Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Netherlands in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Participating broadcasterAVROTROS
Country Netherlands
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 18 March 2020
Song: 4 March 2021
Competing entry
Song"Birth of a New Age"
ArtistJeangu Macrooy
Songwriters
Placement
Final result23rd, 11 points
Participation chronology
◄2020 2021 2022►

The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Birth of a New Age", written by Jeangu Macrooy and Pieter Perquin, and performed by Macrooy himself. The Dutch participating broadcaster, AVROTROS, internally selected Macrooy after he was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Grow" before the event's cancellation. In addition, AVROTROS, along with Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and their parent organisation Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO), was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, after winning the 2019 contest with the song "Arcade" performed by Duncan Laurence. Macrooy's re-appointment as the Dutch representative was announced on 18 March 2020, while the song was presented to the public during a special live broadcast on 4 March 2021.

As the host country, the Netherlands qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The country placed twenty-third out of the 26 participating countries with 11 points.