complete audio production or a combination thereof, and were required to give their reasons for entering into a camera built in the suitcase when posting their envelopes. 491 submissions were received by the broadcaster at the closing of the deadline, and the six selected competing entries were announced during a press conference on 5 January 2012. The selection of the entries for the competition occurred through the decision by a selection commission consisting of Peter Kuipers, John de Mol, Daniël Dekker, André de Raad, Natascha Lammers and Cornald Maas. Final The final took place on 26 February 2012. The allocation draw for the duels took place on 19 February 2012 during the RTL 4 programme Life4You. In the first round, six acts competed against each other in three duels and the 50/50 combination of a public televote and the votes of a five-member expert jury determined the winners of each duel that proceeded to the superfinal. The international jury vote in the duels were won by Pearl Jozefzoon, Raffaëla Paton and Ivan Peroti, respectively. In the superfinal, the winner, "You and Me" performed by Joan Franka, was selected by the public and jury vote. "Take Me As I Am" performed by Ivan Peroti was the winner of the international jury vote. Promotion Joan Franka specifically promoted "You and Me" as the Dutch Eurovision entry by taking part in promotional activities in Turkey between 27 and 29 April, including media and television appearances. In addition to international appearances, promotional activities also occurred within the Netherlands where she performed at live events, radio shows and talk shows. On 21 April, Franka performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam and hosted by Ruth Jacott and Cornald Maas. At Eurovision According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2012, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as