Tonight the first Dutch preselection for the Nationaal Songfestival 2003 will take place in Nijkerk. Eight candidates will perform, two entries will continue to the final in Rotterdam Ahoy on March 1.

The jury will select one entry to continue to the final, the television viewers can select one entry too with televoting. In case if they select the same entry, the second choice of the public will continue.

Although the programme will not be broadcasted live on the internet, the show will be placed online right afterwards at songfestival.nl. The show starts at 20:00 CET, the results are expected around 22.30 CET.

Esctoday.com will be present at the preselection. The results can be found online right after the show, tomorrow we will publish a detailed report with photo galleries.