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Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018#Max and Anne

{{Short description|2018 Junior Eurovision participation}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox song contest national year

| Contest = Junior

| Year = 2018

| Country = Netherlands

| Selection process = Junior Songfestival 2018

| Selection date = 29 September 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-dutch-national-final-date-revealed/|title=Junior Eurovision: Dutch national final date revealed|last=García|first=Belén|website=esc-plus.com|access-date=29 July 2018}}

| Artist = Max & Anne

| Song = Samen

| Writer = Babette Labeij
Dimitri Veltkamp
Robin van Veen

| SF result =

| Final result = 13th, 91 points

}}

The Netherlands was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November 2018. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS was responsible for the organisation of their representative at the contest. Their entry was selected through the national selection Junior Songfestival 2018, which had four songs. For the first time in the history of Junior Songfestival, the competing songs were written fully by famous Dutch musicians.

Background

{{main|Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}

Prior to the 2018 Contest, the Netherlands had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 2003. The Netherlands have won the contest on one occasion: in 2009 with the song "Click Clack" performed by Ralf Mackenbach. In 2017, the Netherlands placed 4th out of 16 entries with the song "Love Me" performed by the boy band Fource.

Before Junior Eurovision

= ''Junior Songfestival 2018'' =

==Competing entries==

The artists were credited without their surnames.

class="wikitable"

! Artist

! Song

! Songwriter(s)

! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

Remix

| "What Girls Do"

| Lennard Vink, Joost Griffioen and Anja Zegwaard

|{{cite web|last=García|first=Belén|website=esc-plus.com|title=Junior Eurovision: First Dutch candidate song revealed, listen to ‘What Girls Do’ by Remix|url=https://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-first-dutch-candidate-song-revealed-listen-to-what-girls-do-by-remix/|access-date=23 July 2018|date=23 July 2018}}

Anna Grigorian

| "Touch Each Other's Heart"

| Jermain van der Bogt, Willem Laseroms

|{{cite web|last=García|first=Belén|url=https://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-second-dutch-candidate-song-revealed-listen-to-touch-each-others-heart-by-anna/|title=Junior Eurovision: Second Dutch candidate song revealed, listen to ‘Touch Each Other’s Heart’ by Anna|website=esc-plus.com|access-date=24 July 2018|date=24 July 2018}}

style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"

| Max & Anne

| "Samen"

| Babette Labeij, Dimitri Veltkamp, Robin van Veen

|{{cite web|last=García|first=Belén|url=https://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-new-dutch-candidate-song-revealed-listen-to-samen-by-anne-max/|title=Junior Eurovision: New Dutch candidate song revealed, listen to ‘Samen’ by Anne & Max|website=esc-plus.com|access-date=25 July 2018|date=25 July 2018}}

Kiya van Rossum

| "Butterflies"

| Christina Monteiro, Douriz Monteiro, Garfaёila Jovanca Ethelina Brown, Milangchelo Junior Martina

|{{cite web|last=Solano|first=Cristhian|url=https://www.esc-plus.com/junior-eurovision-last-dutch-candidate-song-revealed-listen-to-butterflies-by-kiya/|title=Junior Eurovision: Last Dutch candidate song revealed, listen to ‘Butterflies’ by Kiya|website=esc-plus.com|access-date=26 July 2018|date=26 July 2018}}

==Final==

The final was held on 29 September 2018, hosted by Romy Monteiro.

