Lucas Paulano has been selected to represent Spain at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Ta’ Qali.
Lucas Paulano will represent Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026. He was revealed as the Spanish representative during the season finale of El perro andaluz on La 1 this evening. Lucas was internally selected to represent Spain at Junior Eurovision 2026, as has been the case with all Spanish representatives since Spain’s return to the contest in 2019.
Lucas Paulano is 10 years old and comes from Jaén in Andalusia. In 2025, he won the tenth season of La Voz Kids.
The song that Lucas will perform in Ta’ Qali will be revealed at a later date.
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.
Junior Eurovision 2026
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will be held on October 24 in the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre in Ta’ Qali. Malta will host the contest for the third time, making it the first country to do so. A total of 16 countries will participate in this year’s contest. The participating countries are:
- 🇦🇱 Albania: Eslin Kurti – “Kërce me mua”
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus: Harry Georgiou
- 🇫🇷 France: Alec
- 🇬🇪 Georgia: Davit Lomidze
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇲🇹 Malta
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia: Ana Stojanoska – “Idnata jas”
- 🇵🇱 Poland: Wiktor Sas
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: Salvador Rio
- 🇸🇲 San Marino
- 🇪🇸 Spain: Lucas Paulano
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
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.
