Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2011 through Junior Songfestival, a national selection consisting of 8 songs. The winner was Rachel with the song "Teenager".

Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country	Netherlands
Selection process	Junior Songfestival 2011 33% Jury 33% Kids Jury 33% Televoting
Selection date	Semi Final: 17 September 2011 24 September 2011 Final: 1 October 2011
Competing entry
Song	"Teenager"
Artist	Rachel Traets
Placement
Final result	2nd, 103 points
Participation chronology
◄2010 • 2011 • 2012►

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2011

The songs were split into two semi finals. From each semi final two sentries will qualify for the final based on the decision of adult and children juries as well as televoting. The fifth entry in the final will be chosen by online voting (web wildcard).^[1]

Semi Final 1

Semi-final 1 – 17 September 2011
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Expert Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Sera	"Never give up"	9	8	8	25	4
2	Yassir	"Beautiful"	10	10	9	29	2
3	Polle	"Music in my heart"	8	9	10	27	3
4	Rachel	"Ik ben een Teenager"	12	12	12	36	1

Semi Final 2

Semi-final 2 – 24 September 2011
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Expert Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Lidewei	"Dit is wat ik wil"	10	9	10	29	2
2	JuNMe	"Magie"	8	8	8	24	4
3	Joël	"Ik denk aan jou"	12	12	12	36	1
4	Noah	"Twitterqueen"	9	10	9	28	3

Final

Final – 1 October 2011
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Expert Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Yassir	"Beautiful"	9	9	10	28	2
2	Sera	"Never give up"	10	7	7	24	5
3	Joël	"Ik denk aan jou"	7	8	9	24	4
4	Rachel	"Ik ben een teenager"	12	12	12	36	1
5	Lidewei	"Dit is wat ik wil"	8	10	8	26	3

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to the Netherlands[2] Score Country 12 points[a]  Belgium  Latvia 10 points  Belarus  Moldova  Sweden 8 points  Bulgaria 7 points  Armenia  Russia 6 points  Lithuania 5 points  Ukraine 4 points 3 points 2 points  Georgia  Macedonia 1 point

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

Notes

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