Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 24 July 2019 Song: 4 October 2019
Selected entrant	Melani García
Selected song	"Marte"
Selected songwriter(s)	Pablo Mora Manu Chalud
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 212 points
Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Background

Prior 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]

Artist and song information

Melani García during her performance.

Melani 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

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. Melani was accompanied on stage by Edurne Rodriguez, Yara Díez, Violeta Leal and María Mihali.[7]

Voting

The results of the contest were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Each 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 represent. This jury judged each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they could not vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting started on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on 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 24 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and started immediately after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They could also vote for their own country’s song. These votes were be turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it would receive 20% of the available points. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Spain

Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Albania  Italy	North Macedonia	France  Ireland  Poland  Portugal	Belarus  Kazakhstan  Wales	Ukraine
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands  Serbia	Malta			Australia

• Spain received 104 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Spain

12 points  Poland 10 points  Netherlands 8 points  Kazakhstan 7 points  Armenia 6 points  Belarus 5 points  France 4 points  Serbia 3 points  Ireland 2 points  North Macedonia 1 point  Australia Split voting results The following five members comprised the Spanish jury:[8][9] María Isabel – Winner of the 2004 contest representing Spain Pablo Pinilla – Chairperson – composer, songwriter, producer Natalia Rodríguez – singer, composer, television host Ginebra – Kid from Community of Madrid Orchestra Jorge – Kid from Community of Madrid Orchestra Split voting results from Spain Draw Country Juror 1 M. Isabel[10][11] Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Average Rank Points 01  Australia 11 13 11 8 10 10 1 02  France 7 8 4 7 5 6 5 03  Russia 10 12 9 14 14 12 04  North Macedonia 8 7 7 10 6 9 2 05  Spain 06  Georgia 13 14 15 15 18 15 07  Belarus 3 4 6 9 8 5 6 08  Malta 12 18 16 18 17 16 09  Wales 14 15 13 11 12 13 10  Kazakhstan 4 3 5 2 2 3 8 11  Poland 2 5 1 1 1 1 12 12  Ireland 15 9 12 4 3 8 3 13  Ukraine 17 17 14 17 15 17 14  Netherlands 1 2 3 3 4 2 10 15  Armenia 6 1 2 6 9 4 7 16  Portugal 18 16 17 16 16 18 17  Italy 9 10 10 13 13 11 18  Albania 16 11 18 12 11 14 19  Serbia 5 6 8 5 7 7 4 See also Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 References 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. "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. "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.