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participated in the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the seventeenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was held on 24 November 2019, at the Gliwice Ar ...

which took place on 24 November 2019 in

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, Poland. The Spanish broadcaster

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(TVE) organised an internal selection to select the Spanish entry.

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 Contest, having won the contest on their second appearance with the song "

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", performed by

María Isabel María Isabel López Rodríguez (born 4 January 1995), known professionally as María Isabel, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. She is best known for winning the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla". ...

. Spain came second twice, in both 2003 and , and the remaining Spanish entrant finished in fourth position in . The Spanish broadcaster TVE did not return to the contest in , saying that "the Junior Eurovision promotes stereotypes we do not share". On 25 June 2019, TVE announced that they would return to the contest in 2019, after a 13-year absence.

Entry selection

Melani García Melani García (born 10 June 2007) is a Spanish singer. She won ''La Voz Kids'' in 2018 and represented Spain at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 held on 24 November in Gliwice, Poland with the song "Marte", placing third. Career ''La Voz Ki ...

was announced as the Spanish entrant on 24 July 2019 during the talk show ''A partir de hoy'', hosted by

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and aired on La 1. Her entry's title, "Marte", and a preview of the song were released to the public on 20 September 2019. 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.

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.

Voting

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Spanish jury: *

winner of the

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* Pablo Pinilla (jury chairperson)composer, songwriter, producer * Natalia Rodríguezsinger, composer, television host * GinebraKid from

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References

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...