Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009, which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ralf Mackenbach represented the country with the song "Click Clack".

Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country	Netherlands
Selection process	Junior Songfestival 2009
Selection date	Semi-final 19 September 2009 26 September 2009 Final 3 October 2009
Competing entry
Song	"Click Clack"
Artist	Ralf Mackenbach
Placement
Final result	1st, 121 points
Participation chronology
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2009

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

The submission period for songs for the competition was from 1 February to 10 April. Over 1000 entries were received by AVRO for the contest, which were initially reduced to 100 entries. This was followed by 33 entries being selected to participate in auditions in Baarn, where the final 10 act were selected.

The names of the 10 successful entries that qualified to the live shows were released on 2 June 2009. The artists collaborated on a theme song for the competition, "Morgen is vandaag" (Tomorrow is today), which was included on the compilation CD, alongside the 10 competing songs, available in September, and was performed in both semi-finals and the final.^[1]

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 – 19 September 2009
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Expert Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Isaura Kuyt	"Dit is mijn kans"	7	9	7	23	5
2	Raigny Jozephia	"Verliefd"	8	10	8	26	4
3	Cheyenne Boermans & Mayleen Schoenmaker	"Druk"	10	8	9	27	3
4	Eva Neggers	"Yes We Can!"	12	7	10	29	2
5	Bram Bos	"Ik wil rocken!"	9	12	12	33	1

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 – 26 September 2009
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Expert Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Arletta Boland	"Laat mij nou maar"	8	7	8	23	4
2	Anne Boijmans	"Gewoon geluk"	7	8	7	22	5
3	Carlijn Andriessen & Merle Verseef	"Verboden toegang"	9	9	9	27	3
4	Eva Lugtenberg	"Gevangen in je hart"	10	10	10	30	2
5	Ralf Mackenbach	"Click Clack"	12	12	12	36	1

Final

Final – 3 October 2009
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Expert Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Cheyenne Boermans & Mayleen Schoenmaker	"Druk"	7	7	7	21	5
2	Eva Neggers	"Yes We Can!"	9	9	9	27	3
3	Bram Bos	"Ik wil rocken!"	10	10	10	30	2
4	Eva Lugtenberg	"Gevangen in je hart"	8	8	8	24	4
5	Ralf Mackenbach	"Click Clack"	12	12	12	36	1

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to the Netherlands[2] Score Country 12 points[a]  Belgium  Romania  Sweden 10 points  Macedonia 8 points  Armenia  Cyprus  Georgia  Malta  Russia  Serbia  Ukraine 7 points  Belarus 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by the Netherlands[2] Score Country 12 points  Belgium 10 points  Armenia 8 points  Malta 7 points  Russia 6 points  Sweden 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Georgia 3 points  Belarus 2 points  Macedonia 1 point  Romania

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.