Spain participated in and hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, with a song performed by Chloe DelaRosa. The Spanish broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) is responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and will select the Spanish entrant and song through internal selection.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 18 July 2024 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Chloe DelaRosa | |||
| Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background
editPrior to the 2024 contest, Spain had participated in the contest nine times. Spain came second on its debut appearence in 2003 with the song "Desde el cielo" performed by Sergio, and won the contest the following year with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla" performed by María Isabel.[1] The country decided to take an indefinite break from the contest after the 2006 contest, with an RTVE representative stating "Junior Eurovision promotes stereotypes [they] do not share".[2] Spain returned after a 13-year absence in 2019.[3] Their return proved successful, with Melani García in 2019 and Soleá in 2020 both reaching third place.[4] In 2023, Sandra Valero competed for Spain with the song "Loviu", which ended up in 2nd place out of 16 entries with 201 points.[5]
Following the refusal of French broadcaster France Télévisions to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the third time in four years, Spain, which finished in second place in 2023, was offered to host the contest by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which it ultimately accepted and was announced as the host country on 14 February 2024,[6] with the Caja Mágica in Madrid announced as the venue on 10 May 2024.[7]
Before Junior Eurovision
editInternal selection
editThe Spanish entry for the 2024 contest will be selected internally by the Spanish broadcaster RTVE, which opened a submission process for interested artists aged between nine and fourteen on 14 May 2024. All submissions required participants to enter covers of two songs, with applications open until 3 July 2024.[8] It was previously anticipated in February 2024 that the selection method for the Spanish song and artist would follow a similar casting format to 2022 and 2023,[9] while on 10 May 2024 it was revealed that the song would be selected afterwards from a pool of entries submitted by "a large group of [both] national and international composers" and later recorded in September, with suitability to the vocal abilities and style of the selected artist having been reported to be one of the main criteria in the song selection process.[10][11] Upon closing the submission period, Benidorm Fest 2024 artistic director César Vallejo announced that nearly 300 applications had been submitted;[12] the precise number was later revealed to be 290.[13]
Following an audition round held on 16 July 2024 at Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, an expert jury panel appointed by RTVE determined the eventual representative for the country.[14] Chloe DelaRosa was announced as the Spanish entrant for the contest on 18 July 2024 during a presentation event held in the presence of RTVE's head of communications María Eizaguirre, head of the Spanish delegation to the contest Ana María Bordas and Vallejo.[15][16]
At Junior Eurovision
editThe Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to take place at Caja Mágica in Madrid on 16 November 2024. During the Heads of Delegation meeting on 1 October 2024, Spain was drawn be the 10th country to perform.[17]
Voting
editThe same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country has a national jury that consists of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. The rankings of those jurors are combined to make an overall top ten.[18]
The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting will begin on 15 November 2024 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on 16 November at 17:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for three songs.[19] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 10% of the votes, it will receive 10% of the available points.
References
edit- ^ "Hits after hits for Spain at Junior Eurovision". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Hondal, Victor (8 August 2007). "Spain withdraws from JESC 2007". ESCToday. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ "Spain: Junior Eurovision 2019 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Spain – Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Final of Nice 2023 – Eurovision Song Contest". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Spain will host Junior Eurovision 2024". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Madrid will host Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (11 May 2024). "🇪🇸 Spain: National Selection for Junior Eurovision Opens on May 14". Eurovoix. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Canto, Jesús (14 February 2024). "Ana María Bordas: "Hemos recibido bastantes propuestas de ciudades para albergar Eurovisión Junior 2024 en España"" [Ana María Bordas: "We have received quite a number of proposals by cities to host Junior Eurovision 2024 in Spain"]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (14 May 2024). "RTVE abre la convocatoria del casting para elegir al representante de España en Eurovisión Junior 2024" [RTVE opens the casting call to choose the representative of Spain in Junior Eurovision 2024]. ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (3 July 2024). "Today: Application Deadline for Junior Eurovision in 🇪🇸 Spain & 🇺🇦 Ukraine". Eurovoix. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Robles, Daniel (8 July 2024). "RTVE cede ante las críticas y cambiará el sistema de votaciones del Benidorm Fest 2025" [RTVE gives in to criticism and will change the voting system for Benidorm Fest 2025] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
"Estamos muy contentos, ya que las candidaturas para el Junior han doblado a las del año pasado. Hemos llegado a unas 300 candidaturas, por lo que lo vamos a pasar fatal con el casting", ha destacado Vallejo, asegurando que estos datos evidencian que Eurovisión Junior también interesa.
["We are very happy, as the number of candidates for the Junior competition has doubled compared to last year. We have reached around 300 candidates, so we are going to have a hard time with the casting", Vallejo stressed, assuring that this data shows that the Junior Eurovision is also of interest.] - ^ "Chloe DelaRosa representará a España en Eurovisión Júnior" [Chloe DelaRosa will represent Spain at Junior Eurovision] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Albacete. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ García Hernández, José (10 July 2024). "RTVE presentará a su artista para el Festival de Eurovisión Junior de Madrid el 18 de julio" [RTVE will present its artist for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Madrid on 18 July]. Eurovision-Spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Nogués, Andrea; Mancheño, José Miguel (10 July 2024). "RTVE presentará a su abanderado en Eurovisión Junior 2024 el próximo 18 de julio" [RTVE will present its flag bearer for Junior Eurovision 2024 on 18 July]. ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Chloe DelaRosa will represent Host Country Spain at Junior Eurovision". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2024: Spain to perform 10th, Italy to open and Malta to close show". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "How to vote". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union.