Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

---

Broadcasting company

First participation

1961

Number of participations

59 (as of 2019)

Highest ranking

1 ( 1968 , 1969 )

Highest Score

125 ( 1973 )

Lowest Score

0 ( 1962 , 1965 , 1983 )

Points average (since first post)

47.41 (as of 2019)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

1.85 (as of 2019)

This article deals with the history of Spain as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Regularity of participation and successes in competition

Ruth Lorenzo (2014) is the last Spanish participant to date to place in the top ten

Spain first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961. At that time, however, the success was manageable. In the end, the Spanish contribution landed in the midfield in 9th place out of 16. In 1962, on the other hand, the country only reached the last place with 0 points, but shared this with Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria. In 1963 and 1964, Spain landed in the lower midfield, 12th out of 16. In 1965, the country again reached last place without receiving a single point. This time Spain shared it with Belgium, Germany and Finland. In 1966, Spain achieved its best position in the competition to date, ranking 7th out of 18. There was also a good result in the following year. Finally, the singer Raphael, who represented Spain the previous year, came in 6th out of 17. In 1968 Spain celebrated its first victory in the competition. The singer Massiel won the competition with just one point ahead of the United Kingdom. In 1969, when the competition first took place in Madrid, Spain was able to win the competition again, making it the first country to win twice in a row. However, the Spanish winner Salomé with Vivo cantando had to share first place with her colleagues from Great Britain, France and the Netherlands. In 1970, however, the Spanish success continued when the singer Julio Iglesias reached number 4 out of 12. In 1971, Spain was also successful in the competition and came second for the first time. With 116 points, the singer Karina also got a new high score for the country. In 1972, however, Spain's success came to an end when singer Jaime Morey only landed 10th out of 18 in midfield. In 1973, on the other hand, Spain achieved another successful placement. The band Mocedades could reach 2nd place and got a total of 125 points. To date, it is Spain's highest score in the competition. From 1974, however, Spain could no longer build on the previous successes.

In 1974, the Spanish contribution only landed 9th out of 17 in the midfield. In 1975, the duo Sergio y Estíbaliz was only able to land 10th out of 19 in the midfield. In 1976, Spain achieved its worst position in eleven years. Finally, the singer Braulio only reached third from last place. In 1977 and 1978, Spain only finished 9th in the middle of the field. In 1979 the country was able to record another success in the competition. So the singer Betty Missiego reached another second place for Spain. Nevertheless, the success could not last and so in 1980 the country landed again only in the midfield on position 12 out of 19. In the following year, the Spanish contribution only reached the lower midfield with position 14 out of 20. Also in 1982 there was only one place in the midfield Place 10 out of 18. 1983 was followed by the third last place for Spain. Again he did not receive a single point. Nevertheless, this last place was shared again, in this case with Turkey. The country was all the more successful again in 1983. Spain achieved third place with the band Bravo. In 1985 the country was again less successful and only landed 14th out of 19 in the lower midfield. In 1986, Spain only landed 10th out of 20 in the midfield. In 1987, the singer Patricia Kraus again only achieved a placement in the lower midfield at 19th place 22. In 1988, the Spanish contribution only reached 11th place out of 21. It was not until 1989 that the country was more successful again.

In 1989 the singer Nina reached 6th place for the country and thus got the best placement since 1984. In the following year the duo Azúcar Moreno achieved an even better placement and landed on 5th place. In 1991 the upward trend continued and Spain landed on place 4. In 1992, however, this ended again and the country landed again in the midfield at 14th place out of 23. In 1993, Spain only just missed a place in the top ten and landed at 11th place. In 1994, however, the country landed again in the lower midfield and only reached place 18 out of 25. The Spanish contribution was all the more successful in 1995. The singer Anabel Conde achieved second place, the best result since 1979. In the following year, however, the country was again less successful and landed in 20th place out of 23. 1997, however, managed it Spain back in the top ten, reaching number 6. In addition to this good position, the country was in 1997 part of the imported "Grand" -  Big Four (Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain), since 2011 Big Five (with Italy), the largest EBU contributors - and thus always has a guaranteed final place. This measure was introduced to ensure the long-term participation of the large donors (Spain, Great Britain, France and Germany, from 2011 also Italy) and thus the survival of the contest. In 1998, however, the singer Mikel Herzog again only achieved a position in the midfield and took 16th place out of 25. In 1999, Spain finally achieved its worst placement since 1983 and ended up in last place for the first time. This time the contribution received at least one point. In 2000, too, the country was only able to achieve 18th place out of 24. It was not until 2001 that the country was successful again in the competition.

