Spanish broadcaster RTVE has officially released the song “Cuore Bello (Te Quiero, Te Quiero)” to be performed by 10-year-old Lucas Paulano at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Ta’ Qali.
About “Cuore Bello (Te Quiero, Te Quiero)”
The song, whose title translates to “Beautiful Heart (I Love You, I Love You)” is a power ballad that combines Spanish music from the 1970s with a few contemporary touches. The lyrics, which blend Spanish and Italian, talk about love, memories, and the people who have marked us.
Lucas Paulano was selected internally by RTVE to represent Spain at Junior Eurovision 2026 in Malta.
Junior Eurovision 2026 continues to take shape
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is due to take place at 21.00 CEST, on Saturday 24 October, live from the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre (MFCC) in Ta’ Qali. Malta’s broadcaster PBS are hosting the contest for the third time, having done so previously in 2014 and 2016.
The full list of the 16 competing broadcasters is as follows:
- 🇦🇱 RTSH (Albania) – Eslin Kurti – “Kërce me mua”
- 🇦🇲 AMPTV (Armenia) – Naré – “BOO!”
- 🇨🇾 CyBC (Cyprus) – Harry Georgiou – “Who I Can Be”
- 🇫🇷 France Télévisions (France) – Alec – “Comment Tu Vas ?”
- 🇬🇪 GPB (Georgia) – Davit Lomidze – “Sun on the Rooftops”
- 🇮🇪 TG4 (Ireland)
- 🇮🇹 Rai (Italy) – Matteo – “Che Cos’è l’Amore?”
- 🇲🇹 PBS (Malta – host) – Beppe – “Blue Bird”
- 🇲🇪 RTCG (Montenegro) – Mija Mujović – “Muzika Nas Spaja”
- 🇳🇱 AVROTROS (Netherlands) – Maria – “Stronger Together”
- 🇲🇰 MKRTV (North Macedonia) – Ana Stojanoska – “Idnata jas”
- 🇵🇱 TVP (Poland) – Wiktor Sas – “Gravity”
- 🇵🇹 RTP (Portugal) – Salvador Rio – “Alma”
- 🇸🇲 SMRTV (San Marino) – Violamarie – “Ruota Panoramica”
- 🇪🇸 RTVE (Spain) – Lucas Paulano – “Cuore Bello (Te Quiero, Te Quiero)”
- 🇺🇦 Suspilne (Ukraine) – Erika Kolasnichenko – “NE kolyskova”
Spain’s Junior Eurovision journey
Spain has so far taken part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest a total of 9 times, with their first participation coming in the first edition of the Contest in 2003. In the initial Contest, Spain was represented by Sergio singing “Desde el cielo”, and at the close of voting Spain finished in second place, earning 125 points. Spain would go on to win the next edition of the show with MarÃa Isabel’s “Antes Muerta Que Sencilla”, finishing with 171 points.
Spain was represented by Gonzalo Pinillos at the 2025 Contest, who sang “Érase una vez (Once upon a Time)”. He received 98 points from the jury and 54 from the online vote, combining for a total score of 152 points and 5th place overall.
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