Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

The Netherlands competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in France, which was held in Nice on 26 November 2023. Sep and Jasmijn were selected by AVROTROS to represent the country with their song "Holding On to You" 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 "La festa". She finished in 7th place with 128 points.

Junior Songfestival 2023
AVROTROS selected the Dutch representative through the televised national final Junior Songfestival, 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 took place on 23 September 2023 at 19:20 CET. During the online voting window of the final, the finalists performed a common theme song titled "Good Vibes". The winner was determined through points given by a kids jury, a professional jury and public voting, each having equal weight. The kids jury consisted of Junior Songfestival 2022 winner Luna and finalist Mixed Up, while the professional jury consisted of Soy Kroon, Sosha Duysker and Meau.

At Junior Eurovision
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 took place at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France on 26 November 2023.

Voting
At the end of the show, the Netherlands received 52 points from juries and 70 points from online voting, placing 7th.

Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Dutch jury:
 * Niels Schlimback
 * Peter Natrop
 * Sam Terbraak
 * Marieke van Oostrum
 * Zoë Aries