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Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in every edition since 1961, in total 62 times. Since 1999, Spain has been one of the "Big Five" countries, along with France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, that are automatically prequalified for the final each year as they are the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participating broadcasterRadiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
Participation summary
Appearances62
First appearance1961
Highest placement1st: 1968, 1969
Host1969
Participation history
    • 1975
    • 1976
    • 1977
    • 1978
    • 1979
    • 1980
    • 1981
    • 1982
    • 1983
    • 1984
    • 1985
    • 1986
    • 1987
    • 1988
    • 1989
    • 1990
    • 1991
    • 1992
    • 1993
    • 1994
    • 1995
Related articles
External links
RTVE page
Spain's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Spain has won the contest twice, first in 1968 with the song "La La La" sung by Massiel and again in 1969, when Salomé's "Vivo cantando" was involved in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The 1969 contest in Madrid is the only time Spain has hosted the event, since lots were drawn after 1969's four-way tie and the 1970 contest was hosted by the Netherlands. Other good results in the 20th century were four second places with Karina in 1971, Mocedades in 1973, Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995, and a third place with Bravo in 1984. The country finished last with nul points three times: in 1962, 1965 and 1983, and also finished last in 1999 and 2017.

Since the start of the 21st century, Spain has reached the top ten seven times, with David Civera (2001) finishing sixth, Rosa (2002) finishing seventh, Beth (2003) finishing eighth, Ramón (2004) finishing tenth, both Pastora Soler (2012) and Ruth Lorenzo (2014) also finishing tenth, and Chanel (2022) finishing third. Spain has also failed to reach the top twenty in ten of the last eighteen contests, including for six consecutive contests (2015–21). Spain is the current participating country with the longest active victory drought, with a total of 55 years (1969–2023).

Selection process edit

Spain has regularly changed the selection process used in order to find the country's entry for the contest, either a national final or internal selection (sometimes a combination of both formats) has been held by the broadcaster at the time. Between 1977 and 1999, Spain's entries were selected internally by Televisión Española (TVE). Before that, internal selections and national contests, like Pasaporte a Dublín (Passport to Dublin) in 1971, were alternated.[1]

From 2000, Spain has used various selection formats with different results. In 2000 and 2001, TVE organised a national final called Eurocanción (Eurosong), where the Spanish representative was selected for the contest.[2] From 2002 to 2004, the reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo (the Spanish version of Star Academy) was used to select the entry, a format that renewed the Spanish audience's interest in the contest[3] and brought three top 10 results in a row, until TVE decided not to host any further editions of the series. In 2005, the national final Eurovisión 2005: Elige nuestra canción (Eurovision 2005: Choose Our Song) was organised, where the audience chose their favourite song among a pre-selection made by TVE of unknown artists submitted to them by record labels. The result in the Eurovision final was not good and for 2006, the selection was made internally for the first time since 1999, with a similar result. In 2007, Spain's entry was decided through the Misión Eurovisión 2007 show, with a disappointing result once again.

From 2008 to 2010, the Internet was the key element of the competitions used by TVE to select the Spanish entry. In 2008, the social networking website MySpace was involved in the national final Salvemos Eurovisión (Let's Save Eurovision). A website was created to make it possible for anyone to upload a song and proceed to a televised final if chosen by online voters or an expert jury. The result improved a little, but not much; nevertheless the interest of the Spanish audience was revived again.[3] For 2009, MySpace was still involved in the selection process Eurovisión 2009: El retorno (Eurovision 2009: The Return), although some changes were introduced in the format.[4] The result was the worst in the 2000s (decade): 24th place. In 2010, a similar format, Eurovisión: Destino Oslo, selected the Spanish entry, with the best result since 2004 (15th).[5]

In 2011, Internet voting was scrapped from the new selection method Destino Eurovisión. After a further disappointing result (23rd), for 2012, TVE decided to approach an established act, Pastora Soler, and organise a national final to select her song.[6] A top ten result was achieved for the first time since 2004. The same procedure was repeated in 2013, with El Sueño de Morfeo as the established act, which turned out one of the most disappointing results (25th out of 26 entries) in the country's Eurovision history; some critics, however, blamed a less-than-stellar performance of an otherwise solid song.[7] In 2014, TVE decided to return to a multi-artist national final procedure, called Mira quién va a Eurovisión (Look who's going to Eurovision); five artists were invited to participate by TVE. A top ten result was achieved for the second time in three years.

In 2015, for the first time since 2006, both the artist, Edurne, and the song were selected internally by TVE. On 18 December 2015, TVE announced that it would organise a national final in order to select the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Six acts competed in the national final named Objetivo Eurovisión, and Barei won the selection process. The same format was used in 2017, and Manel Navarro won the selection process; it turned out Spain's first last-place result since 1999.

In 2017, TVE commissioned a new season of Operación Triunfo, which returned to TVE after thirteen years, and the series served for the fourth time (after 2002, 2003 and 2004) as the platform to select the Spanish entry for the 2018 contest.[8][9] The result was disappointing (23rd out of 26 entries), but the 2018 Eurovision final was the most-watched in Spain since 2008.[10] A further season of the talent show chose the Spanish entry for the 2019 contest with another disappointing result (22nd out of 26 entries).[11]

For the 2020 contest, TVE selected the Spanish entry internally, with Blas Cantó and the song "Universo" chosen.[12] Following the cancellation of the contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, TVE was one of the first four broadcasters (the other were Greece's ERT, Netherlands' AVROTROS and Ukraine's UA:PBC) that confirmed its participation for the 2021 edition with the same artist who would have participated for 2020, in this case Cantó.[13] His 2021 entry "Voy a quedarme" went on to finish in 24th place with six points, marking the sixth time in a row that Spain has finished outside of the top twenty.

For the 2022 contest, it was announced that TVE would use Benidorm Fest, a revamped version of the Benidorm International Song Festival to select the nation's entry among thirteen candidates.[14][15][16] The broadcaster signed a contract with the regional government of the Valencian Community to hold the event for four editions.[17] The first Benidorm Fest was won by Chanel with "SloMo", which finished in third place at Eurovision with 459 points, thereby achieving Spain's best Eurovision result since 1995.[18]

Spain and the "Big Five" edit

Since 1999, Spain, along with France, Germany and the United Kingdom, have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final regardless of their results in previous contests.[19] These countries earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU, and subsequently became known as the "Big Four". Italy returned to the contest in 2011, thus upgrading the countries to members of a "Big Five".[20]

Interrupted performances edit

Only three times in the contest's history has a non-winning entry been allowed to perform again, and in two of these instances, the entries in question were Spanish representatives (the other one being the Italian entry in 1958, "Nel blu dipinto di blu" by Domenico Modugno). The first time this happened to a Spanish representative was in the 1990 contest in Zagreb, when Azúcar Moreno opened the contest with the song "Bandido". The orchestra and the recorded backing track began the song out of sync, which caused the singers to miss their cue. The singers left the stage after a few seconds, and no explanation was given at the time. After a few uneasy moments, the music began correctly and the song was performed in full. Azúcar Moreno and "Bandido" went on to place fifth in the final vote tally, though the juries at the time actually awarded their points after watching the dress rehearsal performances, so the restart did not affect Spain's overall result either positively or negatively.

Twenty years later, at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Spain was drawn to perform second in the running order, and Daniel Diges's performance of "Algo pequeñito" was disturbed by Catalan pitch invader Jimmy Jump. However, Diges performed the song in full, despite the invader's intrusion and subsequent removal from the stage by security personnel, receiving warm applause for continuing from the audience at the Telenor Arena. After Serbia's performance, co-presenter Nadia Hasnaoui announced that, according to the rules, Diges would be given a second chance once all the remaining countries had performed. Nonetheless, the juries ranked the dress-rehearsal performance of "Algo pequeñito" 20th out of 25 with 43 points, whereas the televoting results ranked Spain 12th, with 106 points. The combination of jury and televote results gave Spain a 15th-place finish.