Finally, the singer David Civera reached 6th place and thus the best result since 1997. Spain was also able to place in the top ten in the following years. The singer Rosa got 7th place in 2002, the singer Beth 8th place in 2003 and the singer Ramón 10th place in 2004. It was the first time since 1974 that Spain had been placed in the top ten more than three times in a row. After this successful period, Spain was no longer so successful in the competition. The Spanish entries in 2004 and 2005 only reached 21st place respectively. In 2007 there was a similar placement with 20th place. In 2008, however, there was again a placement in the midfield with 16th place. In 2009, however, Spain was only penultimate. In 2010 there was another placement in midfield with 15th place. In 2011, Lucía Pérez ended up third from last. In 2012 Pastora Soler achieved the best placement since 2004, as she finished 10th at the end. In 2013, however, Spain was less successful again and was again penultimate. In 2014, however, Ruth Lorenzo was able to repeat the success of Pastora Soler in 2012 and ended up in 10th place. In 2015, the Spanish contribution landed again in the lower midfield with 21st place, while in 2016 a similar ranking was achieved with 22nd place. In 2017, however, Spain achieved its worst position since 1999 and finished last for the fifth time. In 2018 and 2019, positions 23 and 22 were again only placed in the lower part of the table.

A total of 27 of the 59 entries ended up in the left half of the table. In addition, the country landed in last place five times. With two wins, four second places and one third place, Spain is one of the average successful countries in the competition. Nevertheless, it is the weakest participating country overall of all Big5 participants. It should also be noted, however, that Spain, alongside Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Belarus, has never withdrawn from the competition since its first participation. However, this is particularly noteworthy in Spain. After all, Spain has been participating since 1961, while Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Belarus have all only participated in the Song Contest since the 2000s. In addition, Spain is the country that has been waiting the longest for its next victory. As of 2019, Spain has been waiting for its next victory for 50 years.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semifinals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.      

