The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through Junior Songfestival, a national selection consisting of eight songs. The competing songs were broken down into two semi-finals taking place on 13 and 20 September 2014. The winner was announced to be Julia van Bergen (credited as Julia) with her song "Around" on 27 September 2014. The expert jury consisted of Xander de Buisonjé, Niels Geusebroek, and Yvonne Coldeweijer.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2014 From each semi-final two entries qualified for the final based on the decision of adult and kids juries as well as televoting. The fifth entry in the final was chosen by online voting (web wildcard).

Competing entries Artist SongSongwriter(s) Anne & Anique "Dromen"Anne Loos, Anique Kamerik, Hansen Tomas, Robert Dorn Beau "De wind"Beau van Cleef, Kirsten Schneider, Mark Erickson, Eric Van Tijn Bobby & Ella "Hard to Explain"Bobby Hunter, Ella van den Hurk, Nando Eweg, Hansen Tomas, Joost Griffioen, Peter Kvint Chelsea "Waarom"Chelsea Hegener, Stephan Geusebroek, Tjeerd Van ZanenJulia"Around"Robert Dorn, Joost Griffioen, Julia van Bergen Sebastiaan "2gether We Are One"Sebastiaan Reddering, Tjeerd Oosterhuis Sem "Jij staat op nummer 1"Sem Blom, Ed Struijlaart Suze "Holiday"Suze van der Meijden, Eric van Tijn, Jochem Fluitsma, Joos van Leeuwen, Rachel Vermeulen

Table key Participants who qualified to the final via jury and televoting. Participants who qualified to the final via wildcard

Semi-final 1 Semi-final 1 – 13 September 2014DrawArtist Song Kids Jury Jury Televote Total Place 1Suze"Holiday" 12 12 10 34 1 2Sem"Jij staat op nummer 1" 9 10 8 27 3 3Chelsea"Waarom" 10 8 12 30 2 4Bobby & Ella"Hard to Explain" 8 9 9 26 4

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 – 20 September 2014Draw Artist Song Kids Jury Jury Televote Total Place 1Sebastiaan"2gether We Are One" 10 10 8 28 2 2Anne & Anique"Dromen" 9 9 9 27 3 3Beau"De wind" 8 8 10 26 4 4Julia"Around" 12 12 12 36 1

Final

Final – 27 September 2014 Draw Artist Song Kids Jury Jury Televote Total Place 1Anne & Anique"Dromen" 7 7 721 5 2Suze"Holiday" 89 9 26 3 3Chelsea"Waarom" 1010 10 30 24Julia"Around"121212361 5Sebastiaan"2gether We Are One" 9 8 8 25 4

At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, the Netherlands were drawn to perform last on 15 November 2014, following host country . The Netherlands finished 8th in the final with 70 points. The Netherlands placed 6th in the televoting with 69 points, while the jury vote placed the Netherlands 9th with 44 points.

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

+ 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 The following members comprised the Dutch jury: Rachel Traets Kirsten Schneider Guido van Gend Monique Smit Tim Douwsma

+ Draw Country Average Jury Points Televoting Points Points Awarded 01 8 8 6 8 7 8 5 7 02 10 10 8 5 6 10 12 12 03 04 05 6 2 4 7 12 5 7 6 06 4 4 6 2 4 2 07 7 6 12 4 4 6 3 5 08 1 1 5 3 2 4 3 09 2 6 4 10 11 5 7 7 10 8 7 8 8 12 12 12 10 12 10 12 10 10 13 2 5 2 5 3 14 3 1 1 1 1 15 3 3 3 1 2 1 16

Julia van Bergen Julia van Bergen (born 17 September 1999 in Harderwijk), also known as Julia, is a Dutch singer. She represented The Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Malta with the song "Around". Since then, singles have included "Round And Around" (2015), "Baby Come Home" (2015) and "The One" (2016). In 2017/2018, Julia was a contestant on The voice of Holland, reaching the Knock Out phase.

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