The

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selected their

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entry through ''

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'', a national selection consisting of eight songs. The competing songs were broken down into two semi-finals taking place on 13 and 20 September 2014. The winner was announced to be Julia van Bergen (credited as Julia) with her song " Around" on 27 September 2014. The expert jury consisted of

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, Niels Geusebroek, and Yvonne Coldeweijer.

Before Junior Eurovision

''Junior Songfestival 2014''

From each semi-final two entries qualified for the final based on the decision of adult and kids juries as well as

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. The fifth entry in the final was chosen by online voting (web wildcard).

Competing entries

;Table key : Participants who qualified to the final via jury and televoting. : Participants who qualified to the final via wildcard

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Final

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, the Netherlands were drawn to perform last on 15 November 2014, following host country . The Netherlands finished 8th in the final with 70 points. The Netherlands placed 6th in the televoting with 69 points, while the jury vote placed the Netherlands 9th with 44 points.

Voting

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Dutch jury: * Rachel Traets * Kirsten Schneider * Guido van Gend * Monique Smit *

Tim Douwsma Tim Douwsma (born 4 November 1987) is a Dutch singer. In 2007, he participated in the talent show ''So You Wanna Be a Popstar (Netherlands), So You Wanna Be a Popstar'' on Dutch television channel SBS 6. Career Douwsma was born in Drachten, Fr ...

Julia van Bergen

Julia van Bergen (born 17 September 1999 in

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), also known as Julia, is a Dutch singer. She represented The Netherlands in the

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with the song " Around". Since then, singles have included "Round And Around" (2015), "Baby Come Home" (2015) and "The One" (2016). In 2017/2018, Julia was a contestant on The voice of Holland, reaching the Knock Out phase.

Notes

References

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