| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Spain will participate in and host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid. 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.
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
editThe Spanish entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be selected internally, using a similar casting format to 2022 and 2023.[8] On 10 May 2024, RTVE announced a submission process for interested artists aged between nine and fourteen lasting from 14 May until 3 July;[9][10] it was also then specified that the representative would be chosen at most one week following a live audition round held in mid-July at Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, while 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. Suitability to the vocal abilities and style of the selected artist was also reported to be one of the main criteria in the song selection process.[11][12] At the closing of the window, nearly 300 applications had been submitted.[13]
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.
- ^ 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.
En la entrevista ha hablado también sobre el proceso que se realizará para escoger a nuestro representante en el festival infantil. Ha dicho que se realizará como años anteriores con un llamamiento y un proceso de selección posterior con un casting interno cerrando así la puerta a un retorno del Eurojunior.
[In the interview, she also talked about the process that will be followed to choose our representative at the children's festival. She said that it will be done, as in previous years, with a call and a subsequent selection process with an internal casting, thus closing the door to a return of the Eurojunior.] - ^ López, José David (10 May 2024). "RTVE abrirá el 14 de mayo la convocatoria para elegir al representante de España en Eurovisión Junior 2024" [RTVE will open the call to select the representative of Spain in Junior Eurovision 2024 on 14 May]. ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (11 May 2024). "🇪🇸 Spain: National Selection for Junior Eurovision Opens on May 14". Eurovoix. 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.]