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Make a big splash!
JESC 2007: The theme is “Water”
27 years old musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter, Kim-Lian van der Meij will be the female host of the 5th Junior Eurovision Song Contest. From 2003 to 2006 Kim-Lian hosted the Kids top 20 for the children network Jetix. She is famous for her hit single Teenage superstar and for her cover of Kim Wilde's hit Kids in america.
The theme of the forthcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be Water and the moto is Make a big splash! 5 Water curtains will decorate the show, 50,000 litres of water flow, drops and many wet elements, designed by Ronald van Bersselaar, explain this year’s logo of the singing girl in boots.
Special guest stars of the show will be the band Ch!pz. The show will open with all 17 participants performing the song One World, written by Jeroen Rietbergen and Ronald Molendijk, on stage of Ahoy’ indoor sporting arena. During the opening act 70 dancers of Dance Academy Lucia Marthas will perform.
This year the EBU have contracted a cooperation with UNICEF. They become officially coproduction partner of the AVRO broadcaster for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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Since you are born and raised in Hilversum, of course you find the word Holland not offensive. But for people from Friesland, Groningen, Achterhoek, Limburg, Brabant (to name a few) it is offensive. Most of them don't consider themselves a Hollander. I sure don't. Using the term Holland for the Netherlands, is like using England for the UK, or Bavaria for Germany. The Netherlands is a whole lot more then Holland.
Wait a sec... Just when did ''a whole lot of Dutch people'' start finding the term Holland ''offensive''?!
I'm Dutch, born and bred in Hilversum and nearly everyone in my family uses the term Holland some time or other! Can I just remind you of ''Hollandse zuunigheid, Hollandse nieuwe, Hup Holland Hup?!''
The reason I (we) often use Holland in stead of The Netherlands when speaking english is just that it's twice as short and more people know what you mean.
Offensive? Yeah right.
PS: About this article, i think its a great theme, and very appropriate. And Kim-Lian is a very nice presenter. And if what I read here comes true the stage is gonna be spectacular, just like in Helsinki. Its just sad to think this is probably the only way we'll ever host another ESC again. On the other hand, what am i complaining about. Hup HOLLAND Hup! 
Kim-Lian's father, Ron van der Meij, was a member of the duo Simple & Pure, in the National final of the Netherlands in 1990 with the song "Einde van de regentijd" !
ESC in the Netherlands in 2009 would be great 
Well said, w s. I know people don't mean to be offensive, but I see Holland as an offence, as I live in the Netherlands. Holland is most of the West-Coast. I mean, we are not going to call Serbia Kosovo are we? Or Belgium West-Flanders... Next is, indeed, the East just clearly does not like us, you can see that in the voting and how most of the east reacts to our ideas. The 5th jESC in Rotterdam is going to be the highlight in jESC history. We've produced some of the best organised ESC's, we'll continue this in Rotterdam this year 
im sorry cause bosnia withdrow from jesc..........
anyway, good luck to everybody!
wow Kim Lian and Chips 
great! And the theme is just perfect!
Edin, my countries name isn't Holland. Actually that name is offensive to a whole lot of Dutch people. And I didn't expect you to have high expectations of this year's jESC. After all the Netherlands lies in the west of Europe. And we are incapable of doing anything good. Maybe it is because of the cold. ;-)
the moto "Make a big splash!” is really great!!! I love it! Hope the show will be as nice as we can expect and I hope that Swedish Frida will get #1 position or somewhere close 'cause it's nu eller aldrig
The theme sounds good!
A very good idea !
I am so excited to go there !
What about Russia ? Has the entry been disqualified or not ?
Water as a theme for The Netherlands is almost obvious. We are a country with lots of water. For years we have water as an enemy but also as a friend. If you thing that this isn't original, next years theme isn't original either. (Cyprus: fun in the sun) What else did you expect from us? I think if we used the stereotypes tulips and mills, it would be less original. And in the past, was there any songcontest with the theme water? No.
Just wait untill you've seen the contest in Rotterdam and then give your opinion about originalty
yes
Won't Spain have to pay the participation fee as they withdrew after the deadline?
Kim Lian should represent Netherlands in ESC, she is great
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