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! colspan="9" |Final – 29 September 2018

Draw

! Artist

! Song

! Kids Jury

! Jury{{efn-la|The members of the professional jury were Maan, Buddy Vedder and Tommie Christiaan.{{Cite web|title=The Netherlands: Junior Songfestival Professional Jury Revealed|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/09/28/the-netherlands-junior-songfestival-professional-jury-revealed|website=Eurovoix|last=Granger|first=Anthony|date=2018-09-28|access-date=2020-10-05}}}}

! Televote

! Total

! Place

1

| align="left"| Remix

| align="left"| "What Girls Do"

|8

|9

|9

|26

|3

style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"

|2

| align="left"| Max & Anne

| align="left"| "Samen"

|12

|10

|12

|34

|1

3

| align="left"| Kiya

| align="left"| "Butterflies"

|9

|8

|8

|25

|4

4

| align="left"| Anna

| align="left"| "Touch Each Other's Heart"

|10

|12

|10

|32

|2

{{notelist-la}}

Artist and song information

File:Max & Anne at JESC 2018.jpg

{{Infobox song contest entry

| junior = yes

| song = {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} "Samen"

| image =

| caption =

| year = 2018

| country = Netherlands

| artist = Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre

| as = Max & Anne

| with =

| languages = Dutch, English

| composer =

| lyricist =

| place = 13th

| points = 91

| lyrics =

| prev_year = 2017

| prev = Love Me

| prev_link = Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

| next_year = 2019

| next = Dans met jou

| next_link = Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

}}

=Max & Anne=

Max & Anne were a pop duo consisting of child singers Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. The duo was active between 2018 and 2019. They represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Samen".{{cite web|last=Farren|first=Neil|url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/09/29/the-netherlands-max-anne-to-junior-eurovision-2018/|title=The Netherlands: Max & Anne to Junior Eurovision 2018|publisher=Eurovoix|access-date=29 September 2018|date=29 September 2018}}

Albertazzi was born on 17 August 2004 in Houten. In July 2020, she came out as transgender.{{cite web |last1=Pakuła |first1=Dagmara |title=Uczestnik Eurowizji dla Dzieci zrobił coming out. "Jestem transseksualistą" |url=https://plejada.pl/newsy/max-albertazzi-jest-transseksualista-coming-out-uczestnika-eurowizji-junior/zsmky80 |website=Plejada |access-date=3 September 2022 |language=pl |date=14 July 2020}} Buhre was born on 31 March 2004 in Voorschoten.

=Samen=

"Samen" ({{Trans|'Together'}}) is a song by Dutch singers Maxime Albertazzi and Anne Buhre. It represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Maxime and Anne performed on the big stage and their dancers Idaila Voorn and Marc Vermeulen performed on the extra stage. They finished thirteenth with 91 points (23 points from national juries and 68 points from the online voting).

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Netherlands was drawn to perform sixth on 25 November 2018, following Russia and preceding Azerbaijan.{{cite web |last1=Zwart |first1=Josianne |title=Running order of Junior Eurovision 2018 revealed |url=https://junioreurovision.tv/story/running-order-2018 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119214522/https://junioreurovision.tv/story/running-order-2018 |archive-date=19 November 2018 |date=19 November 2018 |url-status=live}}

=Voting=

{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest voting explanation|2018}}

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+ Points awarded to the Netherlands{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Minsk 2018 |url=https://junioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2018/final/results/the-netherlands |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601134801/https://junioreurovision.tv/event/minsk-2018/final/results/the-netherlands |archive-date=1 June 2021 |url-status=live}}
scope="col" width="33%" | Score

! scope="col" | Country

scope="row" | 12 points

|

scope="row" | 10 points

|

scope="row" | 8 points

|

scope="row" | 7 points

|

scope="row" | 6 points

| {{Esc|Armenia|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 5 points

|

scope="row" | 4 points

| {{Esc|France|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 3 points

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Australia|Junior|y=2018}}|{{Esc|Israel|Junior|y=2018}}}}

scope="row" | 2 points

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Georgia|Junior|y=2018}}|{{Esc|Russia|Junior|y=2018}}}}

scope="row" | 1 point

| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Serbia|Junior|y=2018}}|{{Esc|Ukraine|Junior|y=2018}}|{{Esc|Wales|Junior|y=2018}}}}

colspan="2" | The Netherlands received 68 points from the online vote

{{col-2}}

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+ Points awarded by the Netherlands
scope="col" width="20%" | Score

