Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Festival 10

Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 10 with the song "The way I love you" written by Leyon Hildering. The song was performed by Dante Klein & Cat Carpenters and Cimo Fränkel. The Dutch entry for the tenth contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was selected through the national final The Voice of Holland: ESF Special Edition, organised by Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) in collaboration with RTL4. An initial 12 entries competed in the national final which consisted of four shows: two semi-finals, a regional round and a final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes of a four-member judging panel as well as the votes from the public. Two entries qualified to compete in the final of The Voice of Holland: ESF Special Edition 1. In the final, "The way I love you" performed by Dante Klein & Cat Carpenters and Cimo Fränkel was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a jury-vote. The four-member judging panel consisted of Trijntje Oosterhuis, Ilse deLange, Marco Borsato and Ali B.
==The Voice of Holland: ESF Special Edition==
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===Blind Auditions===
During the Blind auditions, each coach must now form a team of 6 young artists.
It aired from September 21.
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   	Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
    	Artist defaulted to this coach's team
    	Artist elected to join this coach's team
    	Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
====Episode 1 (21 September)====
Order	Artist 	Song 	Coach's and contestant's choices	Coach's and contestant's choices	Coach's and contestant's choices	Coach's and contestant's choices
Order	Artist 	Song 	Trijntje Oosterhuis 	Ilse deLange 	Ali B. 	Marco Borsato
01 	TP4Y 	"La la love" 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
02 	Maan 	"Back to us" 	 	 	 	
03 	Tessa Belinfante 	"Heartbreaking games" 	- 	 	- 	
04 	Laurrhie Brouns 	"Collective upgrade" 	 	 	 	
05 	Naaz 	"Loving love" 	- 	- 	- 	-
06 	PLEUN 	"Reverse" 	 	- 	 	
07 	Dante Klein & Cat Carpenters ft. Cimo Fränkel 	"The way I love you" 	 	 	 	
08 	Rosemary & Garlic 	"Blue boy" 	- 	- 	- 	-
09 	Vinchenzo 	"Headphone" 	- 	- 	 	-
10 	Ella East 	"Would it be" 	 	 	 	
11 	SIROJ ft. Ayden 	"Slowly" 	- 	- 	 	-
12 	Famke Louise ft. Jayh Jawson & Badd Dimes 	"Ben je down" 	- 	- 	- 	-
13 	Lucas & Steve 	"Where have you gone (anywhere)"	 	 	 	
14 	Martin Garrix & Pierce Fulton ft. Mike Shinoda	"Waiting for tomorrow" 	 	 	 	
15 	Boef 	"Sofiane" 	- 	- 	- 	-
16 	R3HAB & Mike Williams 	"Lullaby" 	 	- 	 	
====Episode 2 (28 September)====
Order	Artist 	Song 	Coach's and contestant's choices	Coach's and contestant's choices	Coach's and contestant's choices	Coach's and contestant's choices
Order	Artist 	Song 	Trijntje Oosterhuis 	Ilse deLange 	Ali B. 	Marco Borsato
01 	Emmaly Brown 	"Double trouble" 	 	 	 	
02 	Shary-An 	"Resist" 	 	- 	 	
03 	Romy Monteiro 	"Stone by stone" 	 	 	 	
04 	B-Brave ft. Sevn Alias 	"One night stand" 	 	- 	 	-
05 	Joan Franka 	"Foolish games" 	 	 	 	
06 	Anouk 	"Het is klaar" 	- 	- 	- 	-
07 	Cheyenne Toney 	"Deja vu" 	- 	- 	- 	-
08 	Shirma Rouse 	"Pick yourself up" 	- 	- 	- 	-
09 	HAEVN 	"Fortitude" 	 	 	 	
10 	Maaike Ouboter 	"Dat ik je mis" 	 	 	 	
11 	Afrojack ft. Fais 	"Hey" 	 	 	 	
12 	Miss Montreal 	"Till the sun comes up"	 	 	- 	rowspan="5"
13 	Nicole Bus ft. Braz 	"Saoto soep" 	 	- 	 	
14 	Yellow Claw ft. Yade Lauren 	"Love and war" 	- 	- 	rowspan="3" 	
15 	Rochelle & Sharon Doorson ft. ROLLÀN	"Come to me" 	 	 	 	
16 	OG3NE 	"Clouds across the sun"	 	 	 	
===Battles===
After the Blind Auditions, each coach had six contestants for the Battle rounds. Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants. Each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants; the three winners for each coach advanced to the Knockouts. Each coach must also steal one of the other's artists, who has been sent home.
