The Spanish broadcaster RTVE is set to reveal details of its participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 this coming week.
Details of the Spanish representative for the 24th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed by the nation’s public broadcaster next week. Spain is among the sixteen broadcasters competing in this year’s contest in Ta’ Qali in Malta this October.
It is expected that, once again, RTVE has opted to internally select both its singer and song for the competition. The broadcaster has not held a televised national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since 2006.
Gonzalo Pinillos represented Spain at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with “Érase Una Vez (Once Upon a Time)”. He placed 5th in the final, scoring 152 points, including 12 points from the Portuguese jury.
Malta will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on October 24 with the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre being the venue. This will be the third time that the country has hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, having done so in 2014 and 2016 previously. The competition will combine the UNESCO-recognized Maltese ‘Festa’ heritage into the show, with PBS inviting audiences to “unite with us for a unique celebration where Mediterranean tradition and the future of music unite under one sky. It’s music, it’s joy, it’s a festa …. it is the Junior Eurovision Song Contest!”
Source: RTVE
Spain first took part in the contest in 2003 and participated every year between then and 2006. In 2004, María Isabel brought Spain their only victory so far with “Antes muerta que sencilla”. After an absence of 13 years, Spain returned to the contest in 2019 with “Marte” by Melani García. Spain had always finished in the top 5 until the 2021 contest, when Levi Díaz finished in 15th place. The 2024 contest was hosted in Madrid, the first Eurovision contest to take place in Spain since Eurovision 1969.
