The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack", performed by Ralf Mackenbach.

Although the host country was Poland, their performance was recorded remotely in a television studio in the Netherlands due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[3] AVROTROS selected the Dutch representative through the televised national final Junior Songfestival that was held on 25 September 2021 at the RTM Stage, a part of the Rotterdam Ahoy, hosted by Romy Monteiro and Buddy Vedder.

[6] Following a call for participants which closed in December, NPO Zapp revealed the list of singers who have made it through to the auditions round in January 2021.

[11] The exact groupings of the acts was revealed a week later on the official Junior Songfestival YouTube channel.

[16] During the online voting window, the finalists performed a common theme song titled "Let's Sing Together".

[17] At the end of the show, Ayana, a Dutch singer of Japanese and British descent, was selected with the song "Mata Sugu Aō Ne".