Spain was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "", written by Carlos Higes, Will Taylor, Primož Poglajen, and Michael James Down, and performed by Higes himself. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (RTVE), internally selected its entry for the contest.
Background
Prior to the 2022 contest, (TVE) until 2006, and (RTVE) since 2019, had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain seven times since TVE's debut in the . They won in with the song "", performed by María Isabel. In , "" by Levi Díaz achieved 15th place out of 19 entries with 77 points.
Before Junior Eurovision For the first time since , RTVE opted to use an open selection process to pick its representative. An assessment committee made up of RTVE professionals created a shortlist from the 95 submissions received between mid-August and September to perform in the second phase, a live casting held in Madrid. Carlos Higes was announced as the selected artist during the broadcast of MasterChef Celebrity on 3 October 2022.
At Junior Eurovision After the opening ceremony, which took place on 5 December 2022, it was announced that Spain would perform eleventh on 11 December 2022, following North Macedonia and preceding United Kingdom.
Voting
At the end of the voting, Spain finished in sixth place, coming in sixth with 59 points in the jury vote (including a maximum twelve points from the United Kingdom; Spain was also one of only two countries, along with Georgia, that managed to earn points from every national jury other than their own) and second with 78 points in the online vote. Spain awarded their twelve points to the host country, Armenia.
Points awarded to Spain Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Spain received 78 points from the online vote.
+ Points awarded by Spain Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 2 3 4 3 3 3 8 02 13 5 10 14 7 9 2 03 14 15 14 15 14 15 04 9 6 5 4 8 6 5 05 8 14 9 9 13 12 06 4 7 2 8 4 5 6 07 7 8 13 11 15 11 08 5 2 1 2 1 2 10 09 11 13 8 5 9 8 3 10 15 11 15 12 12 14 11 12 6 12 7 13 6 7 4 13 1 4 6 6 5 4 7 14 10 9 12 7 11 10 1 15 3 1 3 1 2 1 12 16 12 10 11 10 10 13
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