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Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The participation of Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest first began at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The current Spanish participant broadcaster in the contest is Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). Spain used a national selection format, broadcasting a show entitled Eurojunior, for their participation at the contests. The first representative to participate for the nation at the 2003 contest was Sergio with the song "Desde el cielo", which finished in second place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of 125 points. Spain did not participate from 2007 to 2018, but returned to the contest in 2019.[1]

Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Spain
Participating broadcasterRadiotelevisión Española (RTVE; 2019–present)
Formerly
Participation summary
Appearances10
First appearance2003
Highest placement1st: 2004
Host2024
Participation history
    • 2003
    • 2004
    • 2005
    • 2006
    • 2007 – 2018
External links
Spain's page at JuniorEurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

History

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María Isabel who won for Spain at Junior Eurovision 2004.

Spain is one of the sixteen countries to have made their debut at the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003, which took place on 15 November 2003 at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2] Child singer Sergio was the first participant to represent Spain with the song "Desde el cielo",[3] which finished in second place out of sixteen participating entries, achieving a score of 137 points.[4] Spain is one of the most successful countries in the contest, with its first six entrants all finishing in the top 5. The country won in 2004, with "Antes muerta que sencilla" performed by María Isabel, as well as coming second place twice, in both 2003 and 2005. Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) did not return after the 2006 contest, stating "the Junior Eurovision promotes stereotypes we do not share".[5]

Since 2013, there were several attempts to manage the return of Spain to the contest. During the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, the head of the Spanish delegation, Federico Llano said that Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) was not planning to participate in the 2014 contest.[6][7] In 2014, it was stated that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) television committee would discuss the possibility of allowing commercial television channels to participate, in order to negotiate with Spanish private broadcasters to manage the return of Spain to the contest. These attempts did not come to fruition.[8][9][10][11] In 2015, several media outlets reported that RTVE was working on returning to the contest, but, these claims were not confirmed by the broadcaster.[12][13]

On 13 May 2016, EBU Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand announced at a press conference that the EBU were in contact with broadcasters from several countries including Spain, so that they would participate in the 2016 contest.[14] On 28 September 2016, however, Spain was not listed as one of the seventeen participating countries in the contest.[15] RTVE returned to the contest in 2019 after a 13-year absence.[1] Their return proved to be successful, with "Marte" by Melani García in 2019 and "Palante" by Soleá in 2020 both reaching third place. Their success, however, could not be repeated with "Reír" by Levi Díaz, who placed 15th, the first time Spain had finished outside the top 10. In 2022, "Señorita" by Carlos Higes placed 6th, bringing Spain back to the top 10 for the first time since 2020. In 2023, "Loviu" by Sandra Valero finished 2nd, giving Spain their best result since 2005.

On 14 February 2024, the EBU and RTVE announced that the latter will host the 2024 contest after previous winners France's France Télévisions opted against hosting. It will be the first time that Spain has hosted the contest and the first Eurovision event to be held in the country since the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid.[16] On 10 May 2024, the EBU and RTVE selected Madrid as the host city for the event.[17]

Participation overview

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Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
† Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2003 Sergio "Desde el cielo" Spanish 2 125
2004 María Isabel "Antes muerta que sencilla" Spanish 1 171
2005 Antonio José "Te traigo flores" Spanish 2 146
2006 Dani Fernández "Te doy mi voz" Spanish 4 90
2019 Melani García "Marte" Spanish 3 212
2020 Soleá "Palante" Spanish 3 133
2021 Levi Díaz "Reír" Spanish 15 77
2022 Carlos Higes "Señorita" Spanish, English 6 137
2023 Sandra Valero "Loviu" Spanish[a] 2 201
2024 Chloe DelaRosa "Como la Lola" Spanish 6 144

Commentators and spokespersons

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The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[18] TVE sent their own commentators to the contest in order to provide commentary in the Spanish language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Spain. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2003.

Year(s) Channel TVE Commentator Catalan Commentator (Ràdio 4) Radio Nacional Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2003 La 1 Fernando Argenta No broadcast No broadcast Jimmy Castro
[19]
2004 Lucho
[20][21]
2005 Beatriz Pécker [es] and Lucho Gonzalo Gutiérrez Blanco
[22]
2006 Fernando Argenta and Lucho Lucía
[23]
2007–2018 No broadcast Did not participate N/A
2019 La 1, TVE Internacional Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela and Víctor Escudero Violeta Leal
[24][25]
2020 Tony Aguilar, Eva Mora and Víctor Escudero Melani García
[26][27]
2021 Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela Lucía Arcos
[28][29]
2022 Juan Diego Álvarez
[30][31]
2023
[32][33]
2024 Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez David Asensio and Sara Calvo Carlos Higes
[34][35][36][37]

