the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. However, internal selections have also been held on occasion. In 2011, TROS has internally selected the Dutch artist for the contest, while Nationaal Songfestival was organised in order to select the song. For 2012, Nationaal Songfestival was continued to select both the artist and song. Before Eurovision Nationaal Songfestival 2012 Nationaal Songfestival 2012 was the national final developed by TROS that selected the Dutch entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Co-produced by Big Brother and The Voice creator John de Mol, six entries competed in the competition that consisted of a final on 26 February 2012 which took place at the Studio 24 in Hilversum, hosted by Jan Smit. The show was broadcast on Nederland 1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's Eurovision Song Contest website songfestival.nl and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. The national final was a worldwide trending topic on Twitter on that day, and was watched by 2.264 million viewers in the Netherlands with a market share of 30.6%, making it the most watched Nationaal Songfestival since 2001. Format Six entries competed in the national final where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the six songs competed against each other in three duels and the winner of each duel proceeded to the superfinal based on the combination of votes from public televoting and a five-member expert jury. In the superfinal, the winner was selected as well by the combination of votes from the public and the expert jury. During both rounds, each juror distributed 10 points among the competing songs, while viewers were able to vote via telephone and SMS. An international jury consisting of 100 members from all participating countries at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 also voted in both rounds, but their votes only acted as an advisory role. The expert jury panel consisted of: – radio DJ Carlo Boszhard – television personality, singer, impersonator and host – entrepreneur and presenter Ali B – rapper Afrojack – DJ Competing entries A submission period was opened by the Dutch broadcaster on 6 July 2011 where artists and composers were able to submit their entries by posting envelopes in a huge suitcase installed at the courtyard of the TROS headquarters until 30 September 2011. Applicants could submit either lyrics, music, the name of an artist, a