Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry through Junior Songfestival, a national selection consisting of eight songs.

Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Netherlands
Selection process	Junior Songfestival 2012 33% Jury 33% Kids Jury 33% Televoting
Selection date	Semi-finals: 22 September 2012 29 September 2012 Final: 6 October 2012
Competing entry
Song	"Tik Tak Tik"
Artist	Femke
Placement
Final result	7th, 69 points
Participation chronology
◄2011 • 2012 • 2013►

In the second semi-final, there was a tie between Femke, and Sterre. It was decided Femke would have the second place spot due to the higher points on public vote, with Sterre getting the wildcard from online voting.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2012

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

Competing entries

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Alessandro	"Una chica especial"	Alessandro Wempe, Jozien Van Dorst, Renaldo van Tuil, Wesley Glasmacher
Amy	"Boom Boom"	Amy van der Wel
Femke	"Tik Tak Tik"	Femke Meines, Tjeerd Oosterhuis
Jade & Sherilyn	"Joy"	Jade Seenarine, Sherilyn Lo Tam Loi
Kim	"Digidoe"	Kim de Koning
MainStreet	"Stop the Time"	MainStreet, Joachim Vermeulen Windsant, Maarten ten Hove, William Laseroms
Melle	"Dromen"	Melle Boddaert, Tjeerd van Zanen
Sterre	"I'm Singing"	Sterre Zangirolami, Tjeerd Oosterhuis

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1 – 22 September 2012
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Amy	"Boom Boom"	12	9	8	29	3
2	MainStreet	"Stop the Time"	8	12	12	32	1
3	Kim	"Digidoe"	9	8	9	26	4
4	Melle	"Dromen"	10	10	10	30	2

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2 – 29 September 2012
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Femke	"Tik Tak Tik"	12	8	10	30	2
2	Alessandro	"Una chica especial"	10	10	12	32	1
3	Jade & Sherilyn	"Joy"	8	9	8	25	4
4	Sterre	"I'm Singing"	9	12	9	30	3

Final

Final – 6 October 2012
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Femke	"Tik Tak Tik"	12	10	9	31	1
2	MainStreet	"Stop the Time"	7	7	12	26	3
3	Alessandro	"Una chica especial"	8	12	10	30	2
4	Sterre	"I'm Singing"	10	9	7	26	4
5	Melle	"Dromen"	9	8	8	25	5

At Junior Eurovision

Voting

Points awarded to the Netherlands[1] Score Country 12 points[a] 10 points  Belgium 8 points  Albania 7 points  Kids Jury 6 points  Azerbaijan 5 points  Georgia  Moldova  Sweden 4 points  Armenia 3 points  Ukraine 2 points  Israel 1 point  Belarus  Russia

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

Notes

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