Hostings

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Year Location Venue Presenters Ref.
2024 Madrid Caja Mágica Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani García [16][38]
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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Contains repeated phrases in English, French, Italian and Portuguese

References

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  1. ^ a b "Spain: Junior Eurovision 2019 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ García, Belén (7 September 2015). "#BestOfJESC – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003". esc-plus.com. ESC+Plus. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (9 November 2012). "Remember the first ever Junior Eurovision Song Contest?". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Scoreboard". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 15 November 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ Hondal, Victor (2007-08-08). "Spain withdraws from JESC 2007". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  6. ^ García, Belén (21 May 2014). "Junior Eurovision:Spain no plans to return this year (exclusive)". esc-plus. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  7. ^ Granger, Anthony (21 May 2014). "Spain: No Plans To Return To Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  8. ^ "EBU negotiating with private TV channels". @JuniorESCPress Twitter account. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  9. ^ Yakovlev, Vladislav (30 August 2014). "#AskVlad : About the participating countries of JESC 2014". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  10. ^ Granger, Anthony (28 September 2014). "Spain: Private Channel For JESC 2014 Not Possible". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  11. ^ Pérez, Lluis (17 November 2014). "¿Volverá España al Festival de Eurojunior en 2015?" (in Spanish). Ahoramundotv.es. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014.
  12. ^ Granger, Anthony (5 June 2015). "Spain TVE to return to Junior Eurovision?". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  13. ^ Morales, Víctor (6 June 2015). "TVE estudia su vuelta al Festival de Eurovisión Junior". formulatV.com (in Spanish). FormulaTV. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  14. ^ Granger, Anthony (13 May 2016). "JESC'16 big change to the contest announced". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  15. ^ Jordan, Paul (28 September 2016). "17 Countries Confirmed For Junior Eurovision 2016!". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Spain will host Junior Eurovision 2024". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  17. ^ "Madrid named as Host City of Junior Eurovision 2024". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  18. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  19. ^ "Sergio Jesús intentará ganar el "I Festival Eurojunior"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 15 November 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  20. ^ "TVE-1 ofrece el segundo Festival de Eurovisión Junior". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 20 November 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  21. ^ Morales, Fernando (21 November 2004). "María Isabel gana en Noruega la segunda edición del Festival de Eurovisión Junior". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  22. ^ "La Primera retransmite el Festival de Eurovisión Junior 2005". ABC (in Spanish). 26 November 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  23. ^ "España, a seguir en la élite de Eurojunior con Dani y su "Te doy mi voz"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 2 December 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  24. ^ David, José (22 October 2019). "TVE emitirá el Festival de Eurovisión Junior 2019 por La 1 y TVE internacional". escplus.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  25. ^ "Tony Aguilar y Julia Varela comentarán el Festival de Eurovisión Junior 2019". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  26. ^ RTVE.es (2020-10-23). "Tony Aguilar y Eva Mora comentarán Eurovisión Junior 2020". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  27. ^ "Melani será la portavoz del jurado de España en Eurovisión Junior 2020". RTVE (in Spanish). 2020-11-16. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16.
  28. ^ Washak, James (22 November 2021). "Spain: TVE Internacional Will Air Junior Eurovision 2021". Eurovoix.
  29. ^ "Tony Aguilar y Julia Varela comentarán el Festival de Eurovisión Junior 2021" (in Spanish). RTVE.com. 2021-12-02.
  30. ^ Carros, David (18 November 2022). "Eurovisión Junior se podrá ver en todo el mundo a través de TVE Internacional". ESCplus España (in Spanish).
  31. ^ Cano Alcalá, Beatriz (1 December 2022). "Tony Aguilar y Julia Varela comentarán Eurovisión Junior 2022 en La 1 de TVE". ESCPlus España (in Spanish).
  32. ^ "Eurovisión Junior 2023 se podrá ver en todo el mundo a través de TVE Internacional". ESCplus España (in European Spanish). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  33. ^ "Sandra Valero: "lo que más ganas tengo es de ver el escenario"". RTVE. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  34. ^ "España organizará el Festival de Eurovisión Junior 2024" [Spain to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024]. RTVE (in Spanish). 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  35. ^ "Julia Varela y Toni Aguilar serán los comentaristas españoles de Eurovisión Junior 2024" [Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar will be the Spanish commentators at Junior Eurovision 2024]. escplus.es (in European Spanish). ESCplus España. 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  36. ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (2024-10-08). "Radio Nacional de España emitirá en directo Eurovisión Junior 2024 y por primera vez contará con comentarios en catalán" [Spanish National Radio will broadcast Junior Eurovision 2024 live and for the first time will have commentary in Catalan]. ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  37. ^ Granger, Anthony (2024-11-15). "Eight Past Participants Among the Spokespersons for Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  38. ^ "The hosts of Junior Eurovision 2024 revealed". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
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