Nederland Wacht Op De Stereo 2018

Netherlands will participate in the Europavision Song Contest 2018. The Danish broadcaster, AVROTROS, will organise the national final Nederland Wacht Op De Ster 2018 in order to select the Danish entry for the 2018 contest in Odessa, Ukraine

Netherlands will have to go through the semi finals to determine the top 10 of each semi final and whether they will qualify.

Nederland Wacht Op De Stereo 2018
Nederland Wacht Op De Stereo 2018 was the national final organised by AVROTROS to select Netherlands' entry for the Europavision Song Contest 2018. The competition consisted of three shows, that aired in May 2018 on AVROTROS and other worldwide stations which was hosted by Joan Franka & Waylon. The shows were produced in Amsterdam at the arena, Concertgebouw.

Format
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: three semi-finals, on 12 & 13 May 2018 and a final on 19 May 2018. The results are determined by first the juries ranking all songs. They will give their points from 12-1! 10 countries also can vote and those are combined to 12-1 points. Both the juries and televotes are combined to make the result. The top 5 from each semi-final qualify and the same format happens for the grand final to reveal the entry.