Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country	Netherlands
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 18 March 2020; Song: 4 March 2021
Selected entrant	Jeangu Macrooy
Selected song	"Birth of a New Age"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jeangu Macrooy; Pieter Perquin;
Finals performance
Final result	23rd, 11 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest

The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Jeangu Macrooy as their representative with the song "Birth of a New Age". He was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Grow" before the event's cancellation.

Wall painting dedicated to Jeangu Macrooy, created by Rotterdam artist Tymon de Laat to celebrate Macrooy's participation in Eurovision 2021.[1]

As the host country, the Netherlands automatically qualified to the final.

Background

Prior to the 2021 contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in the inaugural contest in 1956. Since then, the country has won the contest five times: in 1957, 1959, 1969 as one of four countries to tie for first place, 1975, and finally in 2019. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, the Netherlands had featured in seven finals. The Dutch least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on five occasions, most recently in the second semi-final of the 2011 contest. The Netherlands has also received nul points on two occasions; in 1962 and 1963.

The Dutch national broadcaster, AVROTROS, broadcasts the event within the Netherlands and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The Netherlands has used various methods to select the Dutch entry in the past, such as the Nationaal Songfestival, a live televised national final to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. However, internal selections have also been held on several occasions. Since 2013, the broadcaster has internally selected the Dutch entry for the contest. In 2013, the internal selection of Anouk performing "Birds" managed to take the country to the final for the first time in eight years and placed ninth overall. In 2014, the internal selection of The Common Linnets performing the song "Calm After the Storm" qualified the nation to the final once again and placed second, making it the most successful Dutch result in the contest since their victory in 1975, until Duncan Laurence won in 2019 with the song "Arcade".

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 18 March 2020, directly after the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, the national broadcaster, AVROTROS, announced its intent to again host the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, as well as that Macrooy would be kept as the nation's representative for the event.[2] The song, entitled "Birth of a New Age", was released on 4 March 2021.[3]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 18 and 20 May, and the grand final on 22 May 2021.[4] As the Netherlands is the host country of the contest, their entry for 2021 directly qualified to the final, along with "Big Five" countries France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.[5] In addition to their participation in the final, the Netherlands was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.

The Netherlands performed 23rd in the grand final on 22 May 2021, following Norway and preceding Italy.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[6] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[7] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[8][9]

Points awarded to the Netherlands

Points awarded to the Netherlands (Final)[10]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points		Australia Austria
2 points		Bulgaria Georgia
1 point		Portugal

Points awarded by the Netherlands

Points awarded by the Netherlands (Semi-final 1)[11]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Malta	Russia
10 points	Ukraine	Belgium
8 points	Lithuania	Israel
7 points	Belgium	Malta
6 points	Israel	Ukraine
5 points	Russia	Sweden
4 points	Azerbaijan	Norway
3 points	Norway	Lithuania
2 points	Sweden	Azerbaijan
1 point	Cyprus	Romania

Points awarded by the Netherlands (Final)[10]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	France	France
10 points	Greece	Iceland
8 points	Iceland	Russia
7 points	Switzerland	Malta
6 points	Portugal	Belgium
5 points	Ukraine	Switzerland
4 points	Finland	Israel
3 points	Lithuania	Ukraine
2 points	Italy	Azerbaijan
1 point	Malta	Albania

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Dutch jury:[8][9]

Jessica van Amerongen
Leo Blokhuis
Gerrit-Jan Mulder (Brainpower)
Giovanca Ostiana
Lakshmi Swami Persaud

Detailed voting results from the Netherlands (Semi-final 1)[11]
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Lithuania	9	6	10	6	9	8	3	3	8
02	Slovenia	15	10	7	13	13	11		15
03	Russia	1	2	1	4	1	1	12	6	5
04	Sweden	8	7	5	9	8	6	5	9	2
05	Australia	13	12	14	11	12	14		16
06	North Macedonia	16	16	9	16	16	15		12
07	Ireland	10	15	11	10	14	13		11
08	Cyprus	11	14	16	14	15	16		10	1
09	Norway	5	8	15	12	4	7	4	8	3
10	Croatia	14	13	13	8	11	12		13
11	Belgium	3	3	2	1	2	2	10	4	7
12	Israel	4	1	4	2	5	3	8	5	6
13	Romania	12	9	8	15	10	10	1	14
14	Azerbaijan	6	11	12	7	7	9	2	7	4
15	Ukraine	7	4	6	3	6	5	6	2	10
16	Malta	2	5	3	5	3	4	7	1	12

Detailed voting results from the Netherlands (Final)[10]
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	13	24	21	22	24	21		20
02	Albania	11	11	9	8	20	10	1	22
03	Israel	9	4	3	5	7	7	4	17
04	Belgium	6	3	6	3	6	5	6	15
05	Russia	4	1	5	6	4	3	8	11
06	Malta	3	5	4	7	2	4	7	10	1
07	Portugal	5	16	12	17	14	12		5	6
08	Serbia	24	22	22	23	22	23		19
09	United Kingdom	22	20	25	20	21	22		23
10	Greece	20	18	11	18	19	18		2	10
11	Switzerland	7	7	7	1	5	6	5	4	7
12	Iceland	1	10	1	4	1	2	10	3	8
13	Spain	14	19	15	21	18	19		24
14	Moldova	25	23	23	24	25	24		25
15	Germany	23	25	24	25	23	25		18
16	Finland	19	14	13	10	15	14		7	4
17	Bulgaria	15	12	16	19	17	17		14
18	Lithuania	18	15	14	11	13	15		8	3
19	Ukraine	10	9	8	9	8	8	3	6	5
20	France	2	2	2	2	3	1	12	1	12
21	Azerbaijan	8	6	18	13	11	9	2	16
22	Norway	16	17	20	16	10	16		13
23	Netherlands
24	Italy	12	13	17	12	12	13		9	2
25	Sweden	17	8	10	15	9	11		12
26	San Marino	21	21	19	14	16	20		21

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