Participation overview edit

Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
1961 Conchita Bautista "Estando contigo" Spanish 9 8 No semi-finals
1962 Víctor Balaguer "Llámame" Spanish 13 ◁ 0
1963 José Guardiola "Algo prodigioso" Spanish 12 2
1964 Nelly with Tim and Tony "Caracola" Spanish 12 1
1965 Conchita Bautista "Qué bueno, qué bueno" Spanish 15 ◁ 0
1966 Raphael "Yo soy aquél" Spanish 7 9
1967 Raphael "Hablemos del amor" Spanish 6 9
1968 Massiel "La La La" Spanish 1 29
1969 Salomé "Vivo cantando" Spanish 1 18
1970 Julio Iglesias "Gwendolyne" Spanish 4 8
1971 Karina "En un mundo nuevo" Spanish 2 116
1972 Jaime Morey "Amanece" Spanish 10 83
1973 Mocedades "Eres tú" Spanish 2 125
1974 Peret "Canta y sé feliz" Spanish 9 10
1975 Sergio and Estíbaliz "Tú volverás" Spanish 10 53
1976 Braulio "Sobran las palabras" Spanish 16 11
1977 Micky "Enséñame a cantar" Spanish 9 52
1978 José Vélez "Bailemos un vals" Spanish 9 65
1979 Betty Missiego "Su canción" Spanish 2 116
1980 Trigo Limpio "Quédate esta noche" Spanish 12 38
1981 Bacchelli "Y sólo tú" Spanish 14 38
1982 Lucía "Él" Spanish 10 52
1983 Remedios Amaya "Quién maneja mi barca" Spanish 19 ◁ 0
1984 Bravo "Lady, Lady" Spanish 3 106
1985 Paloma San Basilio "La fiesta terminó" Spanish 14 36
1986 Cadillac "Valentino" Spanish 10 51
1987 Patricia Kraus "No estás solo" Spanish 19 10
1988 La Década "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" Spanish 11 58
1989 Nina "Nacida para amar" Spanish 6 88
1990 Azúcar Moreno "Bandido" Spanish 5 96
1991 Sergio Dalma "Bailar pegados" Spanish 4 119
1992 Serafín "Todo esto es la música" Spanish 14 37
1993 Eva Santamaría "Hombres" Spanish 11 58 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994 Alejandro Abad "Ella no es ella" Spanish 18 17 No semi-finals
1995 Anabel Conde "Vuelve conmigo" Spanish 2 119
1996 Antonio Carbonell "Ay, qué deseo" Spanish 20 17 14 43
1997 Marcos Llunas "Sin rencor" Spanish 6 96 No semi-finals
1998 Mikel Herzog "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" Spanish 16 21
1999 Lydia "No quiero escuchar" Spanish 23 ◁ 1
2000 Serafín Zubiri "Colgado de un sueño" Spanish 18 18
2001 David Civera "Dile que la quiero" Spanish 6 76
2002 Rosa "Europe's Living a Celebration" Spanish 7 81
2003 Beth "Dime" Spanish 8 81
2004 Ramón "Para llenarme de ti" Spanish 10 87 Member of the "Big Four"
2005 Son de Sol "Brujería" Spanish 21 28
2006 Las Ketchup "Bloody Mary" Spanish 21 18
2007 D'Nash "I Love You Mi Vida" Spanish 20 43
2008 Rodolfo Chikilicuatre "Baila el Chiki Chiki" Spanish, English 16 55
2009 Soraya Arnelas "La noche es para mí" Spanish 24 23
2010 Daniel Diges "Algo pequeñito" Spanish 15 68
2011 Lucía Pérez "Que me quiten lo bailao" Spanish 23 50 Member of the "Big Five"
2012 Pastora Soler "Quédate conmigo" Spanish 10 97
2013 ESDM "Contigo hasta el final" Spanish 25 8
2014 Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" English, Spanish 10 74
2015 Edurne "Amanecer" Spanish 21 15
2016 Barei "Say Yay!" English 22 77
2017 Manel Navarro "Do It for Your Lover" Spanish, English 26 ◁ 5
2018 Amaia and Alfred "Tu canción" Spanish 23 61
2019 Miki "La venda" Spanish 22 54
2020 Blas Cantó "Universo" Spanish Contest cancelled[a] X
2021 Blas Cantó "Voy a quedarme" Spanish 24 6
2022 Chanel "SloMo" Spanish, English 3 459
2023 Blanca Paloma "Eaea" Spanish 17 100
2024 Nebulossa "Zorra" Spanish TBD 11 May 2024
2025 Confirmed intention to participate [21]

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest edit

Artist Song Language At Congratulations At Eurovision
Final Points Semi Points Year Place Points
Mocedades "Eres tú" Spanish Failed to qualify 11 90 1973 2 125

Hostings edit

Year Location Venue Presenter
1969 Madrid Teatro Real Laura Valenzuela

Awards edit

Marcel Bezençon Awards edit

Year Category Performer Song Final Points Host city Ref.
2003 Fan Award Beth "Dime" 8 81   Riga

Barbara Dex Award edit

Year Performer Host city Ref.
1999 Lydia   Jerusalem

Related involvement edit

Conductors edit

Year Conductor[b] Notes Ref.
1961 Rafael Ferrer [24]
1962   Jean Roderes [c]
1963 Rafael Ibarbia
1964
1965 Adolfo Ventas
1966 Rafael Ibarbia
1967 Manuel Alejandro
1968 Rafael Ibarbia
1969 Augusto Algueró [d]
1970 [25]
1971   Waldo de los Rios [e]
1972 Augusto Algueró
1973 Juan Carlos Calderón
1974 Rafael Ibarbia [f]
1975 Juan Carlos Calderón
1976 Joan Barcons
1977 Rafael Ibarbia
1978 Ramón Arcusa [es]
1979 José Luis Navarro
1980 Javier Iturraide [26]
1981 Joan Barcons
1982 Miguel Ángel Varona
1983 José Miguel Évora
1984 Eddy Guerin
1985 Juan Carlos Calderón
1986 Eduardo Leiva
1987
1988 Javier de Juan
1989 Juan Carlos Calderón
1990 Eduardo Leiva
1991
1992 Javier Losada
1993 Eduardo Leiva
1994 Josep Llobell
1995 Eduardo Leiva
1996
1997 Toni Xuclà
1998 Alberto Estébanez

Heads of delegation edit

Year Head of delegation Ref.
19912001 María Teresa Segura
20022016 Federico Llano [es]
20172021, 2024 Ana María Bordas [es]
20222023 Eva Mora [es]