! scope="col" | Country

scope="row" style="background:gold" | 12 points

| {{Esc|Australia|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" style="background:silver" | 10 points

| {{Esc|Malta|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" style="background:#CC9966" | 8 points

| {{Esc|Belarus|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 7 points

| {{Esc|France|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 6 points

| {{Esc|Armenia|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 5 points

| {{Esc|Kazakhstan|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 4 points

| {{Esc|Ukraine|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 3 points

| {{Esc|Russia|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 2 points

| {{Esc|Georgia|Junior|y=2018}}

scope="row" | 1 point

| {{Esc|Israel|Junior|y=2018}}

{{col-end}}

==Detailed voting results==

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+ {{nowrap|Detailed voting results from the Netherlands}}
scope="col" | Draw

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Juror A

! scope="col" | Juror B

! scope="col" | Juror C

! scope="col" | Juror D

! scope="col" | Juror E

! scope="col" | Average Rank

! scope="col" | Points Awarded

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 01

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Ukraine|Junior|y=2018}}

| 10

| 6

| 11

| 5

| style="background:silver;" | 2

| 7

| 4

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 02

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Portugal|Junior|y=2018}}

| 19

| 17

| 18

| 19

| 12

| 19

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 03

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Kazakhstan|Junior|y=2018}}

| 8

| 4

| 7

| 10

| style="background:#CC9966;" | 3

| 6

| 5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 04

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Albania|Junior|y=2018}}

| 9

| 14

| 15

| 9

| 15

| 13

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 05

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Russia|Junior|y=2018}}

| 7

| 8

| style="background:#CC9966;" | 3

| 13

| 9

| 8

| 3

class="sortbottom"

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 06

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Netherlands|Junior|y=2018}}

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 07

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Azerbaijan|Junior|y=2018}}

| 18

| 16

| 12

| 14

| 14

| 17

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 08

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Belarus|Junior|y=2018}}

| style="background:gold;" | 1

| style="background:gold;" | 1

| 9

| 6

| 8

| style="background:#CC9966;" | 3

| style="background:#CC9966;" | 8

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 09

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Ireland|Junior|y=2018}}

| 6

| 18

| 13

| 12

| 17

| 14

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Serbia|Junior|y=2018}}

| 17

| 11

| 19

| 16

| 13

| 18

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Italy|Junior|y=2018}}

| 14

| 19

| 16

| 7

| 11

| 15

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Australia|Junior|y=2018}}

| 4

| style="background:#CC9966;" | 3

| style="background:silver;" | 2

| style="background:silver;" | 2

| style="background:gold;" | 1

| style="background:gold;" | 1

| style="background:gold;" | 12

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 13

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Georgia|Junior|y=2018}}

| 16

| 15

| 6

| style="background:#CC9966;" | 3

| 10

| 9

| 2

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 14

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Israel|Junior|y=2018}}

| style="background:#CC9966;" | 3

| 7

| 8

| 17

| 16

| 10

| 1

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 15

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|France|Junior|y=2018}}

| 5

| style="background:silver;" | 2

| 4

| 11

| 6

| 4

| 7

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 16

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Macedonia|Junior|y=2018}}

| 11

| 10

| 14

| 18

| 5

| 11

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 17

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Armenia|Junior|y=2018}}

| style="background:silver;" | 2

| 5

| 5

| 15

| 7

| 5

| 6

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 18

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Wales|Junior|y=2018}}

| 15

| 13

| 17

| 4

| 19

| 16

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 19

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Malta|Junior|y=2018}}

| 12

| 9

| style="background:gold;" | 1

| style="background:gold;" | 1

| 4

| style="background:silver;" | 2

| style="background:silver;" | 10

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 20

| style="text-align:left;" | {{Esc|Poland|Junior|y=2018}}

| 13

| 12

| 10

| 8

| 18

| 12

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" |

References

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{{Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest}}

{{Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018}}

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