eurovision It also has its contest for the little ones. It is known as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and has been held every year since 2003. This year’s will take place next month of November and will gather a total of 16 countries. Among them the big five, a fact that has not happened in the entire history of the contest (about 20 years, since the first contest was held in 2003). And who are the Big Five? Some will ask. Are Spain, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. The reason why they receive this name is none other than the financial contribution (one more substantial than that of the rest of the participants) that each of them make to the organizing entity of the event: European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Beyond the participation of these five countries there is also the premiere of Estonia in the contest, who will do it from France. There, at Palais Nikaia in Nice, the 16 participants will attend. That is, Albania, Germany, Armenia, Spain, Estonia, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Everyone will seek to get hold of it. mini crystal microphone and with the possibility of hosting next year’s contest.

Who represents Spain in Junior Eurovision 2023

That will be the goal of Sandra Valerothe Valencian that will represent Spain with a theme that is yet to be discovered. She is a singer, actress and model from Benetússer, Valencia, who comes from a family closely linked to music; from her great-grandparents and her grandmother to her uncle and her father, the latter musicians and composers. The little one has published several of her own songs and she has also participated in other talents on television like ‘Idol Kids’ and ‘La Voz Kids’. At the moment plays the role of Mowgli from ‘The Jungle Book’ in a local theater company. Sandra declares herself an “unconditional fan” of the singer Aitana.

Thus, the one in Nice will be the fifth consecutive participation of Spain in Junior Eurovision after the return to the children’s festival with Melani Garcia and ‘Marte’ in 2019. So far, Spain has only taken the mini crystal microphone once; with Maria Isabel and his ‘Before dead than simple’. The one who also accumulates two victories, but more in a row, is France. After the victory last year of Lissandro with the song ‘Oh Maman!’, the one in Nice will be the second time in just three years that France has organized the European competition in its junior version. The event will be held under the slogan ‘Heroes’ with which the organizers seek to empower boys and girls by being inspired by superheroes and superheroines from comics and movies.

When is Junior Eurovision 2023

The show can be followed from the official Junior Eurovision YouTube channel he next November 26. And not only see each other, viewers will also be able to vote for their favorite participant, in the absence of the contest itself publishing the rules and deadlines to do so. Of course, if last year’s regulations remain in force, your own country will be allowed to vote, as long as it participates.