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Netherlands In The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through ''Junior Songfestival'', a national selection consisting of eight songs. The competing songs were broken down into two semi-finals taking place on 13 and 20 September 2014. The winner was announced to be Julia van Bergen (credited as Julia) with her song "Around" on 27 September 2014. The expert jury consisted of Xander de Buisonjé, Niels Geusebroek, and Yvonne Coldeweijer. Before Junior Eurovision ''Junior Songfestival 2014'' From each semi-final two entries qualified for the final based on the decision of adult and kids juries as well as televoting. The fifth entry in the final was chosen by online voting (web wildcard). Competing entries ;Table key : Participants who qualified to the final via jury and televoting. : Participants who qualified to the final via wildcard Semi-final 1 Semi-final 2 Final At Junior Eurovision At the running order draw which took place on 9 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Around (song)
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Around may refer to: * "Around" (song), by Julia van Bergen * ''Around'', 2006 album by Tom Verlaine * ''Around'', 2013 EP by Whirr * ''Around'', 2006 Palestinian film See also * Round (other) Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nul Points
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is selected by a positional voting system. The most recent system was implemented in the , and sees each participating country award two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs: one set from their professional jury and the other from televoting, with only televoting used in the semi-finals, and both jury and televoting in the final. Overview Small, demographically-balanced juries made up of ordinary people had been used to rank the entries, but after the widespread use of telephone voting in the contest organizers resorted to juries only in the event of a televoting malfunctions. In , Eircom's telephone polling system malfunctioned. Irish broadcaster RTÉ did not receive the polling results from Eir (telecommunications), Eircom in time, and substituted votes by a panel of judges. Between 1997 and 2003 (the first years of televoting), lines were opened to the public for only five minutes after the performance and recap of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In The Netherlands
This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2014. Incumbents *Monarch: William-Alexander *Prime Minister: Mark Rutte Events January * 1: The drinking age is raised from 16 to 18 years of age, causing 16 year-olds in the Netherlands to go into mourning. * 1: Darts player Michael van Gerwen wins the PDC World Darts Championship by beating Peter Wright in the final with 7-4. * 17: In Groningen, the minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp presents the gas accord that was struck by the government, the province and NAM. The natural gas extraction in Loppersum will be reduced by 80% to decrease the chance of earthquakes. Groningen will be compensated for damages caused by the gas extraction. February * 10: Former minister Els Borst is found dead in her house in Bilthoven. The autopsy proves that she was murdered. March * 10: Passports and ID cards are from now on valid for 10 years. Also, ID cards no longer require fingerprints. * 13: After years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies south of Sicily (Italy), east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The official languages are Maltese and English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of St. John, French, and British, amongst others. With a population of about 516,000 over an area of , Malta is the world's tenth-smallest country in area and fourth most densely populated sovereign cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands. It is served by the Harderwijk railway station. Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southeastern half of the municipality is largely forests. History Harderwijk received city rights from Count Otto II of Guelders in 1231. A defensive wall surrounding the city was completed by the end of that century. The oldest part of the city is near where the streets Hoogstraat and Grote Poortstraat now are. Around 1315 the city was expanded southwards, which included the construction of what is now called the Grote Kerk (Great Church). A second, northward expansion took place around 1425. Particularly along the west side of town, much of the wall still exists but often not in entirely original form. That also goes for the only remaining city gate, the Vischpoort (Fish Gate). Between 1648 and 1811, the University of Harderwijk operated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Douwsma
Tim Douwsma (born 4 November 1987) is a Dutch singer. In 2007, he participated in the talent show '' So You Wanna Be a Popstar'' on Dutch television channel SBS 6. Career Douwsma was born in Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands. After graduation from high school, he studied at the CIOS, a sports training school, but stopped his training to focus more on a singing and acting career, as well as briefly modeling. In 2007, he took part in ''So You Wanna Be a Popstar'' finishing fifth overall. At the end of 2007, he recorded his debut single "Wil je bij me blijven slapen op" that reached No. 18 on the Single Top 100. Signing with Roadstar Agency in February 2008, in April 2009, released his second single "Ga", written by Joost Griffioen and Ray Klaassen (The Rocketeers). In late 2009, Tim landed a small role as Melle in the film ''De Hel van '63'', directed by Steven de Jong. In early 2010 he released his latest single "Je bent de hemel", a Dutch adaptation of the Spanish song " Yo No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Smit
