Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country  Netherlands
National selection
Selection process Junior Songfestival 2008
⅓ Kids' Jury
⅓ Jury
⅓ Televoting
Selection date(s) Semi-final
20 September 2008
27 September 2008
Final
4 October 2008
Selected entrant Marissa
Selected song "1 Dag"
Finals performance
Final result 13th, 27 points
Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2008 through Junior Songfestival 2008, a national final consisting of 10 songs spread out into two semi-finals and a final. The final winner was Marissa with the song "1 Dag".

Junior Songfestival 2008

AVRO held a national final to select the Dutch entry for the contest. The contest consisted of two semi-finals and one final. Each semi-final had 5 songs, with 2 advancing to the final: one more entry was then granted access to the final as a wildcard entry, allowing 5 songs to compete in the final.

The votes were awarded as follows:

Song selection for live shows

Over 1000 songs were submitted to AVRO for the competition. 73 of the artists submitted were asked to attend live auditions, which took place on 28 and 29 April in Rhenen. 17 entries were selected to go through to the next stage, where a further seven entries were rejected, leaving the final 10 entries that competed in the live shows.

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 - 20 September 2008
Place Artist Song English Translation Kids Jury Jury Televoting Total
1 Suzanne "Strijd" Battle 12 9 12 33
2 Melissa "Als ik in de lucht kijk" If I look into the sky 10 10 10 30
3 RReADY "Musical" 7 12 9 28
4 Lauren "Denk eens aan een ander" Think about someone else 9 7 8 24
5 Rick "Meisje van mijn dromen" Girl of my dreams 8 8 7 23

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 - 27 September 2008
Place Artist Song English Translation Kids Jury Jury Televoting Total
1 Marissa "1 Dag" 1 day 10 12 12 34
2 Roufaida "Vandaag" Today 12 9 7 28
3 Delano "Doe je ding nu" Do your thing now 9 10 8 27
4 Teuntje "Geef me mijn dromen" Give me my dreams 8 7 10 25
5 Paola & Claudia "Dansmena" 7 8 9 24

Final

Final - 4 October 2008
Place Artist Song English Translation Kids Jury Jury Televoting Total
1 Marissa "1 Dag" 1 day 12 12 10 34
2 RReADY "Musical" 8 10 12 30
3 Roufaida "Vandaag" Today 10 9 8 27
4 Suzanne "Strijd" Battle 9 8 9 26
5 Melissa "Als ik in de lucht kijk" If I look into the sky 7 7 7 21

Marissa's accident

Marissa was later involved in a car accident on 4 November 2008, just over two weeks away from the Contest in Limassol, when she and her sister collided with a car on a scooter. Marissa's leg was placed in plaster after being sprained, however this did not deter her from competing in the contest, with Marissa stating that she would try as much as she can to get to Junior Eurovision, even if she was in a wheelchair. Fortunately it did not come to this, and Marissa was able to perform as normal.[1]

At Eurovision

Marissa performed 11th at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, performing after Malta and before Ukraine.[2] Marissa received 27 points and finished 13th.

Points awarded to the Netherlands

12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Belgium
  •  Lithuania
  •  Belarus
  •  Malta
  •  Cyprus

Points awarded by the Netherlands

12 points  Georgia
10 points  Belgium
8 points  Lithuania
7 points  Ukraine
6 points  Malta
5 points  Macedonia
4 points  Belarus
3 points  Armenia
2 points  Romania
1 point  Russia

See also

References

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