junior Songfestival 2005 was hosted at the Central Studios in Utrecht and was hosted by Tooske Ragas. The adult jury consisted of Kim-Lian van der Meij, Manuela Kemp, René Froger and Sander Lantinga.
Format Junior Songfestival 2005 consisted of two semi-finals and one final. All of the results were decided by 1/3 Kids jury, 1/3 Adult jury and 1/3 televoting. Each semi-final had 5 participants and 2 best-scoring acts qualified for the final. From the acts that didn’t qualify, a jury would select one more participant to the final. The final had 5 participants.
Semi-Finals The Semi-Finals were held at 10 and 17 September 2005 at 19:55 CET and was broadcast on Nederland 2. +Semi Final 1 – 10 September 2005ArtistSongKids juryAdult juryTelevoting TotalPlaceResult 1Angelo"Slapeloze nachten"787224Wildcard 2Tjindjara"Blijf jezelf"10108282Qualified 3De Smilies"Als je lacht"6710233 4Mitchell"Jij bent alles voor mij"866205 5Tess"Stupid"121212361Qualified +Semi Final 2 – 17 September 2005ArtistSongKids juryAdult juryTelevoting TotalPlaceResult 1Sophie"Spetterende tijden"787224 2Tyrone"Keer op keer"876215 3Yara and Anjes"Vriendschap"10128301Qualified 4"Machteloos"12610283 5Cleo"Ik lijk zo op een jongen"61012282Qualified
Final The Final was held at 25 September 2005 at 20:00 CET and was broadcast on Nederland 2. +Final – 25 September 2005ArtistSongKids juryAdult juryTelevoting TotalPlace 1Cleo"Ik lijk op een jongen"61010262 2Yara and Anjes"Vriendschap"866205 3Angelo"Slapeloze nachten"777214 4Tjindjara"Blijf jezelf"1088263 5Tess"Stupid"121212361
At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw, the Netherlands were drawn to perform ninth on 26 November 2005, following Macedonia and preceding Serbia and Montenegro.
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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