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 bandFOURCE.
The Dutch broadcaster revealed the three jury members on 29 September 2018.
Jury members
Maan
Buddy Vedder
Tommie Christiaan
Final The final was held on 29 September 2018, hosted by Romy Monteiro.
Artist and song information
Max and Anne
Max Albertazzi and Anne Buhre are Dutch child singers. They represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Samen".
Samen
"Samen" is a song by Dutch singers Max Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. It represented The Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Max 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.
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
The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.
Points awarded to Netherlands
Netherlands received 68 points from Online voting.
