The Netherlands will compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in France, which will be held in Nice on 26 November 2023. An act will be selected by AVROTROS to represent the country through the televised national selection Junior Songfestival 2023.

Background 

The Netherlands is the only country to have participated in every edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the inaugural  edition. The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in  with the song "Click Clack", performed by Ralf Mackenbach. In the  in Yerevan, Armenia, Luna represented the Netherlands with the song "". She finished in 7th place with 128 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Songfestival 2023 
AVROTROS plans to select the Dutch representative through the televised national final , to be held on 23 September 2023 at the RTM Stage in Rotterdam, a part of the Ahoy venue complex, hosted by Matheu Hinzen and Stefania.

Competing entries 
Following the 2022 edition of the competition, the submissions process was opened for singers who want to represent the Netherlands in the 2023 contest. Following a call for participants which closed on 6 February 2023, NPO Zapp revealed the list of singers who made it through to the auditions round on 14 February. The auditions were broadcast in a series of three reveal videos published between 21 April and 19 May on the official Junior Songfestival YouTube channel. A total of 51 acts took part in the auditions, and 24 entrants passed to the academy stage of the selection. The finalists were revealed on 16 June 2023. They were then grouped into 4 acts–one male soloist, one mixed duo and two female trios– the compositions of which were revealed on 3 July.

Final 
The final will take place on 23 September 2023. During the online voting window of the final, the finalists will perform a common theme song titled "Good Vibes".

References 

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest