Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which was held on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland.^[1] Matheu was selected with his song "Dans met Jou". Their entry was selected through the national selection Junior Songfestival 2019.^[2]

Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country	Netherlands
Selection process	Junior Songfestival 2019 33% Jury 33% Kids Jury 34% Televoting
Selection date	28 September 2019
Competing entry
Song	"Dans met jou"
Artist	Matheu
Songwriters	Jermain van der Bogt Willem Laseroms
Placement
Final result	4th, 186 points
Participation chronology
◄2018 • 2019 • 2020►

Background

Main article: Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 Contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 2003. The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack" performed by Ralf Mackenbach. In the 2018 contest, Anne & Max represented their country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Samen". They ended 13th out of 20 entries with 91 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2019

Competing entries

Artist[3]	Song[3]	Songwriter(s)
Matheu Hinzen	"Dans met jou"	Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms
6Times	"End of Time"	Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms
Mannes Bakker	"Let Me Sing"	E. Struijlaart, P. Slager
Moves	"Make Your Move"	Mark van Tijn, Babet van Vugt, Jochem Fluitsma, Eric van Tijn

Final

The final was held on 28 September 2019 at the Hanzehof Theater.^[2] Matheu was announced the winner and represented the Netherlands with "Dans met jou".^[4]

Final – 28 September 2019
Draw	Artist	Song	Kids Jury[a]	Jury[b]	Televote	Total	Place
1	Moves	"Make Your Move"	10	8	9	27	3
2	Mannes	"Let Me Sing"	9	9	8	26	4
3	6Times	"End of Time"	8	10	10	28	2
4	Matheu	"Dans met jou"	12	12	12	36	1

1. The members of the kids jury were Max & Anne and Anna.^[5]
2. The members of the professional jury were Kaj van der Voot, Tabitha and Edsilia Rombley.^[5]

Artist and song information

Matheu Hinzen
Background information
Birth name	Matheu Hinzen
Born	(2006-05-12) 12 May 2006 (age 19) Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals

"Dans met jou"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry
Country	Netherlands
Artist(s)	Matheu Hinzen
As	Matheu
Languages	Dutch, English
Composer(s)	Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms
Lyricist(s)	Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms
Finals performance
Final result	4th
Final points	186
Entry chronology
◄ "Samen" (2018)
"Best Friends" (2020) ►

Matheu

Matheu Hinzen (born 12 May 2006) is a Belgian-born Dutch singer and actor. He represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Dans met jou". He was born in Belgium, but he currently lives in Weert. He also played a young André Hazes in the movie Bloed, zweet & tranen.

Dans met jou

"Dans met jou" (Dutch for Dance with you) is a song by Dutch singer Matheu Hinzen. He represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Netherlands was drawn to perform fourteenth on 24 November 2019, following Ukraine and preceding Armenia.^[6]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every participating broadcaster assembled a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.^[7]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able to vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.^[8] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Points awarded to the Netherlands[9] Score Country 12 points  Armenia  Australia  France  Portugal 10 points  Albania  Spain 8 points 7 points 6 points  Ireland  Poland 5 points  Georgia  Italy  Malta 4 points  North Macedonia  Russia 3 points 2 points  Ukraine 1 point The Netherlands received 81 points from the online vote

Points awarded by the Netherlands[9] Score Country 12 points  Kazakhstan 10 points  France 8 points  Poland 7 points  North Macedonia 6 points  Australia 5 points  Spain 4 points  Italy 3 points  Serbia 2 points  Ireland 1 point  Belarus

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from the Netherlands^[9]

Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points
01	Australia	12	3	7	7	1	5	6
02	France	1	1	2	2	8	2	10
03	Russia	14	13	13	10	18	15
04	North Macedonia	3	6	3	9	3	4	7
05	Spain	4	8	4	3	9	6	5
06	Georgia	13	12	12	6	11	12
07	Belarus	15	11	5	8	17	10	1
08	Malta	16	17	17	17	16	18
09	Wales	17	14	14	16	5	13
10	Kazakhstan	2	2	1	4	2	1	12
11	Poland	5	4	6	1	6	3	8
12	Ireland	7	10	10	11	7	9	2
13	Ukraine	11	15	16	13	13	16
14	Netherlands
15	Armenia	10	9	8	15	10	11
16	Portugal	18	18	18	14	14	17
17	Italy	9	7	11	5	4	7	4
18	Albania	6	16	15	18	15	14
19	Serbia	8	5	9	12	12	8	3