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      	Artist won the Battle and advances to the Knockouts
      	Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
      	Artist was stolen by another coach
====Episode 3 (October 5)====
Order	Coach 	Winner 	Song 	Loser 	Song
01 	Ilse DeLange 	Maan 	"Back to us" 	Emmaly Brown 	"Double trouble"
02 	Marco Borsato	Ella East 	"Would it be" 	Tessa Belinfante 	"Heartbreaking games"
03 	Ali B. 	TP4Y 	"La la love" 	Vinchenzo 	"Headphone"
04 	Trijntje 	Laurrhie Brouns 	"Collective upgrade" 	Maaike Ouboter 	"Dat ik je mis"
05 	Ilse DeLange 	Rochelle & Sharon Doorson ft. ROLLÀN 	"Come to me" 	Joan Franka 	"Foolish games"
06 	Marco Borsato	Afrojack ft. Fais 	"Hey" 	Romy Monteiro 	"Stone by stone"
07 	Ali B. 	SIROJ ft. Ayden 	"Slowly" 	B-Brave ft. Sevn Alias	"One night stand"
08 	Trijntje 	OG3NE 	"Clouds across the sun" 	PLEUN 	"Reverse"
09 	Ilse DeLange 	Dante Klein & Cat Carpenters ft. Cimo Fränkel 	"The way I love you" 	Miss Montreal 	"Till the sun comes up"
10 	Marco Borsato	Martin Garrix & Pierce Fulton ft. Mike Shinoda	"Waiting for tomorrow" 	HAEVN 	"Fortitude"
11 	Ali B. 	Nicole Bus ft. Braz 	"Saoto soep" 	R3HAB & Mike Williams 	"Lullaby"
12 	Trijntje 	Lucas & Steve 	"Where have you gone (anywhere)"	Shary-An 	"Resist"
===Live Show===
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      	Artist was saved by his/her coach
      	Artist was eliminated
====Episode 4 (October 12)====
Coach 	Order	Artist 	Song
Trijntje 	1 	Lucas & Steve 	"Where have you gone (anywhere)"
Trijntje 	2 	Laurrhie Brouns 	"Collective upgrade"
Trijntje 	3 	R3HAB & Mike Williams 	"Lullaby"
Trijntje 	4 	OG3NE 	"Clouds across the sun"
Ilse DeLange 	1 	PLEUN 	"Reverse"
Ilse DeLange 	2 	Dante Klein & Cat Carpenters ft. Cimo Fränkel 	"The way I love you"
Ilse DeLange 	3 	Maan 	"Back to us"
Ilse DeLange 	4 	Rochelle & Sharon Doorson ft. ROLLÀN 	"Come to me"
Ali B. 	1 	Nicole Bus ft. Braz 	"Saoto soep"
Ali B. 	2 	TP4Y 	"La la love"
Ali B. 	3 	SIROJ ft. Ayden 	"Slowly"
Ali B. 	4 	Shary-An 	"Resist"
Marco Borsato	1 	Afrojack ft. Fais 	"Hey"
Marco Borsato	2 	B-Brave ft. Sevn Alias 	"One night stand"
Marco Borsato	3 	Ella East 	"Would it be"
Marco Borsato	4 	Martin Garrix & Pierce Fulton ft. Mike Shinoda	"Waiting for tomorrow"
===Semi-Final and the Final===
====Episode 7 (October 19)====
=====Round 1 =====
In this phase of the competition, each of the top eigth finalists took the stage and performed a solo song. The television audience choose the final four artists who advanced to the next round.
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      	Artist advanced to Round 2 by audience choice
      	Artist was eliminated
Coach 	Order	Artist 	Song
Ali B. 	1 	Shary-An 	"Resist"
Ali B. 	2 	Nicole Bus ft. Braz 	"Saoto soep"
Marco Borsato	3 	Afrojack ft. Fais 	"Hey"
Marco Borsato	4 	Martin Garrix & Pierce Fulton ft. Mike Shinoda	"Waiting for tomorrow"
Trijtnje 	5 	OG3NE 	"Clouds across the sun"
Trijtnje 	6 	R3HAB & Mike Williams 	"Lullaby"
Ilse DeLange 	7 	Rochelle & Sharon Doorson ft. ROLLÀN 	"Come to me"
Ilse DeLange 	8 	Dante Klein & Cat Carpenters ft. Cimo Fränkel 	"The way I love you"
=====Round 2=====
The final round of the competition featured the top four finalists performing a solo song. Before the start of the performances, voting lines were opened live-in-show for the television audience to vote for the final four and decide the winner. The winner of The Voice of Holland: ESF Special Edition was announced at the end of the show.
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      	Artist was saved by the juries
Order	Artist 	Song 	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Result
1 	Afrojack ft. Fais 	"Hey" 	19% 	29% 	- 	Third
2 	Dante Klein & Cat Carpenters ft. Cimo Fränkel	"The way I love you" 	39% 	37% 	71% 	Winner
3 	OG3NE 	"Clouds across the sun"	30% 	34% 	29% 	Runner-up
4 	Shary-An 	"Resist" 	12% 	- 	- 	Fourth