Destination Tbilisi! Meadow, with her song “Freeze”, will represent the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will take place at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi (Georgia) on Saturday, December 13.
The young singer has won the Junior Songfestival 2025, the iconic Dutch national selection where the country’s representative for the children’s contest is chosen. Meadow, Coco & Tove, ICONIC, and LEVEL UP competed with their original entries in hopes of securing the ticket to Tbilisi, which ultimately went to Meadow.
After months of training and preparations, AVROTROS held the grand final of the Junior Songfestival 2025 at the RTM Stage Ahoy in Rotterdam, starting at 19:20 CEST, with Stefania Liberakakis and Matheu Hinzen as the hosts of the event.
Stay Tuned, winners of the Junior Songfestival 2024 and representatives of the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024, handed the trophy to the big winner of the 2025 competition.
With “Freeze”, Meadow triumphed by receiving the most votes from the professional jury, the kids’ panel, and the online vote. The song was composed by Daniel Van Der Molen, Elke Tiel, and Stas Swaczyna, produced by the authors themselves along with the AVRO Muziekuitgeverij music department and Blue Skies Publishing.
The entry will be the Netherlands’ 23rd participation in Junior Eurovision. Let’s remember that the Netherlands has taken part in Junior Eurovision without interruption since its very first edition in 2003.
Review the results of the Junior Songfestival 2025 Grand Final
After the live performances of the four finalist entries, the professional jury, the kids’ jury, and the viewers at home held the fate of the Junior Songfestival 2025 in their hands.
Fans of the competition were able to vote for their favorite entry free of charge through the official website. Meanwhile, the expert jury was made up of Sera, Hannah Mae, and Billy Dans. In the traditional kids’ jury, former contestants from the 2024 edition returned: Stay Tuned, winners of the Junior Songfestival 2024, and Veronika.
The combination of the three voting panels (each awarding 8, 9, 10, and 12 points) determined the final ranking of the Junior Songfestival 2025 and, consequently, the winning entry that will travel to Tbilisi.
After the jury and audience votes, the results of the Junior Songfestival 2025 were as follows:
| Rank | Artist | Song | TOTAL | Kids’ Jury | Professional Jury | Online Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Meadow | Freeze | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 2nd | ICONIC | Don’t Touch | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 3rd | LEVEL UP | Rule The World | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| 4th | Coco & Tove | Strong Girl Summer | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
What was the format of the Junior Songfestival 2025 grand final?
After opening the call for applications shortly after the 2024 edition took place, AVROTROS received more than 1,200 submissions. From these, the Dutch broadcaster selected the candidates to take part in the themed training rounds of the Junior Songfestival Academy 2025.
Then, over the course of several weeks, highlights of the final auditions were broadcast, from which the 11 finalists emerged. Finally, the contestants were grouped into four entries that would compete for the chance to represent the Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2025.
The grand final of the Junior Songfestival 2025 was held on Saturday, September 20, starting at 19:20 CEST at the RTM Stage Ahoy in Rotterdam. After three successful years hosting the national selection, Stefania Liberakakis and Matheu Hinzen returned to present the 2025 edition.
During the Dutch musical evening, we got to enjoy the 11 finalists on stage performing their respective songs. They delivered live performances of the four competing entries vying for the ticket to Tbilisi (Georgia).
A professional jury, a kids’ jury, and viewers at home all took part in choosing the winner of the Junior Songfestival 2025 and, consequently, the Netherlands’ representative at Junior Eurovision 2025.
The expert jury was made up of Sera, Hannah Mae, and Billy Dans. For the first time, the three members of the professional panel took on the great challenge of evaluating the finalist entries. Meanwhile, the traditional kids’ jury was composed of contestants from Junior Songfestival 2024: Stay Tuned, the 2024 winners, and Veronika shared their opinions and professional assessments during this exciting final.
Fans of the competition were able to vote for their favorite entry free of charge through the official Junior Songfestival website.
The combination of the three voting panels (each awarding 8, 9, 10, and 12 points) determined the final ranking of the Junior Songfestival 2025.
In addition, we saw the 11 finalists perform “Spotlights”, the group song of Junior Songfestival 2025. True to tradition, once again, the Dutch competition featured its own official anthem. “Spotlights” joined the long list of original group entries that have marked the competition throughout its more than two decades of history.
In this edition, for the first time, the contestants had a second group song titled “We Got The Power”. This track was released as part of NPO Zapp’s anti-bullying campaign “Stip It” (Samen Tegen Iemand Pesten – Together Against Bullying), which is based on a project of the Belgian broadcaster VRT of the same name.