Internal selection A submission period was opened by the broadcaster on 17 May 2022 where artists and composers were able to submit their entries until 31 August 2022. Each artist and songwriter was able to submit a maximum of three songs, which were judged by a selection commission consisting of AVROTROS general director Eric van Stade, television presenter and author
Cornald Maas, singer and television presenter
Jan Smit, radio DJs Hila Noorzai, Carolien Borgers and
Sander Lantinga. AVROTROS announced
Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper as the Dutch entrants on 1 November 2022. On 22 February 2023, the duo would announce that their song for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 would be released on 1 March. Six days later, the duo announced the title of their song as "Burning Daylight". The song did not qualify for the finals. == Charts ==