# Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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 | Song | Songwriter(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 Zanen |
| Julia | "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 2014 :
| Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Suze | "Holiday" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 1 |
| 2 | Sem | "Jij staat op nummer 1" | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 3 |
| 3 | Chelsea | "Waarom" | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 2 |
| 4 | Bobby & Ella | "Hard to Explain" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 4 |

#### Semi-final 2

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

#### Final

Final – 27 September 2014 :
| Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Anne & Anique | "Dromen" | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 5 |
| 2 | Suze | "Holiday" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 3 |
| 3 | Chelsea | "Waarom" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 2 |
| 4 | Julia | "Around" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
| 5 | Sebastiaan | "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 Malta. 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
#### Detailed voting results

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

## 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.