Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

AVROTROS selected the Dutch representative through the televised national final Junior Songfestival that was held on 25 September 2021. After rounds of auditions that were aired on the competition's YouTube channel, the finalists were revealed on 4 June.[4][5][6]

Like the 2020 edition, the final was hosted by Romy Monteiro and Buddy Vedder,[11] and it took place in the RTM Stage, a part of the Rotterdam Ahoy. AVROTROS also announced that audience members will be required to take a COVID-19 test before entering the auditorium, pending the Dutch government's regulations for September.[12]

The winner was determined through points given by a kids jury, a professional jury and public voting. The kids jury consisted of Junior Songfestival 2020 winners Unity and finalists Robin de Haas and Jackie & Janae, and the professional jury consisted of Jeangu Macrooy, Emma Heesters and Rolf Sanchez.[13] At the end of the night, Ayana was selected with the song "Mata Sugu Aō Ne" written by Ferry Lagendijk and performed in Dutch, English and Japanese. Ayana is a Dutch singer of Japanese and British descent.

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[15]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 17 December at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for three songs.[16] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

Points awarded to the Netherlands[17] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points  Italy 3 points  Ukraine 2 points 1 point  Kazakhstan  Serbia The Netherlands received 34 points from the online vote

Points awarded by the Netherlands[17] Score Country 12 points  France 10 points  Poland 8 points  Azerbaijan 7 points  Armenia 6 points  Italy 5 points  Georgia 4 points  Spain 3 points  Russia 2 points  Ukraine 1 point  Albania