Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Country |
 Netherlands
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Junior Songfestival 2008 ⅓ Kids' Jury ⅓ Jury ⅓ Televoting |
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| Selection date(s) |
Semi-final 20 September 2008 27 September 2008 Final 4 October 2008 |
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| Selected entrant | Marissa | |||
| Selected song | "1 Dag" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 27 points | |||
| Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2008 through Junior Songfestival 2008, a national final consisting of 10 songs spread out into two semi-finals and a final. The final winner was Marissa with the song "1 Dag".
AVRO held a national final to select the Dutch entry for the contest. The contest consisted of two semi-finals and one final. Each semi-final had 5 songs, with 2 advancing to the final: one more entry was then granted access to the final as a wildcard entry, allowing 5 songs to compete in the final.
The votes were awarded as follows:
Over 1000 songs were submitted to AVRO for the competition. 73 of the artists submitted were asked to attend live auditions, which took place on 28 and 29 April in Rhenen. 17 entries were selected to go through to the next stage, where a further seven entries were rejected, leaving the final 10 entries that competed in the live shows.
Marissa was later involved in a car accident on 4 November 2008, just over two weeks away from the Contest in Limassol, when she and her sister collided with a car on a scooter. Marissa's leg was placed in plaster after being sprained, however this did not deter her from competing in the contest, with Marissa stating that she would try as much as she can to get to Junior Eurovision, even if she was in a wheelchair. Fortunately it did not come to this, and Marissa was able to perform as normal.
Marissa performed 11th at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008, performing after Malta and before Ukraine. Marissa received 27 points and finished 13th.
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