With Spain withdrawing, the last of four big financial contributors disappears from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. According to Spanish broadcaster TVE, the contest creates stereotypes they don't share. Flemish broadcaster VRT is surprised about the Spanish statement and will keep supporting the festival.

"VRT keeps supporting the Junior Eurovision Song Contest," says VRT press officer Björn Verdoodt in Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. "We do the utmost to make it a big scouts camp for the children." An official confirmation of the Spanish withdrawal on behalf of th European Broadcasting Union has not been released yet. "We have not been officially informed yet," Björn Verdoodt continues. "But I find the Spanish arguments strange. They have also got the stereotypes up and running."

Just like Spain, Flemish broadcaster VRT has been taking part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the very first edition of the festival. VRT organized the contest in Hasselt in 2005 together with Belgium's French-speaking broadcaster RTBF. With Spain withdrawing, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest lost its fourth and last big financial contributor. France and the United Kingdom earlier withdrew from the contest. Germany never supported, nor entered the contest.