Tonight The Netherlands will decide upon their entry to be performed by the internally selected 3JS in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The trio will perform five songs and the winning song will be selected by a 50/ 50 public and jury vote.

The show:

The national final will be broadcasted at 21:20 CET from Hilversum at the Studio 21. The show will be presented by Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau. 2008 Dutch representative Hind will be amongst the jury that will have half the weight upon the decision for this year’s Dutch entry.

Last July 3JS were announced as the Dutch representatives for the next Eurovision Song Contest. 3JS is a Dutch boy band which consists of Jan Dulles, Jaap Kwakman and Jaap de Witte. The band was founded in 2002 and its name is based on the first letter of the band members' names.

The song titles:

1. De stroom (The stream)
2. Nooit alleen (Never alone)
3. Geef mij een naam (Give me a name)
4. Toen ik jou vergat (When I forgot you)
5. Weelderig waardeloos (Luxuriously worthless)

You can listen to fragments of the participating songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5NbTSPbE0o

How to watch:

Live on NED 1 (TROS) Astra 1G (19.2E)

Webcast: eurovision.tv – click here


Joined esctoday.com in 2010. He has a passion towards the Eurovision Song Contest and started following it in 1991. Since 2005 he attended the contest and reported live the events related to Europe's favourite show. He taught history and also worked as a journalist with the biggest private television and radio station in Malta. He currently works in the Communications Office at the Ministry for Family & Social Solidarity in Malta.