It's kick-off time for the Netherlands today, as the first of four semifinals takes place tonight at the Pepsi Stage in Amsterdam. Esctoday.com covers today's events live in cooperation with songfestival.nl, the official Dutch national selection site.

Rehearsal time!
The dress rehearsal of the first Nationaal Songfestival 2005 semifinal starts at 15:45 CET and our photographer and reporter are present!

1. Trinity – Go
2. Renée & Dennis – One look
3. Wilson – Something
4. Yvette – Someone like you
5. Jeen – Een leven lang
6. Chantal – Eat yer heart out, Leonardo!

Voting
Tonight, six songs will be performed. The televoters decide which two songs continue to the final, which takes place on 13th February. From the four songs that are left, the jury will select one more song to continue to the final. To keep everything exciting, it will not be announced which songs are selected by the televoters and the jury. The televoting results of all semifinals will be made public after the final.

Stay tuned for more!