| Alt Name: | JSF |
| Genre: | Music competition |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Num Seasons: | 21 editions |
| Num Episodes: | 44 |
| Network: | |
| Last Aired: | present |
Dutch; Flemish: Junior Songfestival (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈjyniɔr ˈsɔŋfɛstivɑl/,) is a Dutch televised music competition for children, held annually since 2003. It is the children's version of the Dutch; Flemish: [[Nationaal Songfestival]]. The winner of the contest goes on to represent the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, an international version of the competition.[1]
The first edition was organised in 2003 by Dutch broadcaster AVRO (which later became AVROTROS). Kids of age 8 through 15 could submit their own original songs,[2] of which nine songs advanced to the televised final. From 2004 until 2015, the candidates also sang a common song that did not compete, and (with the exception of 2006) the show also consisted of two televised semi-finals.
In 2006, the television programme won the Dutch; Flemish: Gouden Stuiver (English: Golden Nickle), a Dutch award for children's television.[3]
In 2016, there was no televised show; the entrant for that year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest was selected internally.[4] Also, since that year the auditors no longer need to submit original songs.[5] The show returned in 2017 with semi-finals, but the finalists sang covers instead of original songs.[6] Since 2018, there are no semi-finals and the competing songs were written by famous Dutch musicians.[7]
| Year | Date of final | Venue | Presenter(s) | Common song |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | , Amsterdam | Angela Groothuizen | ||
| 2004 | "Dutch; Flemish: Wij gaan ervoor|italic=unset" | |||
| 2005 | Central Studios, Utrecht | Tooske Ragas | "Dutch; Flemish: Alles wat ik wil|italic=unset" | |
| 2006 | Studio 24, Media Park, Hilversum | Sipke Jan Bousema | "Dutch; Flemish: Vrij|italic=unset" | |
| 2007 | Studio Baarn, Baarn | "Dutch; Flemish: Laat ons zijn wie we zijn|italic=unset" | ||
| 2008 | "Dutch; Flemish: Ojee ojee|italic=unset" | |||
| 2009 | "Dutch; Flemish: Morgen is vandaag|italic=unset" | |||
| 2010 | Ewout Genemans | "Famous" | ||
| 2011 | Studio 1, Crown Business Studios, Aalsmeer | "Yeah! Yeah | " | |
| 2012 | "JSF Party" | |||
| 2013 | "Glitter en glamour" | |||
| 2014 | Jan Smit | "Connected" | ||
| 2015 | "Living Our Dream" | |||
| 2017 | Theater Hanzehof, Zutphen | Romy Monteiro | "Dutch; Flemish: [[BLØF discography|Later als ik groter ben]]|italic=unset" | |
| 2018 | ||||
| 2019 | "Stars to Shine" | |||
| 2020 | Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam | "All We Need Is Music" | ||
| 2021 | RTM Stage, Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam | "Let's Sing Together" | ||
| 2022 | [8] | Stefania, Matheu[9] | "Living in the Moment" | |
| 2023 | "Good Vibes" |
| Year | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Roel Felius | "Dutch; Flemish: Mijn ogen zeggen alles|italic=unset" | Roel Felius | 118 | |
| 2004 | "Dutch; Flemish: Hij is een kei|italic=unset" | 32 | |||
| 2005 | Tess Gaerthé | "Stupid" | Tess Gaerthé | 36 | |
| 2006 | Kimberly Nieuwenhuis | "Dutch; Flemish: Goed|italic=unset" | Kimberly Nieuwenhuis | 30 | |
| 2007 | Lisa, Amy & Shelley | "Dutch; Flemish: [[Adem in, adem uit]]|italic=unset" | 36 | ||
| 2008 | "Dutch; Flemish: 1 dag|italic=unset" | Marissa Grasdijk | 34 | ||
| 2009 | Ralf Mackenbach | "Click Clack" | 36 | ||
| 2010 | "My Family" | 32 | |||
| 2011 | Rachel Traets | "Ik ben een teenager" | 36 | ||
| 2012 | Femke Meines | "Dutch; Flemish: Tik tak tik|italic=unset" | 31 | ||
| 2013 | Mylène & Rosanne | "Double Me" | 33 | ||
| 2014 | "Around" | 36 | |||
| 2015 | "Million Lights" | 36 | |||
| 2017 | colspan="2" | ||||
| 2018 | "Dutch; Flemish: Samen|italic=unset" | 34 | |||
| 2019 | "Dutch; Flemish: Dans met jou|italic=unset" | 36 | |||
| 2020 | "Best Friends" | Robert Dorn | 34 | ||
| 2021 | "Japanese: Mata Sugu Aō Ne|italic=unset" | Ferry Lagendijk | 33 | ||
| 2022 | Luna | "Italian: La festa|i=unset" | Robert Dorn | 36 | |
| 2023 | Sep & Jasmijn | "Holding On to You" | Robert Dorn | 36 |
The winner is determined by three sets of points; one given by a professional jury, one by a kid's jury, and one by public voting. The following table lists the members of the professional jury in the final.
| Year | Professional jury members | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bastiaan Ragas | Jamai Loman | Sylvana Simons | Birgit Schuurman | [10] | |
| 2004 | Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte | Kim-Lian van der Meij | Sander Lantinga | |||
| 2005 | Kim-Lian van der Meij | Sander Lantinga | Manuela Kemp | René Froger | [11] | |
| 2006 | Simone Kleinsma | Gerard Ekdom | Sita | [12] | ||
| 2007 | Gordon | Yes-R | [13] | |||
| 2008 | Gordon | Hind Laroussi | [14] | |||
| 2009 | Jeroen van der Boom | Lange Frans | Yolanthe Cabau | [15] | ||
| 2010 | Jamai Loman | Yes-R | [16] | |||
| 2011 | Stacey Rookhuizen | Ruud de Wild | Lieke van Lexmond | [17] | ||
| 2012 | Lieke van Lexmond | John Ewbank | [18] | |||
| 2013 | Katja Schuurman | Tim Douwsma | [19] | |||
| 2014 | Xander de Buisonjé | Niels Geusebroek | [20] | |||
| 2015 | Gerard Joling | Leona Philippo | Yes-R | [21] | ||
| 2017 | Kim-Lian van der Meij | Tim Douwsma | Sharon Doorson | [22] | ||
| 2018 | Maan de Steenwinkel | Buddy Vedder | [23] | |||
| 2019 | Edsilia Rombley | [24] | ||||
| 2020 | Duncan Laurence | Ronnie Flex | [25] | |||
| 2021 | Jeangu Macrooy | Emma Heesters | Rolf Sanchez | [26] | ||
| 2022 | Chantal Janzen | [27] | ||||
| 2023 | Soy Kroon | Meau | [28] | |||