The preliminaries for the Miss Ganzenhoedster election took place at the Stadskerk on Kerkstraat in Coevorden on Wednesday, with ten girls presenting themselves to the jury: Bo, Annelin, Charissa, Djoan, Fayèn, Marith, Shanaya, Talina, Tess and Jasmine.

The preliminaries for the Mini-Miss Ganzenhoedster election were held at the same church on Monday. Twenty candidates aged 6 to 11 presented themselves to the jury.