Spain participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which took place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland. The Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) organised an internal selection to select the Spanish entry.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | ||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
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| Selected artist(s) | Melani García | |||
| Selected song | "Marte" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 3rd, 212 points | |||
| Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background
editPrior to the 2019 Contest, Spain had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in four consecutive years since its debut in the inaugural 2003 Contest, having won the contest on their second appearance with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla", performed by María Isabel. Spain came second twice, in both 2003 and 2005, and the remaining Spanish entrant finished in fourth position in 2006. The Spanish broadcaster TVE did not return to the contest in 2007, saying that "the Junior Eurovision promotes stereotypes we do not share".[1]
On 25 June 2019, TVE announced that they would return to the contest in 2019, after a 13-year absence.[2]
Before Junior Eurovision
editMelani García was announced as the Spanish entrant on 24 July 2019 during the talk show A partir de hoy, hosted by Máximo Huerta and aired on La 1.[3][4] Her entry's title, "Marte", and a preview of the song were released to the public on 20 September 2019.[5] The song was written and produced by Pablo Mora alongside Manu Chalud, with the collaboration of Melani García and it was released in full on 4 October 2019.[6]
At Junior Eurovision
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During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Spain was drawn to perform fifth on 24 November 2019, following North Macedonia and preceding Georgia.[7] Melani was accompanied on stage by Edurne Rodriguez, Yara Díez, Violeta Leal and María Mihali.[8]
Voting
editThe same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten.[9]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on 24 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs.[10] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.
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Detailed voting results
editThe following members comprised the Spanish jury:[12][13]
- María Isabel – winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
- Pablo Pinilla (jury chairperson) – composer, songwriter, producer
- Natalia Rodríguez – singer, composer, television host
- Ginebra – Kid from Community of Madrid Orchestra
- Jorge – Kid from Community of Madrid Orchestra
| Draw | Country | Juror A | M. Isabel[14][15] | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Australia
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11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 02 |  France
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7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 03 |  Russia
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10 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | |
| 04 |  North Macedonia
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8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 05 | Spain
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| 06 |  Georgia
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13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | |
| 07 |  Belarus
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3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| 08 |  Malta
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12 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | |
| 09 |  Wales
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14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan
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4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 |  Poland
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2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 |  Ireland
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15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 |  Ukraine
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17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 17 | |
| 14 |  Netherlands
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1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 |  Armenia
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6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 |  Portugal
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18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | |
| 17 |  Italy
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9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |
| 18 |  Albania
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16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 14 | |
| 19 |  Serbia
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5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "TVE anuncia este miércoles el candidato de España en Eurovisión Junior 2019". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ Rico, Vicente (24 July 2019). "Melani García representará a España en Eurovisión Junior 2019". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Melani García cantará "Marte" en Eurovisión Junior, un canto de esperanza y defensa del planeta". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ ""Marte", el himno de Melani en defensa de los océanos". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "This is the Junior Eurovision 2019 running order!". European Broadcasting Union. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Melani se subirá al escenario de Eurovisión Junior con sus cuatro coristas" [Melani will take to the Junior Eurovision stage with her four chorus girls]. RTVE (in Spanish). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "How to vote for your favourites in Junior Eurovision 2019". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Results of the Final of Gliwice-Silesia 2019". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "María Isabel, Natalia Rodríguez y Pablo Pinilla formarán el jurado español en Eurovisión Junior". RTVE.es. RTVE. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Eurovisión Junior 2019. RTVE.es a la carta. Event occurs at 00:09:55. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
El jurado español, el nuestro, lo integran el artista y productor Pablo Pinilla, las cantantes María Isabel, la ganadora de Eurovisión Junior en 2004, y Natalia Rodríguez, la cantante y compositora. Junto a ellos Ginebra y Jorge, del coro de niños de la Comunidad de Madrid.
- ^ "María Isabel y Natalia aclaran los votos del jurado español en Eurovisión Junior 2019: "No es nada fácil"". Formulatv.com. Fórmula TV. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
María Isabel, una de las integrantes del panel de profesionales, decidió salir al paso y aclarar sus votos. "Yo no he dado doce puntos a Polonia, ni siquiera la puse en primera posición, ni segunda, ni tercera, etc.
- ^ @mariaisabelamqs (24 November 2019). "Aclaro: yo no he dado 12 puntos a polonia, ni siquiera la puse en primera posición, ni segunda, ni tercera etc!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.