| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
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| Selected entrant | Carlos Higes | |||
| Selected song | "Señorita" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Carlos Higes Will Taylor Primož Poglajen Michael James Down | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 137 points | |||
| Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Spain competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Prior to the 2022 contest, Spain had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest on seven occasions since its debut in the inaugural 2003 contest. Spain won the 2004 contest with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla", performed by María Isabel. [1] In the 2021 contest, Levi Díaz represented Spain with the song "Reír", achieving 15th place out of 19 countries with 77 points. [2]
For the first time since 2006, the Spanish broadcaster RTVE opted to use an open selection process to pick its representative. [3] An assessment committee made up of RTVE professionals created a shortlist from the 95 submissions received between mid-August and September to perform in the second phase, a live casting held in Madrid. [4] [5] Carlos Higes was announced as the selected artist during the broadcast of the MasterChef Celebrity on 3 October 2022. [5]
After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that Spain would perform eleventh on 11 December 2022, following North Macedonia and preceding United Kingdom. [6]
The 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. [7]
The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 9 December 2022 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 Sunday 11 December 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 three songs. [8] 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.
At the end of the voting, Spain finished in sixth place, coming in sixth with 59 points in the jury vote (including a maximum twelve points from the United Kingdom; Spain was also one of only two countries, along with Georgia, that managed to earn points from every national jury other than their own) and second with 78 points in the online vote. Spain awarded their twelve points to the host country, Armenia.
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| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 02 |  Poland | 13 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 03 |  Kazakhstan | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | |
| 04 |  Malta | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 05 |  Italy | 8 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | |
| 06 |  France | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 07 |  Albania | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | |
| 08 |  Georgia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 09 |  Ireland | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 10 |  North Macedonia | 15 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |
| 11 | Spain | |||||||
| 12 |  United Kingdom | 6 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 |  Portugal | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 |  Serbia | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 |  Armenia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 |  Ukraine | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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. Televisión Española (TVE), a division of Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) and member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), were responsible for the selection process of their participation. 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.
Russia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took take place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Russian broadcaster Russia-1, owned by the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Polina Bogusevich won the contest with the song "Wings".
Serbia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Irina Brodić and Jana Paunović were selected from national selection to represent Serbia with the song "Ceo svet je naš".
Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Armenian broadcaster Armenian Public Television (ARMTV) is responsible for organising their entry for the contest.
Spain participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. Spanish broadcaster RTVE was responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and internally selected the Spanish entrant for the contest.
Belarus participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) selected Arina Pehtereva with her song "Aliens" through an internal selection. She achieved 5th place with 130 points.
Spain competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held in Paris, France. National broadcaster RTVE selected Levi Díaz as the country's representative.
Armenia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France, having internally selected Maléna as their representative with the song "Qami Qami". She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with the song "Why" before the country withdrew due to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Armenia won with 224 points; 6 points more than the runner-up Poland.
Kazakhstan took part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The Kazakh entrant for the 2021 contest in Paris, France was selected through a national selection, organised by the Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency (KA). The semi-final took place online between 8 and 12 October 2021, while the final took place on 6 November 2021.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 20th edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Public Television Company of Armenia (AMPTV). The contest took place on 11 December 2022 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, following the country's victory at the 2021 contest with the song "Qami Qami" by Maléna. This was the second time that Armenia hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the first being in 2011.
North Macedonia competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. Macedonian broadcaster Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) is responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and selected Lara, Jovan and Irina as the Macedonian entrants.
Malta competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. Maltese broadcaster Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) was responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and organised a national final to select the Maltese entry.
The Netherlands participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. National broadcaster AVROTROS was responsible for the participation and selected the nation's entrant, Luna with the song "La festa", via national final Junior Songfestival 2022.
Armenia participated in and hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, having internally selected its representative, Nare with the song "Dance!", written by Grigor Kyokchyan and Nick Egibyan.
Portugal competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. Portuguese broadcaster RTP is responsible for the participation, and selected Nicolas Alves to represent the country, after being the runner-up on the third season of The Voice Kids, due to the actual winner Maria Gil having been born in November 2007.
Kazakhstan competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. The Kazakh broadcaster Khabar Agency (KA) selected its representative via children's contest Baqytty Bala.
The United Kingdom returned to compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Armenia, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan. On 25 August 2022, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that the country would return to the contest after a sixteen-year absence, replacing ITV who previously organised the country’s participation in the contest between 2003 and 2005. Freya Skye was selected as the UK entrant with the song "Lose My Head".
Albania competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. Kejtlin Gjata was selected to represent the country with the song "Pakëz diell" through the national selection competition Junior Fest 2022, organised on 25 October 2022 by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH).
Serbia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Spain competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which was held on 26 November 2023 in Nice, France. Spanish broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) was responsible for their participation and selected the nation's song and artist by internal selection. Sandra Valero was eventually selected to represent the country with the song "Loviu".