The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS was responsible for the organisation of their representative at the contest. Their entry was selected through the national selection Junior Songfestival 2018, which had four songs. For the first time in the history of Junior Songfestival, the competing songs were written fully by established songwriting teams and assigned to the participants that were grouped into four acts.

Background

Prior to the 2018 Contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 2003. The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack" performed by Ralf Mackenbach. In 2017, the Netherlands placed 4th out of 16 entries with the song "Love Me" performed by the boy band Fource.

Before Junior Eurovision Junior Songfestival 2018 Competing entries The number of episodes would be limited to just the final for the first time since 2006, and broadcast live with the winner being decided by both jury and televoting for the first time since 2015. Another big change is that AVROTROS grouped the finalists into four acts and assigned specially-made songs written by well-known songwriting teams.

The artists were credited without their surnames.

Artist Song Songwriter(s) Remix "What Girls Do" Lennard Vink, Joost Griffioen, Anja Zegwaard Anna Grigorian "Touch Each Other's Heart" Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms Max & Anne "Samen" Babette Labeij, Dimitri Veltkamp, Robin van Veen Kiya van Rossum "Butterflies" Christina Monteiro, Douriz Monteiro, Garfaёila Jovanca Ethelina Brown, Milangchelo Junior Martina

Final

The final was held on 29 September 2018, hosted by Romy Monteiro. Final – 29 September 2018 Draw Artist Song Kids Jury Jury Televote Total Place1 Remix "What Girls Do"8992632 Max & Anne "Samen"1210123413 Kiya "Butterflies"9882544 Anna "Touch Each Other's Heart"101210322

Artist and song information

Max & Anne Max & Anne were a pop duo consisting of child singers Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. The duo was active between 2018 and 2019. They represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Samen".

Albertazzi was born on 17 August 2004 in Houten. In July 2020, she came out as transgender. Buhre was born on 31 March 2004 in Voorschoten.

Samen "Samen" () is a song by Dutch singers Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. It represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Maxime and Anne performed on the big stage and their dancers Idaila Voorn and Marc Vermeulen performed on the extra stage. They finished thirteenth with 91 points (23 points from national juries and 68 points from the online voting).

At Junior Eurovision During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Netherlands was drawn to perform sixth on 25 November 2018, following Russia and preceding Azerbaijan.

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 The Netherlands received 68 points from the online vote

+ 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

Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 10 6 11 5 2 7 4 02 19 17 18 19 12 19 03 8 4 7 10 3 6 5 04 9 14 15 9 15 13 05 7 8 3 13 9 8 3 06 07 18 16 12 14 14 17 08 1 1 9 6 8 3 8 09 6 18 13 12 17 14 10 17 11 19 16 13 18 11 14 19 16 7 11 15 12 4 3 2 2 1 1 12 13 16 15 6 3 10 9 2 14 3 7 8 17 16 10 1 15 5 2 4 11 6 4 7 16 11 10 14 18 5 11 17 2 5 5 15 7 5 6 18 15 13 17 4 19 16 19 12 9 1 1 4 2 10 20 13 12 10 8 18 12

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