Later this year Gonzalo Pinillos will represent Spain at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia on December 13. He has now released his entry, ‘Érase una vez (Once Upon a Time)’.
🇪🇸 Spain’s JESC 2025 entry ‘Érase una vez (Once Upon a Time)’ is officially released
During a recent press conference in Madrid, Gonzalo Pinillos officially released his JESC 2025 entry. Titled, ‘Érase una vez (Once Upon a Time)’, the song references the opening line of many fairytale books. Both Gonzalo and the songwriting team want to capture that whimsical feeling that children and adults have while reading stories and the memories of their favourite characters.
The songwriting team includes, Luis Ramiro, Alejandro Martínez and David Parejo who worked on the last two Spanish entries for Junior Eurovision. Gonzalo worked alongside the team to add some French flourishes to the song as a speaker of the language. A music video which includes filming at the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute in Madrid, is expected to be released soon.
Gonzalo is fourteen years old. The Madrid native has theatre stage experience and is an active player of many sports, including swimming, skiing, basketball and surfing. As well as this, Gonzalo is a keen chess player. Reaching the finals of a regional tournament in Madrid.
Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Back in 2003, Spain made their debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Despite a series of top five results, including victory for Maria Isabel in 2004, the nation took an extended break from the contest for 13 years. Since their return in 2019, Spain have continued where they left off. Throughout their ten participations, Spain have only finished outside the top 6 on one occasion.
Last year, Spain internally selected Chloe DelaRosa to represent the country with ‘Como la Lola’. During the Madrid contest, Chloe achieved sixth place with 144 points.
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