Junior Songfestival


Junior Songfestival is a Dutch televised music competition for children, held annually since 2003. It is the children's version of the Nationaal Songfestival. The winner of the contest goes on to represent the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, an international version of the competition.
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History

The first edition was organised in 2003 by Dutch broadcaster AVRO. Kids of age 8 through 15 could submit their own original songs, of which nine songs advanced to the televised final. From 2004 until 2015, the candidates also sang a common song that did not compete, and the show also consisted of two televised semi-finals.
In 2006, the television programme won the Gouden Stuiver, a Dutch award for children's television.
In 2016, there was no televised show; the entrant for that year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest was selected internally. Also, since that year the auditors no longer need to submit original songs. The show returned in 2017 with semi-finals, but the finalists sang covers instead of original songs. Since 2018, there are no semi-finals and the competing songs are written by professional musicians.

Editions

Jury members

The winner is determined by three sets of points; one given by a professional jury, one by a kids jury, and one by public voting. The following table lists the members of the professional jury in the final.
YearJuror 1Juror 2Juror 3Juror 5Juror 6
2003Bastiaan RagasJamai LomanSylvana SimonsBirgit Schuurman
2004Jeroen Kijk in de VegteKim-Lian van der MeijSander Lantingarowspan="21"
2005Kim-Lian van der MeijSander LantingaManuela KempRené Froger-
2006Simone KleinsmaGerard EkdomSitarowspan="19" -
2007GordonYes-R--
2008GordonHind Laroussi--
2009Jeroen van der BoomLange FransYolanthe Cabau--
2010Jamai LomanYes-R--
2011Stacey RookhuizenRuud de WildLieke van Lexmond--
2012Lieke van LexmondJohn Ewbank--
2013Katja SchuurmanTim Douwsma--
2014Xander de BuisonjéNiels Geusebroek--
2015Gerard JolingLeona PhilippoYes-R--
2017Kim-Lian van der MeijTim DouwsmaSharon Doorson--
2018Maan de SteenwinkelBuddy Vedder--
2019Edsilia Rombley--
2020Duncan LaurenceRonnie Flex--
2021Jeangu MacrooyEmma HeestersRolf Sanchez--
2022Chantal JanzenFlemming--
2023Soy KroonMeau--
2024Jim Bakkum--
2025SeraHannah Mae--