year	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision
					space	Points	space	Points
1961	Conchita Bautista	Estando contigo M: Augusto Algueró; T: Antonio Guijarro	Spanish	To be with you	9/16	8th	Direct participation		Final nacional 1961
1962	Victor Balaguer	Llámame M: Mario Selles; T: Miguel Portoles	Spanish	Call me	13/16	0			Final nacional 1962
1963	José Guardiola	Algo prodigioso M: Fernando García Morcillo; T: Camillo Murillo Janero	Spanish	Something wonderful	12/16	2			internal selection
1964	Go TNT	Caracola M / T: Fina de Calderón	Spanish	slug	12/16	1			Gran Parada 1964
1965	Conchita Bautista	¡Qué bueno, qué bueno! M / T: Antonio Figueroa Egea	Spanish	How good, how good!	15/18	0			Eurofestival 1965
1966	Raphael	Yo soy aquél M / T: Manuel Alejandro	Spanish	I am the one	7/18	9			internal selection
1967	Raphael	Hablemos del amor M / T: Manuel Alejandro	Spanish	Let's talk about love	6/17	9			internal selection
1968	Massiel	La, la, la M / T: Manuel de la Calva, Ramón Arcusa	Spanish	La, la, la	1  /17	29			internal selection
1969	Salomé	Vivo cantando M: Maria José de Cerato; T: Aniano Alcalde	Spanish	I live singing	1  /16	18th			Festival de la canción española 1969
1970	Julio Iglesias	Gwendolyne M / T: Julio Iglesias	Spanish	Gwendolyne	4/12	8th			Festival de la canción española 1970
1971	Karina	En un mundo nuevo M: Rafael Trabucchelli; T: Tony Luz	Spanish	In a new world	2/18	116			Pasaporte a Dublín
1972	Jaime Morey	Amanece M: Augusto Algueró; T: Ramón Arcusa	Spanish	It dawns	10/18	83			internal selection
1973	Mocedades	Eres tú M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	You are	2/17	125			internal selection
1974	Peret	Canta y sé feliz M / T: Pedro Pubill Calaf	Spanish	Sing and be happy	9/17	10			internal selection
1975	Sergio y Estíbaliz	Tú volverás M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	You will come back	10/19	53			internal selection
1976	Braulio	Sobran las palabras M / T: Braulio Antonio García Bautista	Spanish	Words are superfluous	16/18	11			Voces a 45
1977	Mickey	Enséñame a cantar M / T: Fernando Arbex	Spanish	Teach me to sing	9/18	52			internal selection
1978	José Vélez	Bailemos un vals M / T: Manuel de la Calva, Ramón Arcusa	Spanish	Let's dance a waltz	9/20	65			internal selection
1979	Betty Missiego	Su canción M / T: Fernando Moreno	Spanish	Your song	2/19	116			internal selection
1980	Trigo Limpio	Quédate esta noche M / T: José Antonio Martin	Spanish	Stay tonight	12/19	38			internal selection
1981	Bacchelli	Y sólo tú M / T: Amado Jaen	Spanish	And only you	14/20	38			internal selection
1982	Lucía	El M: Francisco Cepero; T: Ignacio Román	Spanish	He	10/18	52			internal selection
1983	Remedios Amaya	¿Quién maneja mi barca? M: José Miguel Evóras; T: Isidro Muñoz	Spanish	Who controls my ship?	19/20	0			internal selection
1984	Bravo	Lady, Lady M: Miguel Blasco; T: Amaya Saizar	Spanish	Lady, lady	3/19	106			internal selection
1985	Paloma San Basilio	The fiesta terminó M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	The party is over	14/19	36			internal selection
1986	Cadillac	Valentino M / T: José María Guzmán	Spanish	Valentino	10/20	51			internal selection
1987	Patricia Kraus	No estás solo M: Rafael Martínez, Rafael Trabucchelli; T: Patricia Kraus	Spanish	You're not alone	19/22	10			internal selection
1988	La Década Prodigiosa	La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain) M: Enrique Piero; T: Francisco Dondiego	Spanish	The girl I love (Made in Spain)	11/21	58			internal selection
1989	Nina	Nacida para amar M / T: Juan Carlos Calderón	Spanish	Born to love	6/22	88			internal selection
1990	Azúcar Moreno	Bandido M: Raúl Orellana, Jaime Stinus; T: José Luis Abel	Spanish	bandit	5/22	96			internal selection
1991	Sergio Dalma	Bailar pegados M: Julio Seijas; T: Luis Gomez Escolar	Spanish	Dancing closely	4/22	119			internal selection
1992	Serafín Zubiri	Todo esto es la música M: Luis Miguélez, Alfredo Valbuena; T: Luis Miguélez	Spanish	That is all the music	14/23	37			internal selection
1993	Eva Santamaría	Hombres M: Christian de Walden, Ralf Steinman, Carlos Toro; T: Carlos Toro	Spanish	Men	11/25	58			internal selection
