The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which was held on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland. Matheu was selected with his song "Dans met Jou". Their entry was selected through the national selection Junior Songfestival 2019.
Background
Prior to the 2019 Contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in . The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in with the song "Click Clack" performed by Ralf Mackenbach. In the 2018 contest, Anne & Max represented their country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Samen". They ended 13th out of 20 entries with 91 points.
Before Junior Eurovision
Junior Songfestival 2019
Competing entries
Artist Song Songwriter(s)Matheu Hinzen"Dans met jou"Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms 6Times "End of Time" Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms Mannes Bakker "Let Me Sing" E. Struijlaart, P. Slager Moves "Make Your Move" Mark van Tijn, Babet van Vugt, Jochem Fluitsma, Eric van Tijn
Final
The final was held on 28 September 2019 at the Hanzehof Theater. Matheu was announced the winner and represented the Netherlands with "Dans met jou". Final – 28 September 2019 Draw Artist Song Kids Jury Jury Televote Total Place1 Moves"Make Your Move"10892732 Mannes"Let Me Sing"9982643 6Times"End of Time" 810102824Matheu"Dans met jou"121212361
Artist and song information
Matheu Matheu Hinzen (born 12 May 2006) is a Belgian-born Dutch singer and actor. He represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Dans met jou". He was born in Belgium, but he currently lives in Weert. He also played a young André Hazes in the movie Bloed, zweet & tranen.
Dans met jou "Dans met jou" (Dutch for Dance with you) is a song by Dutch singer Matheu Hinzen. He represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
At Junior Eurovision During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Netherlands was drawn to perform fourteenth on 24 November 2019, following Ukraine and preceding Armenia.
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 81 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 12 3 7 7 1 5 6 02 1 1 2 2 8 2 10 03 14 13 13 10 18 15 04 3 6 3 9 3 4 7 05 4 8 4 3 9 6 5 06 13 12 12 6 11 12 07 15 11 5 8 17 10 1 08 16 17 17 17 16 18 09 17 14 14 16 5 13 10 2 2 1 4 2 1 12 11 5 4 6 1 6 3 8 12 7 10 10 11 7 9 2 13 11 15 16 13 13 16 14 15 10 9 8 15 10 11 16 18 18 18 14 14 17 17 9 7 11 5 4 7 4 18 6 16 15 18 15 14 19 8 5 9 12 12 8 3
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