Margaret Gertrude Mary (Monique) Smit (born 9 April 1989) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. Early life Monique grew up in Volendam as the younger sister of Jan Smit. After finishing school, she attended Don Bosco College, and later became a hairdresser. Career Smit participated in her brother's reality series ''Gewoon Jan Smit''. She presented the show ''Zapp Kids Top 20'' for TROS and ''Wild van Muziek'' broadcast on Sterren 24. She also appeared in the reality show ''Just the Two of Us'' in 2007 where she came in second and performed in a duet with Xander de Buisonjé. Smit debuted with her solo "Wild", which was in top five in 2007. One year later she released her first solo album ''Stel Je Voor'', which contains singles like ""Vrouwenalfabet" and "Stel Je Voor". Smit has released four music albums and several music singles. Albums *''Stel je voor imited edition' (2008) *''Verder 4 tracks' (2010) *''Grenzeloos'' (in partnership with Tim Douwsma Tim Douw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Traets
Rachel Traets (born 16 August 1998) is a singer from the Netherlands. Traets lives in Wouw, a small village in the south-west of the Netherlands. In October 2011 she won the Dutch music competition Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Junior Songfestival 2011 with the song "" ( en, "I Am A Teenager"). She was selected to represent her country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held on 3 December 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia. A few weeks later the title "" was shrunk to "Teenager", which would be the official title for the Dutch entry. She came in second in the actual contest, five points behind the winner: Candy from Georgia. She received 12 points from Latvia and Belgium. Rachel is preceded by Anna and Senna who represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and succeeded by Femke Meines, Femke who represented the Netherlands in 2012. Currently, she is in a girlband, Hello August. Discography Albums * ''Teenager'' Singles * "Ik Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochem Fluitsma
Jochem Fluitsma (; born 1 June 1958 in Amsterdam, Netherlands), is a Dutch music producer and musician. With Eric van Tijn, he is also part of the musical writing duo Fluitsma & Van Tijn. He has written songs for The Scene, Guus Meeuwis & Vagant, Loïs Lane, De Kast, Willeke Alberti, the Dolly Dots and Mathilde Santing and Status Quo. He wrote the song "Vrede" with Eric van Tijn for Ruth Jacott, who represented the Netherlands in 1993 Eurovision Song Contest coming 6th overall. Van Tijn also co-wrote with Fluitsma the song " Hemel en aarde for "Edsilia Rombley Edsilia Francisca Rombley (born 13 February 1978) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. She began her career in 1995, as a member of the Dutch girl group Dignity. Rombley began her solo career in 1996, after winning the Dutch talent show ''S ... who represented the Netherlands coming 4th overall. He also took part in '' Idols'' as a musician. He won the Golden Harp Dutch music award in 1997, concurrently with Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 12th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and took place, for the first time, in Malta. This was the third time that the contest was hosted by the winning country. Maltese national broadcaster PBS was the host broadcaster for the event. The final took place on 15 November 2014 and was in the Malta Shipbuilding in Marsa, near Valletta. Moira Delia, a Maltese television personality, hosted the show, marking the first time in Junior Eurovision history that there was only one presenter of the show. The interval included a performance by last year's winner Gaia Cauchi and La Voix Academy featuring Andy Shaw and Veronica Rotin. A total of sixteen countries participated, with , and making their debuts. The winner of the contest was Vincenzo Cantiello, who represented Italy with the song "Tu primo grande amore". and finished in second and third place, respectively. This was Italy's first victory in a Eurovision com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjeerd Oosterhuis
Tjeerd-Pieter David Oosterhuis (; born 25 December 1971), also known as TJ Oosterhuis, is a Dutch musician, songwriter and producer known internationally for his chart topping work with Madcon, Kelly Rowland and Estelle. His production of Freaky Like Me for Madcon was a number 1 hit Norway. It went four times platinum there and received a gold certification in Germany. He is the son of writer, theologian and former priest Huub Oosterhuis. With his younger sister and singer Trijntje Oosterhuis, Tjeerd formed the mid-1990s band Total Touch. After Total Touch disbanded in 1997 Oosterhuis founded a music production company, DEMP, and produced the album ''Face to Face'' for his wife, Edsilia Rombley, and a solo album for his sister Trijntje. He has also worked with many other artists including Candy Dulfer, Mathilde Santing, K-otic, Gordon, Re-play, Di-rect, Alain Clark, Julian Thomas, Petra Berger, Hind, Henny Vrienten and Karin Bloemen. Throughout the years Oosterhuis has writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Van Tijn
Eric Job van Tijn (born 2 November 1956, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch music producer and judge on the Dutch versions of the music competitions '' Idols'' and ''X Factor''. He comes from a musical family. His parents Eli and Lena van Tijn founded ''Artisound'' the year he was born and he grew up around the studio. In his youth, and during school years, he played in various bands. He also studied composition, arrangement and playing the piano in the conservatory. His initial musical work was producing Patricia Paay. Soon after, he arranged and produced for the Dutch television show '' De Familie Knots'', which resulted in an album also produced by him. It was also the beginning of a long-running cooperation with Jochem Fluitsma. The two became known as Fluitsma & Van Tijn, they went on to produce many hits interpreted by The Scene, Guus Meeuwiss & Vagant, Loïs Lane, De Kast, Willeke Alberti, the Dolly Dots and Mathilde Santing. Other credits include Mai Tai, Henk Westbroek, Caugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
