title: Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
text: # Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
  
  Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2011 through Junior Songfestival, a national selection consisting of 8 songs. The winner was Rachel with the song "Teenager".
  
  ## Before Junior Eurovision
  
  ### Junior Songfestival 2011
  
  The songs were split into two semi finals. From each semi final two sentries will qualify for the final based on the decision of adult and children juries as well as televoting. The fifth entry in the final will be chosen by online voting (web wildcard).
  
  **Semi Final 1**
  
  Semi-final 1 – 17 September 2011 :
  
  | Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Expert Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Rachel | "Ik ben een Teenager" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
  | 2 | Yassir | "Beautiful" | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 2 |
  | 3 | Polle | "Music in my heart" | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 3 |
  | 4 | Sera | "Never give up" | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 4 |
  
  **Semi Final 2**
  
  Semi-final 2 – 24 September 2011 :
  
  | Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Expert Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Joël | "Ik denk aan jou" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
  | 2 | Lidewei | "Dit is wat ik wil" | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 2 |
  | 3 | Noah | "Twitterqueen" | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 3 |
  | 4 | JuNMe | "Magie" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 4 |
  
  **Final**
  
  Final – 1 October 2011 :
  
  | Draw | Artist | Song | Kids Jury | Expert Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Joël | "Ik denk aan jou" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 4 |
  | 2 | Lidewei | "Dit is wat ik wil" | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 3 |
  | 3 | Rachel | "Ik ben een teenager" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 1 |
  | 4 | Yassir | "Beautiful" | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 2 |
  | 5 | Sera | "Never give up" | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 5 |
  