In the Dutch national final, het Nationaal Songfestival, six acts will compete against each other in duels, leaving three acts to go to the super final.

The acts

Duel 1

1 Raffaëla Paton "Chocolatte" Jan Rooymans (m&l), Chris Silos (m&l)

2 Joan Franka "You and Me" Joan Franka (m&l), Jessica Hogeboom (m&l)

Duel 2

3 Kim de Boer "Children of the World" Martijn Schimmer (m&l)

4 Ivan Peroti "Take me as I am'" Alain Clark (m&l), Steve Diamond (m&l), Ben Caver (m&l)

Duel 3

5 Pearl Jozefzoon "We can overcome" Gordon Groothedde (m&l), Curtis Richardson (m&l)

6 Tim Douwsma "Undercover Lover" Bruce R.F. Smith (l), Michel van der Zanden (m)