The Netherlands will select their representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on September 19.
The final of the Junior Songfestival 2026 will take place on September 19 at RTM Stage, Rotterdam. As ever four acts will compete in the final of the Dutch selection, with the winner being determined by public voting, jury voting and a children’s jury voting.
The Dutch selection is currently underway with AVROTROS set to reveal the singers who have made it through to the final auditions round in the next episode of Junior Songfestival. The final round of auditions will determine the singers who will form the four acts that will compete to represent the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2026.
Meadow represented the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2025 with “Freeze”. She placed 10th in the final scoring 93 points, the Netherlands were 10th with the jury and 13th with the public vote.
Source: AVROTROS
The Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest+
The Netherlands debuted at the first edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 and is the only country to have taken part in every edition to date. To date, the country has only won the competition once. Their only victory came in 2009, when Ralf Mackenbach performed “Click Clack”, scoring a total of 121 points. This was just 5 points more than runners-up Armenia and Russia. The Netherlands narrowly lost the contest in 2011, when Rachel performed “Teenager”. She missed out on victory by 5 points. The Netherlands’ worst result came in 2021 when Ayana finished in 19th place out of 19 competing countries.