AVROTROS acknowledged that the broadcaster has fallen short regarding the Dutch participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. In hindsight, broadcasting director Eric van Stade would have approached the preparation and supervision of the Dutch entry, Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper, in a different way. "There should have been more control over the entire process," he says to ANP after an extensive performance evaluation within AVROTROS. "The main lesson is that the distance between the selection committee and the final act must be reduced," says Van Stade.