1994	Alejandro Abad	Ella no es ella M / T: Alejandro Abad	Spanish	She is not her	18/25	17th	Qualified directly for the final		internal selection
1995	Anabel Conde	Vuelve conmigo M / T: José María Purón	Spanish	come back to me	2/23	119			internal selection
1996	Antonio Carbonell	¡Ay, qué deseo! M / T: Antonio Carmona, Josemi Carmona, Juan Carmona	Spanish	Oh, what a pleasure!	20/23	17th	14/29	43	internal selection
1997	Marcos Llunas	Sin rencor M / T: Marcos Llunas	Spanish	Without resentment	6/25	96	Qualified directly for the final		internal selection
1998	Mikel Duke	¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti? M: Alberto Estébanez; T: Mikel Herzog	Spanish	What should i do without you	16/25	21st			internal selection
1999	Lydia	No quiero escuchar M / T: Carlos López González, Adolfo Carmona Zamarreño, Fernando Rodríguez Fernández, Alejandro Piqueras Ramírez	Spanish	I don't want to hear	23/23	1			internal selection
2000	Serafín Zubiri	Colgado de un sueño M / T: José María Purón	Spanish	Hanging on a dream	18/24	18th			Eurocanción 2000
2001	David Civera	Dile que la quiero M / T: Alejandro Abad	Spanish	Tell her i love her	6/23	76			Eurocanción 2001
2002	pink	Europe's Living a Celebration M: Toni Ten; T: Xasqui Ten	Spanish a.	Europe lives a celebration	7/24	81			Operación Triunfo 2001
2003	Beth	Dime M / T: Jesús María Pérez, Amaya Martínez	Spanish	tell me	8/26	81			Operación Triunfo 2002
2004	Ramón	Para llenarme de ti M / T: Kike Santander	Spanish	To fill me with you	10/24	87			Operación Triunfo 2003
2005	Son de Sol	Brujería M / T: Alfredo Panebianco	Spanish	witchcraft	21/24	28			Eurovisión 2005: Elige nuestra canción
2006	Read ketchup	Un Bloody Mary M / T: Queco	Spanish	A Bloody Mary	21/24	18th			internal selection
2007	D'Nash	I Love You mi vida M: Thomas G: son , Andreas Rickstrand; T: Tony S.-Ohlsson, Rebeca Pous del Toro	Spanish	I love you, My life	20/24	43			Misión Eurovisión
2008	Rodolfo Chikilicuatre	Baila el Chiki Chiki M / T: Rodolfo Chikilicuatre & Friends	Spanish, English	Dance the chiki-chiki	16/25	55			Salvemos Eurovisión
2009	Soraya	La noche es para mí M: Jason Gill, Dimitri Stassos, Irini Michas; T: Felipe Pedroso	Spanish, English	This night is for me	24/25	23			Eurovisión 2009: El retorno
2010	Daniel Diges	Algo pequeñito M / T: Jesús Cañadilla, Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar, Daniel Diges	Spanish	Something tiny	15/25	68			Eurovisión 2010: Destino Oslo
2011	Lucía Pérez	Que me quiten lo bailao M / T: Rafael Artesero	Spanish	I was having fun, what do I care about the rest	23/25	50			Destino Eurovisión
2012	Pastora Soler	Quédate conmigo M: Thomas G: son , Erik Bernholm, Antonio Sánchez; T: Antonio Sánchez	Spanish	stay with me	10/26	97			Eurovisión: Pastora Soler
2013	El Sueño de Morfeo	Contigo hasta el final M / T: David Feito, Raquel del Rosario , Juan Luis Suárez	Spanish	With you to the end	25/26	8th			El Sueño de Morfeo: Destino Eurovisión
2014	Ruth Lorenzo	Dancing in the Rain M / T: Ruth Lorenzo , James Lawrence Irvin, Julian Emery	English Spanish	Dancing in the rain	10/26	74			Mira quién va a Eurovisión
2015	Edurne	Amanecer M / T: Thomas G: son , Tony Sánchez-Olsson, Peter Boström	Spanish	sunrise	21/27	15th			internal selection
2016	Barely	Say yay! M / T: Bárbara Reyzabál , Rubén Villanueva, Víctor Púa Vívo	English	Say hurray!	22/26	77			Objetivo Eurovisión 2016
2017	Manel Navarro	Do It for Your Lover M / T: Manel Navarro , Antonio Rayo "Rayito"	Spanish, English	Do it for your lover	26/26	5			Objetivo Eurovisión 2017
2018	Alfred & Amaia	Tu canción M / T: Raul Gomez Garcia, Sylvia Ruth Santoro Lopez	Spanish	Your song	23/26	66			Operación Triunfo 2017
2019	Miki	La venda M / T: Adrià Salas	Spanish	The blindfold	22/26	54			Operación Triunfo 2018
2020	Blow Cantó	Universo M: Blas Cantó , Dan Hammond, Ash Hicklin , Mikolaj Trybulec, Dangelo Ortega; T: Blas Cantó , Dan Hammond	Spanish	universe	Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU				internal selection
2021	Blow Cantó						Qualified directly for the final		internal selection