Commentators and spokespersons edit

Year Television commentator Radio commentator Spokesperson Ref.
1961 Federico Gallo [es] Unknown Diego Ramírez Pastor [es]
1962 Luis Marsillach [es]
1963 Julio Rico
1964
1965 Pepe Palau [es]
1966 Blanca Álvarez Mantilla
1967
1968 José María Íñigo Joaquín Prat
1969 José Luis Uribarri Unknown
1970
1971 Joaquín Prat No spokesperson
1972 Julio Rico
1973
1974 José Luis Uribarri Antolín García
1975 No radio commentary José María Íñigo
1976
1977 Miguel de los Santos [es] Isabel Tenaille [es]
1978 Matías Prats Luque
1979 Manuel Almendros [es]
1980 Alfonso Lapeña
1981 Isabel Tenaille
1982 Marisa Naranjo [es]
1983 José-Miguel Ullán Rosa Campano
1984 Matilde Jarrín
1985 Antonio Gómez [es]
1986
1987 Beatriz Pécker [es]
1988
1989 Tomás Fernando Flores [es]
1990 Luis Cobos
1991 Tomás Fernando Flores María Ángeles Balañac
1992 José Luis Uribarri
1993
1994
1995 Belén Fernández de Henestrosa
1996
1997
1998
1999 Hugo de Campos
2000
2001 Jennifer Rope [es]
2002 Nieves Herrero and José María de Juana Anne Igartiburu
2003 No radio commentary
2004 Beatriz Pécker
2005 Ainhoa Arbizu [es]
2006 Sonia Ferrer
2007 Ainhoa Arbizu
2008 José Luis Uribarri
2009 Joaquín Guzmán [es] Iñaki del Moral [es]
2010 José Luis Uribarri Ainhoa Arbizu
2011 José María Íñigo Elena S. Sánchez
2012
2013 Inés Paz
2014 Spanish: Paco González and Tiempo de juego [es] team
Catalan: Sergi Mas [es]
Carolina Casado [es]
2015 José María Íñigo and Julia Varela No radio commentary Lara Siscar [es]
2016 Jota Abril [es]
2017 Nieves Álvarez
2018 Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
2019 Daniel Galindo
2021 Imanol Durán
2022 Imanol Durán, Sara Calvo and David Asensio
2023 David Asensio, Imanol Durán, Irene Vaquero and Ángela Fernández Ruth Lorenzo
2024 Spanish: Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
David Asensio, Sara Calvo, Ángela Fernández, Manu Martín-Albo and Luis Miguel Montes Soraya Arnelas

Stage directors and costume designers edit

Year Stage director(s) Costume designer(s) Ref.
1968 Unknown André Courrèges
1969 Manuel Pertegaz
1971 Antonio Nieto
1979 Undisclosed
1983 Undisclosed[g]
1985 José Ramón de Aguirre
1988 Francis Montesinos [es] and Antonio Alvarado [es]
1989 Mercedes Salazar
1990 Undisclosed[h]
1993 Victorio & Lucchino [es]
1999 Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada
2001 Zara[i]
2002 Poty Castillo Jorge Pérez[j]
2003 Marieta Calderón Etxart & Panno
2005 Poty Castillo Amparo Macías
2008 Mayte Marcos Undisclosed
2009 Juan Pedro López
2010 Carlo Pignatelli [it]
2011 Lola González Sara Lage and Maru Calderón
2012 Francis Viñolo Cañavate
2013 Unknown Yolancris
2014 Karim Design[k]
2015 Tinet Rubira [es] José Fuentes
2016 Niccolò Piccardi and Florian Boje Raúl Amor[j]
2017 Hans Pannecoucke
2018 Tinet Rubira Teresa Helbig [es] and Paco Varela
2019 Fokas Evangelinos Armani, Ana Margo and Guillermo Villanueva
2020 Nicoline Refsing Victoria Nogales[j]
2021 Marvin Dietmann Jaime Álvarez
2022 Kyle Hanagami Palomo Spain [es]
2023 Bentor Albelo and Javier Rojo Paola de Diego
2024 Juan Sebastián and Israel Reyes TBA

Photogallery edit

See also edit

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ All conductors are of Spanish nationality unless otherwise noted.
  3. ^ Host conductor
  4. ^ Host conductor; also conducted the Luxembourgish entry
  5. ^ Only South American conductor in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest.
  6. ^ Originally intended to be conducted by Juan Carlos Calderón; he fell ill prior to the contest and was replaced by Ibarbia.
  7. ^ Because the dress designed by Tony Benítez that Amaya was going to wear was not suitable for the stage, she had to wear the dress used in the video clip, and since she did not have matching shoes, she performed barefoot.
  8. ^ Because the costumes designed by Francis Montesinos that Azúcar Moreno were going to wear broke during rehearsals, they had to wear their own dresses bought at El Rastro flea market.
  9. ^ Because the suitcase with the outfit designed by Jean Paul Gaultier that Civera was going to wear was lost and never recovered, he had to wear the Zara outfit intended for rehearsals.
  10. ^ a b c Stylist of the performance, not designer of the outfit.
  11. ^ Because the dress designed by Anmargo that Lorenzo was going to wear was not suitable for the stage lights, she had to borrow a dress from the Danish firm Karim Design.

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For the most recent participation see Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 For the upcoming participation see Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in every edition since 1961 in total 62 times Since 1999 Spain has been one of the Big Five countries along with France Germany Italy and the United Kingdom that are automatically prequalified for the final each year as they are the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union EBU Spain in the Eurovision Song ContestParticipating broadcasterRadiotelevision Espanola RTVE Participation summaryAppearances62First appearance1961Highest placement1st 1968 1969Host1969Participation history 1961196219631964196519661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Related articlesBenidorm FestOperacion TriunfoExternal linksRTVE pageSpain s page at Eurovision tvFor the most recent participation seeSpain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Spain has won the contest twice first in 1968 with the song La La La sung by Massiel and again in 1969 when Salome s Vivo cantando was involved in a four way tie with France the Netherlands and the United Kingdom The 1969 contest in Madrid is the only time Spain has hosted the event since lots were drawn after 1969 s four way tie and the 1970 contest was hosted by the Netherlands Other good results in the 20th century were four second places with Karina in 1971 Mocedades in 1973 Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995 and a third place with Bravo in 1984 The country finished last with nul points three times in 1962 1965 and 1983 and also finished last in 1999 and 2017 Since the start of the 21st century Spain has reached the top ten seven times with David Civera 2001 finishing sixth Rosa 2002 finishing seventh Beth 2003 finishing eighth Ramon 2004 finishing tenth both Pastora Soler 2012 and Ruth Lorenzo 2014 also finishing tenth and Chanel 2022 finishing third Spain has also failed to reach the top twenty in ten of the last eighteen contests including for six consecutive contests 2015 21 Spain is the current participating country with the longest active victory drought with a total of 55 years 1969 2023 Contents 1 Selection process 2 Spain and the Big Five 3 Interrupted performances 4 Participation overview 4 1 Congratulations 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest 5 Hostings 6 Awards 6 1 Marcel Bezencon Awards 6 2 Barbara Dex Award 7 Related involvement 7 1 Conductors 7 2 Heads of delegation 7 3 Commentators and spokespersons 7 4 Stage directors and costume designers 8 Photogallery 9 See also 10 Notes and references 10 1 Notes 10 2 References 11 External linksSelection process editSee also National selections for the Eurovision Song Contest Spain has regularly changed the selection process used in order to find the country s entry for the contest either a national final or internal selection sometimes a combination of both formats has been held by the broadcaster at the time Between 1977 and 1999 Spain s entries were selected internally by Television Espanola TVE Before that internal selections and national contests like Pasaporte a Dublin Passport to Dublin in 1971 were alternated 1 From 2000 Spain has used various selection formats with different results In 2000 and 2001 TVE organised a national final called Eurocancion Eurosong where the Spanish representative was selected for the contest 2 From 2002 to 2004 the reality television talent competition Operacion Triunfo the Spanish version of Star Academy was used to select the entry a format that renewed the Spanish audience s interest in the contest 3 and brought three top 10 results in a row until TVE decided not to host any further editions of the series In 2005 the national final Eurovision 2005 Elige nuestra cancion Eurovision 2005 Choose Our Song was organised where the audience chose their favourite song among a pre selection made by TVE of unknown artists submitted to them by record labels The result in the Eurovision final was not good and for 2006 the selection was made internally for the first time since 1999 with a similar result In 2007 Spain s entry was decided through the Mision Eurovision 2007 show with a disappointing result once again From 2008 to 2010 the Internet was the key element of the competitions used by TVE to select the Spanish entry In 2008 the social networking website MySpace was involved in the national final Salvemos Eurovision Let s Save Eurovision A website was created to make it possible for anyone to upload a song and proceed to a televised final if chosen by online voters or an expert jury The result improved a little but not much nevertheless the interest of the Spanish audience was revived again 3 For 2009 MySpace was still involved in the selection process Eurovision 2009 El retorno Eurovision 2009 The Return although some changes were introduced in the format 4 The result was the worst in the 2000s decade 24th place In 2010 a similar format Eurovision Destino Oslo selected the Spanish entry with the best result since 2004 15th 5 In 2011 Internet voting was scrapped from the new selection method Destino Eurovision After a further disappointing result 23rd for 2012 TVE decided to approach an established act Pastora Soler and organise a national final to select her song 6 A top ten result was achieved for the first time since 2004 The same procedure was repeated in 2013 with El Sueno de Morfeo as the established act which turned out one of the most disappointing results 25th out of 26 entries in the country s Eurovision history some critics however blamed a less than stellar performance of an otherwise solid song 7 In 2014 TVE decided to return to a multi artist national final procedure called Mira quien va a Eurovision Look who s going to Eurovision five artists were invited to participate by TVE A top ten result was achieved for the second time in three years In 2015 for the first time since 2006 both the artist Edurne and the song were selected internally by TVE On 18 December 2015 TVE announced that it would organise a national final in order to select the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Six acts competed in the national final named Objetivo Eurovision and Barei won the selection process The same format was used in 2017 and Manel Navarro won the selection process it turned out Spain s first last place result since 1999 In 2017 TVE commissioned a new season of Operacion Triunfo which returned to TVE after thirteen years and the series served for the fourth time after 2002 2003 and 2004 as the platform to select the Spanish entry for the 2018 contest 8 9 The result was disappointing 23rd out of 26 entries but the 2018 Eurovision final was the most watched in Spain since 2008 10 A further season of the talent show chose the Spanish entry for the 2019 contest with another disappointing result 22nd out of 26 entries 11 For the 2020 contest TVE selected the Spanish entry internally with Blas Canto and the song Universo chosen 12 Following the cancellation of the contest due to the COVID 19 pandemic TVE was one of the first four broadcasters the other were Greece s ERT Netherlands AVROTROS and Ukraine s UA PBC that confirmed its participation for the 2021 edition with the same artist who would have participated for 2020 in this case Canto 13 His 2021 entry Voy a quedarme went on to finish in 24th place with six points marking the sixth time in a row that Spain has finished outside of the top twenty For the 2022 contest it was announced that TVE would use Benidorm Fest a revamped version of the Benidorm International Song Festival to select the nation s entry among thirteen candidates 14 15 16 The broadcaster signed a contract with the regional government of the Valencian Community to hold the event for four editions 17 The first Benidorm Fest was won by Chanel with SloMo which finished in third place at Eurovision with 459 points thereby achieving Spain s best Eurovision result since 1995 18 Spain and the Big Five editSince 1999 Spain along with France Germany and the United Kingdom have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final regardless of their results in previous contests 19 These countries earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU and subsequently became known as the Big Four Italy returned to the contest in 2011 thus upgrading the countries to members of a Big Five 20 Interrupted performances editOnly three times in the contest s history has a non winning entry been allowed to perform again and in two of these instances the entries in question were Spanish representatives the other one being the Italian entry in 1958 Nel blu dipinto di blu by Domenico Modugno The first time this happened to a Spanish representative was in the 1990 contest in Zagreb when Azucar Moreno opened the contest with the song Bandido The orchestra and the recorded backing track began the song out of sync which caused the singers to miss their cue The singers left the stage after a few seconds and no explanation was given at the time After a few uneasy moments the music began correctly and the song was performed in full Azucar Moreno and Bandido went on to place fifth in the final vote tally though the juries at the time actually awarded their points after watching the dress rehearsal performances so the restart did not affect Spain s overall result either positively or negatively Twenty years later at the 2010 contest in Oslo Spain was drawn to perform second in the running order and Daniel Diges s performance of Algo pequenito was disturbed by Catalan pitch invader Jimmy Jump However Diges performed the song in full despite the invader s intrusion and subsequent removal from the stage by security personnel receiving warm applause for continuing from the audience at the Telenor Arena After Serbia s performance co presenter Nadia Hasnaoui announced that according to the rules Diges would be given a second chance once all the remaining countries had performed Nonetheless the juries ranked the dress rehearsal performance of Algo pequenito 20th out of 25 with 43 points whereas the televoting results ranked Spain 12th with 106 points The combination of jury and televote results gave Spain a 15th place finish Participation overview editTable key 1 First place 2 Second place 3 Third place Last place X Entry selected but did not compete Upcoming event Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points 1961 Conchita Bautista Estando contigo Spanish 9 8 No semi finals 1962 Victor Balaguer Llamame Spanish 13 0 1963 Jose Guardiola Algo prodigioso Spanish 12 2 1964 Nelly with Tim and Tony Caracola Spanish 12 1 1965 Conchita Bautista Que bueno que bueno Spanish 15 0 1966 Raphael Yo soy aquel Spanish 7 9 1967 Raphael Hablemos del amor Spanish 6 9 1968 Massiel La La La Spanish 1 29 1969 Salome Vivo cantando Spanish 1 18 1970 Julio Iglesias Gwendolyne Spanish 4 8 1971 Karina En un mundo nuevo Spanish 2 116 1972 Jaime Morey Amanece Spanish 10 83 1973 Mocedades Eres tu Spanish 2 125 1974 Peret Canta y se feliz Spanish 9 10 1975 Sergio and Estibaliz Tu volveras Spanish 10 53 1976 Braulio Sobran las palabras Spanish 16 11 1977 Micky Ensename a cantar Spanish 9 52 1978 Jose Velez Bailemos un vals Spanish 9 65 1979 Betty Missiego Su cancion Spanish 2 116 1980 Trigo Limpio Quedate esta noche Spanish 12 38 1981 Bacchelli Y solo tu Spanish 14 38 1982 Lucia El Spanish 10 52 1983 Remedios Amaya Quien maneja mi barca Spanish 19 0 1984 Bravo Lady Lady Spanish 3 106 1985 Paloma San Basilio La fiesta termino Spanish 14 36 1986 Cadillac Valentino Spanish 10 51 1987 Patricia Kraus No estas solo Spanish 19 10 1988 La Decada La chica que yo quiero Made in Spain Spanish 11 58 1989 Nina Nacida para amar Spanish 6 88 1990 Azucar Moreno Bandido Spanish 5 96 1991 Sergio Dalma Bailar pegados Spanish 4 119 1992 Serafin Todo esto es la musica Spanish 14 37 1993 Eva Santamaria Hombres Spanish 11 58 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet 1994 Alejandro Abad Ella no es ella Spanish 18 17 No semi finals 1995 Anabel Conde Vuelve conmigo Spanish 2 119 1996 Antonio Carbonell Ay que deseo Spanish 20 17 14 43 1997 Marcos Llunas Sin rencor Spanish 6 96 No semi finals 1998 Mikel Herzog Que voy a hacer sin ti Spanish 16 21 1999 Lydia No quiero escuchar Spanish 23 1 2000 Serafin Zubiri Colgado de un sueno Spanish 18 18 2001 David Civera Dile que la quiero Spanish 6 76 2002 Rosa Europe s Living a Celebration Spanish 7 81 2003 Beth Dime Spanish 8 81 2004 Ramon Para llenarme de ti Spanish 10 87 Member of the Big Four 2005 Son de Sol Brujeria Spanish 21 28 2006 Las Ketchup Bloody Mary Spanish 21 18 2007 D Nash I Love You Mi Vida Spanish 20 43 2008 Rodolfo Chikilicuatre Baila el Chiki Chiki Spanish English 16 55 2009 Soraya Arnelas La noche es para mi Spanish 24 23 2010 Daniel Diges Algo pequenito Spanish 15 68 2011 Lucia Perez Que me quiten lo bailao Spanish 23 50 Member of the Big Five 2012 Pastora Soler Quedate conmigo Spanish 10 97 2013 ESDM Contigo hasta el final Spanish 25 8 2014 Ruth Lorenzo Dancing in the Rain English Spanish 10 74 2015 Edurne Amanecer Spanish 21 15 2016 Barei Say Yay English 22 77 2017 Manel Navarro Do It for Your Lover Spanish English 26 5 2018 Amaia and Alfred Tu cancion Spanish 23 61 2019 Miki La venda Spanish 22 54 2020 Blas Canto Universo Spanish Contest cancelled a X 2021 Blas Canto Voy a quedarme Spanish 24 6 2022 Chanel SloMo Spanish English 3 459 2023 Blanca Paloma Eaea Spanish 17 100 2024 Nebulossa Zorra Spanish TBD 11 May 2024 2025 Confirmed intention to participate 21 Congratulations 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest edit Further information Congratulations 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Artist Song Language At Congratulations At Eurovision Final Points Semi Points Year Place Points Mocedades Eres tu Spanish Failed to qualify 11 90 1973 2 125Hostings editYear Location Venue Presenter 1969 Madrid Teatro Real Laura ValenzuelaAwards editMarcel Bezencon Awards edit Further information Marcel Bezencon Awards Year Category Performer Song Final Points Host city Ref 2003 Fan Award Beth Dime 8 81 nbsp Riga 22 Barbara Dex Award edit Further information Barbara Dex Award Year Performer Host city Ref 1999 Lydia nbsp Jerusalem 23 Related involvement editConductors edit Year Conductor b Notes Ref 1961 Rafael Ferrer 24 1962 nbsp Jean Roderes c 1963 Rafael Ibarbia 1964 1965 Adolfo Ventas 1966 Rafael Ibarbia 1967 Manuel Alejandro 1968 Rafael Ibarbia 1969 Augusto Alguero d 1970 25 1971 nbsp Waldo de los Rios e 1972 Augusto Alguero 1973 Juan Carlos Calderon 1974 Rafael Ibarbia f 1975 Juan Carlos Calderon 1976 Joan Barcons 1977 Rafael Ibarbia 1978 Ramon Arcusa es 1979 Jose Luis Navarro 1980 Javier Iturraide 26 1981 Joan Barcons 1982 Miguel Angel Varona 1983 Jose Miguel Evora 1984 Eddy Guerin 1985 Juan Carlos Calderon 1986 Eduardo Leiva 1987 1988 Javier de Juan 1989 Juan Carlos Calderon 1990 Eduardo Leiva 1991 1992 Javier Losada 1993 Eduardo Leiva 1994 Josep Llobell 1995 Eduardo Leiva 1996 1997 Toni Xucla 1998 Alberto Estebanez Heads of delegation edit Year Head of delegation Ref 1991 2001 Maria Teresa Segura citation needed 2002 2016 Federico Llano es 27 2017 2021 2024 Ana Maria Bordas es 28 29 30 2022 2023 Eva Mora es 31 32 Commentators and spokespersons edit Year Television commentator Radio commentator Spokesperson Ref 1961 Federico Gallo es Unknown Diego Ramirez Pastor es 33 1962 Luis Marsillach es 33 1963 Julio Rico 33 1964 33 1965 Pepe Palau es 33 1966 Blanca Alvarez Mantilla 33 1967 33 1968 Jose Maria Inigo Joaquin Prat 33 34 1969 Jose Luis Uribarri Unknown 33 34 1970 35 34 1971 Joaquin Prat No spokesperson 33 1972 Julio Rico 33 1973 33 1974 Jose Luis Uribarri Antolin Garcia 35 1975 No radio commentary Jose Maria Inigo 35 34 1976 35 34 1977 Miguel de los Santos es Isabel Tenaille es 33 1978 Matias Prats Luque 33 34 1979 Manuel Almendros es 33 1980 Alfonso Lapena 33 1981 Isabel Tenaille 33 1982 Marisa Naranjo es 33 34 1983 Jose Miguel Ullan Rosa Campano 33 1984 Matilde Jarrin 33 34 1985 Antonio Gomez es 33 34 1986 33 34 1987 Beatriz Pecker es 33 34 1988 33 34 1989 Tomas Fernando Flores es 33 34 1990 Luis Cobos 33 34 1991 Tomas Fernando Flores Maria Angeles Balanac 33 34 1992 Jose Luis Uribarri 35 34 1993 35 34 1994 35 34 1995 Belen Fernandez de Henestrosa 35 34 1996 35 34 1997 35 34 1998 35 34 1999 Hugo de Campos 35 2000 35 2001 Jennifer Rope es 35 34 2002 Nieves Herrero and Jose Maria de Juana Anne Igartiburu 35 34 2003 No radio commentary 35 34 2004 Beatriz Pecker 33 34 2005 Ainhoa Arbizu es 33 34 2006 Sonia Ferrer 33 34 2007 Ainhoa Arbizu 33 34 2008 Jose Luis Uribarri 35 34 2009 Joaquin Guzman es Inaki del Moral es 33 34 2010 Jose Luis Uribarri Ainhoa Arbizu 35 34 2011 Jose Maria Inigo Elena S Sanchez 33 36 37 34 2012 36 33 37 34 2013 Ines Paz 36 33 38 34 2014 Spanish Paco Gonzalez and Tiempo de juego es teamCatalan Sergi Mas es Carolina Casado es 36 33 39 34 2015 Jose Maria Inigo and Julia Varela No radio commentary Lara Siscar es 40 33 34 2016 Jota Abril es 40 33 41 2017 Nieves Alvarez 40 33 2018 Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela 40 2019 Daniel Galindo 42 2021 Imanol Duran 43 2022 Imanol Duran Sara Calvo and David Asensio 44 45 2023 David Asensio Imanol Duran Irene Vaquero and Angela Fernandez Ruth Lorenzo 46 47 2024 Spanish Tony Aguilar and Julia VarelaCatalan Sonia Urbano and Xavi Martinez David Asensio Sara Calvo Angela Fernandez Manu Martin Albo and Luis Miguel Montes Soraya Arnelas 48 49 50 51 Stage directors and costume designers edit Year Stage director s Costume designer s Ref 1968 Unknown Andre Courreges 52 1969 Manuel Pertegaz 53 1971 Antonio Nieto 54 1979 Undisclosed 55 1983 Undisclosed g 56 1985 Jose Ramon de Aguirre 57 1988 Francis Montesinos es and Antonio Alvarado es 58 1989 Mercedes Salazar 59 1990 Undisclosed h 60 1993 Victorio amp Lucchino es 55 1999 Agatha Ruiz de la Prada 61 2001 Zara i 62 2002 Poty Castillo Jorge Perez j 63 58 2003 Marieta Calderon Etxart amp Panno 64 65 2005 Poty Castillo Amparo Macias 66 67 2008 Mayte Marcos Undisclosed 68 2009 Juan Pedro Lopez 68 69 2010 Carlo Pignatelli it 68 70 2011 Lola Gonzalez Sara Lage and Maru Calderon 71 72 2012 Francis Vinolo Canavate 73 54 2013 Unknown Yolancris 54 2014 Karim Design k 58 2015 Tinet Rubira es Jose Fuentes 74 54 2016 Niccolo Piccardi and Florian Boje Raul Amor j 75 76 2017 Hans Pannecoucke 77 78 2018 Tinet Rubira Teresa Helbig es and Paco Varela 79 58 2019 Fokas Evangelinos Armani Ana Margo and Guillermo Villanueva 80 81 2020 Nicoline Refsing Victoria Nogales j 82 2021 Marvin Dietmann Jaime Alvarez 83 84 2022 Kyle Hanagami Palomo Spain es 85 86 2023 Bentor Albelo and Javier Rojo Paola de Diego 87 88 89 2024 Juan Sebastian and Israel Reyes TBA 90 Photogallery edit nbsp Conchita Bautista in Naples 1965 nbsp Julio Iglesias in Amsterdam 1970 nbsp Trigo Limpio in The Hague 1980 nbsp Ramon in Istanbul 2004 nbsp D Nash in Helsinki 2007 nbsp Rodolfo Chikilicuatre in Belgrade 2008 nbsp Daniel Diges in Oslo 2010 nbsp El Sueno de Morfeo in Malmo 2013 nbsp Ruth Lorenzo in Copenhagen 2014 nbsp Edurne in Vienna 2015 nbsp Barei in Stockholm 2016 nbsp Manel Navarro in Kyiv 2017 nbsp Amaia and Alfred in Lisbon 2018 nbsp Miki in Tel Aviv 2019 nbsp Blanca Paloma in Liverpool 2023 See also editSpain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest Spain in the Eurovision Dance Contest Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest Spain in the Eurovision Young Dancers A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between sixteen and twenty one Spain in the Eurovision Young Musicians A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged eighteen years and younger Spain in the OTI Festival A competition organised by the OTI Iberoamerican Telecommunications Organisation Between 1972 and 2000Notes and references editNotes edit The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic All conductors are of Spanish nationality unless otherwise noted Host conductor Host conductor also conducted the Luxembourgish entry Only South American conductor in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest Originally intended to be conducted by Juan Carlos Calderon he fell ill prior to the contest and was replaced by Ibarbia Because the dress designed by Tony Benitez that Amaya was going to wear was not suitable for the stage she had to wear the dress used in the video clip and since she did not have matching shoes she performed barefoot Because the costumes designed by Francis Montesinos that Azucar Moreno were going to wear broke during rehearsals they had to wear their own dresses bought at El Rastro flea market Because the suitcase with the outfit designed by Jean Paul Gaultier that Civera was going to wear was lost 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