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finished product from a Dutch artist. The statement reads:
“AVROTROS or the selection committee will not set up a trajectory with an artist/songwriter to come to a (final) product. It is expected that a (demo) song of artist/songwriter with the above criteria will be brought to the attention of the selection committee at an advanced stage.”
This demonstrates their preference for a song rather than an artist. Between 2013 and 2018, the broadcaster focused on the creative freedom of the internally selected artists. However, in both 2017 and 2018, AVROTROS’ selection committee members felt that they had lost power over the entry they were sending.