Operación Triunfo 2017: Gala OT a Eurovisión

Operación Triunfo 2017: Gala OT a Eurovisión
Preliminary decision data
country	Spain
Broadcasting station
Producing broadcaster
place	Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya, Terrassa
date	29th January 2018
Time	10:35 p.m. ( CET )
Number of participants	5
Number of contributions	5
poll	100% televoting
Moderation
Roberto Leal

Operación Triunfo 2017: Gala OT a Eurovisión is the Eurovision Gala of the Spanish broadcast Operación Triunfo . The winner of this special gala will represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon (Portugal).

format

concept

Since the ninth season of the Spanish program Operación Triunfo is currently being broadcast and has achieved high ratings and is also very popular in social networks, RTVE announced on December 5, 2017 that Spain would be hosting its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest via a special gala will determine the shipment. Five individual artists, three duets and one group compete against each other. However, these all consist of the last five participants of the current season of the show. Only with the duets will the loser of Gala 12 sing along to a duet. In round 1, all nine songs compete against each other, while three of them are chosen by 100% televoting in round 2, where the winner is determined exclusively by televoting. This will then represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon.

Choice of contribution

RTVE and the company Gestmusic , who produce the show, announced on January 17, 2018 that they had received over 200 songs. When submitting their song, each composer was asked who should sing his song. Some composers also submitted a proposal as a duet or group, which leaves the possibility that Spain will also be presented by more than one singer in Lisbon. However, when submitting contributions, there was the requirement that the songs must consist of 100% Spanish texts. The songs of the five finalists will be presented on January 23, 2018. It was announced that a total of nine songs in the preliminary round will compete against each other in different constellations.

Attendees

On January 15, 2018, the first four finalists in the program Gala 11 were determined. The fifth and final finalist was determined on January 22nd, 2018 in Gala 12 . A total of five solo songs, three duet songs and one group song, all of which were released in full on January 24th, 2018. The following participants compete against each other:

First round

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Result (in percent)
1.	9	Alfred & Amaia	Tu canción M / T: Raúl Gómez, Sylvia Santoro	Spanish	Your song
2-3	2	Aitana	Arde M / T: Alba Reig	Spanish	Burn
	5	Aitana Ocaña & Ana Guerra	Lo malo M / T: Morgan, Will Simms, Brisa Fenoy	Spanish	Bad boy
4th	7th	Miriam	Lejos de tu piel M / T: Steve Robson, Ina Wroldsen , Diego Cantero	Spanish	Far from your skin	8th %
5.	3	Agoney & Miriam	Magia M / T: David Otero , Diego Cantero, Tato Latorre	Spanish	magic	7%
6th	8th	Ana Guerra	El remedio M / T: Nabález	Spanish	The cure	5%
7th	6th	Amaia	Al cantar M / T: Rozalen	Spanish	To sing	4%
8th.	4th	Alfred	Que nos sigan las luces M / T: Nil Moliner	Spanish	May the lights follow me	3%
9.	1	Aitana, Alfred, Amaia, Ana Guerra & Miriam	Camina M / T: Aitana, Alfred, Amaia, Ana Guerra, Miriam, Manu Guix	Spanish	To run	1 %

 Candidate has qualified for the second round.

Second round

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Result (in percent)
1.	2	Alfred & Amaia	Tu canción M / T: Raúl Gómez, Sylvia Santoro	43%
2.	1	Aitana	Arde M / T: Alba Reig	31%
3.	3	Aitana & Ana Guerra	Lo malo M / T: Morgan, Will Simms, Brisa Fenoy	26%

Web links

• Official RTVE Eurovision website (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neil Farren: Spain: National Final to Be Held on January 29. In: eurovoix.com. January 9, 2018, accessed January 9, 2018 . 
2. ^ Neil Farren: Spain: Operación Triunfo to Select Eurovision 2018 Representative. In: eurovoix.com. December 5, 2017, accessed December 5, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Eurofire: Spain: Song Contest candidate sings in Spanish. In: eurofire.me. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017 . 
4. ^ Neil Farren: Spain: More than 200 songs presented for Operación Triunfo. In: eurovoix.com. January 17, 2018, accessed January 22, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Vicente Rico: Una Amaia de 10, Miriam, Alfred y Aitana, ¡primeros finalistas de OT y candidatos a Eurovisión! In: eurovision-spain.com. January 15, 2018, accessed January 22, 2018 (Spanish). 
6. ↑ Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani: Spain: Listen to the national final songs; watch the rehearsals live. January 24, 2018, accessed January 24, 2018 .