Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

The Netherlands participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain, with "Music" performed by Stay Tuned [nl].

[2][3] In 2023, Sep & Jasmijn [nl] competed for the Netherlands with the song "Holding On to You", which ended up in 7th place out of 16 entries with 122 points.

[6][7] The selection took place in four stages: the received applications were first assessed by an expert committee; 45 were selected to be performed at an audition round, exerpts of which were published to the competition's official YouTube channel on 5 and 19 April, and 3 May 2024,[8][9][10] where a jury selected twenty artists to advance to the academy; at the academy, the singers had the opportunity to work with vocal coaches and choreographers,[11] after which the nine finalists were determined, who were later grouped into four acts, each of them having an original song written and assigned;[12] at the final, which was held on 21 September 2024, the winner was determined by a combination of votes from an kids jury (traditionally made up of past Junior Songfestival participants), a professional jury (made up of industry professionals) and an online vote – each awarding sets of 8–10 and 12 points – with the latter taking precedence in the event of a tie.

[15] An expert committee reviewed the received submissions and selected 45 of them (including 29 which qualified directly, announced on 12 February 2024, and 16 which advanced from the preselection – a second chance round, where an additional 48 artists who hadn't advanced were invited to perform, after which some were invited for the audition, announced on 27 February 2024) to proceed to the audition round.

[26] Stay Tuned – a group consisting of fourteen-year-old Chiara, twelve-year-olds Inkar and Miucha, and thirteen-year-old Niek – were declared the winners with the song "Music".

[27][28] The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to take place at Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024.

The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes.