Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and selected their entry in the national final Nationaal Songfestival 2012; which was organised by the Dutch broadcaster TROS. Joan Franka represented the Netherlands with the song "You and Me", which failed to qualify from the second semi-final, achieving 15th place with 35 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Netherlands
National selection
Selection processNationaal Songfestival 2012
Selection date(s)26 February 2012
Selected entrantJoan Franka
Selected song"You and Me"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th, 35 points)
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Nationaal Songfestival 2012

Nationaal Songfestival 2012 was the national final that selected Netherlands's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[3] The competition, produced by TROS together with Big Brother and The Voice creator John de Mol, consisted of a final on 26 February 2012 which took place at the Studio 24 in Hilversum, hosted by Jan Smit.[4] The national final was a worldwide trending topic on Twitter on 26 February 2012, and was watched by 2.3 million viewers in the Netherlands with a market share of 30.6%, making it the most watched Nationaal Songfestival in recent years.[5]

Format

Six songs competed in the final where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the six participating entries competed against each other in three duels. The winner of each duel proceeded to the superfinal based on the combination of votes from public televoting and a five-member jury panel. In the superfinal, the winner was selected as well by the combination of votes from the public and the jury panel. Each jury member distributed 10 points among the songs in each duel and in the superfinal, while viewers were able to vote via telephone and SMS. A one-hundred-member international jury panel consisting of representatives from all participating countries at the 2012 contest also voted in both rounds but only acted as an advisory role.[6]

The five-member jury panel consisted of:

  • Jeroen Nieuwenhuize – radio DJ
  • Carlo Boszhard – TV personality, singer, impersonator and host
  • Stacey Rookhuizen – entrepreneur and presenter
  • Ali B – rapper
  • Afrojack – DJ

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries between 6 July 2011 and 30 September 2011 through a huge suitcase installed at the courtyard of the TROS headquarters. Applicants were able to submit either lyrics, (sheet) music, the name of an artist, a complete audio production or a combination thereof, and were required to give their reasons for entering the competition into a camera built in the suitcase.[7] 491 entries were received by the broadcaster, and a jury panel selected six songs for the competition. The selection jury consisted of Peter Kuipers, John de Mol, Daniël Dekker, André de Raad, Natascha Lammers and Cornald Maas. The six competing entries were announced on 5 January 2012.[8][9] The allocation draw for the duels round took place on 19 February 2012 during the RTL 4 television programme Life4You.[10]

Artist Song Music (m) & Lyrics (l)
Ivan Peroti "Take Me As I Am" Alain Clark (m&l), Steve Diamond (m&l), Ben Caver (m&l)
Joan Franka "You and Me" Joan Franka (m&l), Jessica Hogeboom (m&l)
Kim de Boer "Children of the World" Martijn Schimmer (m&l)
Pearl Jozefzoon "We Can Overcome" Gordon Groothedde (m&l), Curtis Richardson (m&l)
Raffaëla Paton "Chocolatte" Jan Rooymans (m&l), Chris Silos (m&l)
Tim Douwsma "Undercover Lover" Bruce R.F. Smith (l), Michel van der Zanden (m)

Final

The final took place on 26 February 2012.[11] In the first round, six acts competed against each other in three duels and the votes of a five-member jury (50%) and public televoting (50%) determined the winners of each duel that would proceed to the superfinal: "We Can Overcome" performed by Pearl Jozefzoon, "You and Me" performed by Joan Franka and "Take Me As I Am" performed by Ivan Peroti. In the superfinal, the winner, "You and Me" performed by Joan Franka, was selected by the public and jury vote. "Take Me As I Am" performed by Ivan Peroti was the winner of the advisory international jury vote.

Final – 26 February 2012
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
J. Nieuwenhuize C. Boszhard S. Rookhuizen Ali B Afrojack Total
Duel 1
1 Tim Douwsma "Undercover Lover" 3 2 2 2 2 11 20.1 31.1 2
2 Pearl Jozefzoon "We Can Overcome" 7 8 8 8 8 39 29.9 68.9 1
Duel 2
3 Joan Franka "You and Me" 4 6 6 4 6 26 27.7 53.7 1
4 Raffaëla Paton "Chocolatte" 6 4 4 6 4 24 22.3 46.3 2
Duel 3
5 Kim de Boer "Children of the World" 2 6 3 3 3 17 31.4 48.4 2
6 Ivan Peroti "Take Me As I Am" 8 4 7 7 7 33 18.6 51.6 1
Superfinal – 26 February 2012
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
J. Nieuwenhuize C. Boszhard S. Rookhuizen Ali B Afrojack Total
1 Pearl Jozefzoon "We Can Overcome" 2 10 3 0 4 19 14.6 33.6 2
2 Joan Franka "You and Me" 3 0 5 0 3 11 26.1 37.1 1
3 Ivan Peroti "Take Me As I Am" 5 0 2 10 3 20 9.3 29.3 3

At Eurovision

The Netherlands competed in the second semi-final on 24 May.

They came 15th in the Second Semi Final with 35 points, and so did not qualify for the Final.

The Netherlands received 51 points from Televote's in this Semi Final, placing 10th, and received 31 points from the Jury vote's, placing 16th. Combined this gave the Netherlands 35 points, placing 15th, and failing to qualify.[12]

Points awarded to Netherlands
Points awarded to Netherlands (semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Netherlands

See also

References
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  2. Storvik-Green, Simon (26 February 2012). "Joan to be the voice of the Netherlands in Baku". Eurovision.tv.
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  4. Siim, Jarmo (11 August 2011). "'Big Brother' creator joins Dutch selection". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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  6. Hondal, Victor (16 February 2012). "The Netherlands: Five jury members in Songfestival 2012". EscToday.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  7. Storvik-Green, Simon (6 July 2011). "New selection format for the Netherlands". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  8. "Deelnemers Nationaal Songfestival 2012 bekendgemaakt". top40.nl (in Dutch). 5 January 2012.
  9. Romkes, Rene (5 January 2012). "The Netherlands: 6 candidates announced". EscToday.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  10. Hondal, Victor (19 February 2012). "The Netherlands: Three duels determined". EscToday.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  11. Romkes, Rene (1 October 2011). "The Netherlands: Nationaal Songfestival on February 26". EscToday.com. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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