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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.

Dutch singers Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper are currently working with several coaches, including a singing coach, as part of their preparations for their performance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. The Dutch Eurovision entry has been under scrutiny since last week after delivering two heavily criticized and not-entirely-flawless performances in Madrid and Amsterdam.

Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper will represent the Netherlands at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

The selection commitee for the Netherlands' entry at Eurovision 2023 is set to meet in the first week of September after submissions close.

Avrotros chief executive Eric van Stade said the Ukrainian invasion was ‘a gross violation of universal values’.