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Junior Eurovision 2024: Listen to the Spanish entry!

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Back in July, RTVE announced that the nine-year-old Chloe DelaRosa will represent the host nation in the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Just moments ago, Chloe’s entry titled “Como la Lola” was officially released and uploaded on RTVE’s website.

You can listen to “Como la Lola“, below:

How was Chloe and her song selected?

Spain’s selection process for Junior Eurovision 2024 consisted of two phases. During the first phase, a submission window was opened for aspiring young artists. RTVE received around 300 applications, almost three times as many as compared to last year’s corresponding process.

In addition and after the end of the submission period, a casting was held on July 16 in Madrid where a jury of experts evaluated the young talents and made a decision.

Chloe’s song was also selected internally by an RTVE committee. RTVE made a call to songwriters and composers to submit songs suitable for the young artist.

Who is Chloe DelaRosa?

Chloe describes herself as a “cantista”, which is a combination of the words singer and artist in Spanish (cantante and artista). She began performing at the age of three, but it wasn’t until lockdown in 2020 that she started recording.

On social media, she recorded covers of songs by well-known Spanish and Latin American artists, videos that many of them would share on their own social media, and which would go on to become viral, introducing Chloe to audiences all over the world.

Flamenco is the style that best defines her. In 2022, she started participating in major music festivals in Spain and has since released several singles.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

Italy will open the show, while Malta will close the contest. Spain will perform tenth.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Junior Eurovision 2024: Five cities in hopes of hosting the contest!

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After the announcement that Spain will host Junior Eurovision 2024, five cities have bid to host the contest. According to the spanish media the following countries hope to be the one, that will host JESC 2024:

  • Barcelona
  • Valencia
  • Zaragoza
  • Málaga
  • Granada

The local governments of Barcelona, Málaga and the Valencian Community, have already stated their interest in bidding. RTVE, the national broadcast of Spain is going to meet with teams from all five potential host cities within a few days, in order to discuss each of the bids with production copmanies and choose the most suitable city to host the contest. The final decision will be made subsequently.

How we got to Spain?

Last year’s winner was France with Zoé Clauzure and her song “Coeur”. According to the competition’s rules, the winning country of its edition has the right of the first refusal on hosting the next year’s competition. In France’s case, bearing in mind that it has hosted the event for two times in just three years and the financial burdens due to the hosting of the Olympic Games the summer of 2024, it was not sure whether the country would be able to host again.

Hence, France Télévisions decided to hand over the organisation of the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The next country in line was Spain that finished in second place with Sandra Valero and “Loviu”.

As a result, Spain will host the Junior Eurovision for the first time twenty years following its first and only win in the contest.

Until today the countries that have either confirmed their participation or expressed their interest in Junior Eurovision 2024 are:

  • France
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • the Netherlands
  • North Macedonia
  • Poland
  • Ukraine
  • Spain

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: El Confiencial Digital

Spain: Two cities and a region are ready to host Junior Eurovision 2024!

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About three months after France’s third victory in four years, it was announced that Spain would be hosting Junior Eurovision 2024. Thus, Spain’s public broadcaster, RTVE, began a search for the most suitable city to host the contest.

The Generalitat Valenciana, Barcelona, and Malaga authorities have expressed interest in hosting the event thus far.

In fact, in a post on X, Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni said that the city is ready to take over the event and will reveal additional information about its bid in the coming days.

The Generalitat Valenciana region has also expressed interest. Towns like Benidorm, Valencia, and Castellon de la Plana are all within its borders. At the same time, the Presidents of Ágora and Conecta España urged the Malaga authorities to put in a bid to host the event.

https://youtu.be/DLw4kS1PSNQ

Which city would you like to host Junior Eurovision 2024?

Source: ESC Plus, Eurovision Spain

Junior Eurovision 2024: Spain will serve as the host country!

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Some wonderful news are coming for Junior Eurovision. A few hours ago, it was announced that Spain will serve as the host country for the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

RTVE, the Spanish broadcaster, accepted the invitation of EBU and for the first time in its history, will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Moreover, it will be the first time since 1969 that Spain will host a Eurovision related event.

How we got to Spain?

Last year’s winner was France with Zoé Clauzure and her song “Coeur”. According to the competition’s rules, the winning country of its edition has the right of the first refusal on hosting the next year’s competition. In France’s case, bearing in mind that it has hosted the event for two times in just three years and the financial burdens due to the hosting of the Olympic Games the summer of 2024, it was not sure whether the country would be able to host again.

Hence, France Télévisions decided to hand over the organisation of the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The next country in line was Spain that finished in second place with Sandra Valero and “Loviu”.

As a result, Spain will host the Junior Eurovision for the first time twenty years following its first and only win in the contest.

Martin Österdahl, the Junior Eurovision Executive Supervisor mentions:

Twenty years after their Junior Eurovision Song Contest win, we’re thrilled to finally bring the Contest to Spain. We’re grateful to RTVE for accepting to host the 22nd edition of the competition which gives young artists from across Europe an incredible platform to showcase their talent. We’re very much looking forward to the fiesta that awaits in Spain later this year!

The Host City and the dates for the 2024 contest will be announced in the following months.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: junioreurovision.tv