Spain competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which was held on 11 December 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia.
| 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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Background edit
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]
Before Junior Eurovision edit
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]
At Junior Eurovision edit
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]
Voting edit
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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Detailed voting results edit
| Draw | Country | Juror A | Juror B | Juror C | Juror D | Juror E | Average Rank | Points Awarded |
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| 01 |  Netherlands
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2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 02 |  Poland
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13 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 03 |  Kazakhstan
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14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | |
| 04 |  Malta
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9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 05 |  Italy
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8 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | |
| 06 |  France
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4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 07 |  Albania
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7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | |
| 08 |  Georgia
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 09 |  Ireland
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11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 10 |  North Macedonia
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15 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | |
| 11 | Spain
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| 12 |  United Kingdom
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6 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 |  Portugal
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1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 |  Serbia
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10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 |  Armenia
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3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 |  Ukraine
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12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
References edit
- ^ "Spain - Junior Eurovision Song Contest". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Results of the Final of Paris 2021 - Eurovision Song Contest". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Mondelo, Alejandro (2 October 2022). "TVE dará a conocer mañana a su representante en Eurovisión Junior 2022". ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "RTVE casting rules to represent Spain at Junior Eurovision 2022 released". ESCplus. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Carlos Higes picked for Spain". junioreurovision.tv. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2022: Running Order". Junioreurovision.tv. 5 December 2022.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "Section 8 – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 – Online Voting Terms and Conditions" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. November 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Results of the Grand Final of Yerevan 2022". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 December 2022.