^a. in a few words in English

National preliminary decisions

Most of the Spanish entries to the Eurovision Song Contest were selected internally, namely in the years 1963, 1966 to 1968, 1972 to 1975, 1977 to 1999 and 2015. In the remaining years, national preliminary rounds were held, with TVE using many different systems:

Preliminary decisions in the 1960s

For the first contribution in 1961, a preliminary round was held with six participants who had previously been selected from a total of ten singers in a semi-final, and the jury voted. In 1962 the preliminary decision was similar, this time the semi-finals were played on the radio with 16 participants and the top ten qualified. The jury consisted of members who appeared on behalf of various radio stations. In 1964, the ten songs of the preliminary decision were performed independently by two singers. In Copenhagen , the winning title Caracola was finally presented by Los TNT, who had not even taken part in the preliminary round. For the first time, the audience was allowed to vote, namely by postcard . In 1965 a total of 54 songs were presented over several weeks before the final, of which the best thirteen made it to the final. A jury was allowed to vote again. In 1969, Salomé was already known as the representative for Spain before the final, only the song was to be selected by a jury from ten. All songs were presented once by Salomé and once by any other artist.

Preliminary decisions in the 1970s

In 1970, the system from 1964 was used, but this time with an upstream semi-final with ten eliminated songs. In 1971 a completely new concept - nationally and internationally - was implemented: only the singer, who was later to submit a title, was chosen on television. A total of 10 artists were available. For ten weeks there was a show in which one of the singers presented several titles and all the others presented one, so that the focus was on a specific participant each week. In the end, a jury selected Karina as the Spanish representative. In 1976 14 singers took part in the preliminary round, each performing two songs. Once again, the audience was allowed to vote by postcard.

2000 and 2001

After a long break, a Spanish preliminary decision was held again in 2000: It consisted of 15 participants who each presented a song. A jury voted and, for the first time, also by telephone voting. In 2001 the concept was repeated, this time with 20 participants.

Operación Triunfo (2002 to 2004)

In the years 2002 to 2004, the casting show Operación Triunfo , whose concept is reminiscent of that of the Fame Academy program , was to determine the Spanish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. The three finalists finally presented several titles, among which telephone voting in conjunction with a jury vote chose the favorite. The show was a great success, which was shown by the significantly higher audience ratings compared to previous years, both in the preliminary round and in the international final.

2005

In 2005 a more classic preliminary decision was carried out: First, in a semi-final, 10 songs were reduced to six, among which the winner was chosen in the final. For the first time, votes were only taken by telephone.

Misión Eurovisión (2007)

In 2007, Misión Eurovisión was an extremely elaborate concept that dragged on for seven weeks: in the first four weeks, 10 singers each - unknown and well-known - performed and presented well-known songs, similar to casting shows. The five best each reached the semi-finals, where again five singers were selected for the final. During this phase, 15 songs were distributed over the Internet, among which the audience, the Internet users and a jury each selected five titles. In the sixth week, these ten songs were presented by famous Spanish artists and the five best made it to the finals. In the final, each singer presented each title, so that there were 25 combinations, of which the five best reached the final round, in which the song and singer were finally chosen.

Salvemos Eurovisión (2008)

In 2008 a new concept was invented to enhance the Spanish participation in the ESC. All candidates presented themselves on the Internet platform Myspace . From this, five titles were selected by email voting and five titles by a professional jury for the national preliminary decision. There a winner was determined by voting by television viewers by telephone or SMS.

There were disagreements when the candidate who received the most votes in the email voting was disqualified for manipulating the election. The new introduction and voting process also meant that the comedian David Fernández Ortiz's contribution ultimately won. The criticism that Spain was represented at the ESC with a parody title fell silent only after the contribution in the final had a better placement and higher ratings than the Spanish contributions of previous years.

Eurovisión: Pastora Soler (2012)

In 2012 TVE chose Pastora Soler to represent internally from Spain in Baku. Your song was then determined in a preliminary decision with three titles. 50% of the time, the jury and televoting decided the winner's title. In the end, the title Quédate conmigo won the jury and televoting, with which Pastora Soler finally presented the title in Baku.

El Sueño de Morfeo: Destino Eurovisión (2013)

In 2013 TVE used the system from 2012 and internally selected the band El Sueño de Morfeo. The title was chosen again in a preliminary decision with three songs. There, 50% tele and jury voting decided the winner. In the end, the title Contigo hasta el final won tele and jury voting, with which the band finally presented the title in Malmö.

Mira quién va a Eurovisión (2014)

In 2014, after the internal selection of the performers in 2012 and 2013, there was again a classic preliminary decision with five participants. They were invited by TVE and then presented their own five titles. The winner was then determined with 50% jury voting and 50% televoting. In the end there was a tie with 68 points between the jury winner Brequette and the televoting winner Ruth Lorenzo. The rules of the preliminary decision, however, said that in the event of a tie, the televoting wins the winner, so that in the end Ruth Lorenzo won with her song Dancing in the Rain .

Objetivo Eurovisión (2016 and 2017)

After the contribution and interpreter had been selected internally in 2015, TVE held a national preliminary decision in 2016, which took place on February 1, 2016. With 6 participants, the singer Barei won the song Say Yay! prevail and won the preliminary round.

In 2017 there was again a preliminary decision with six titles. However, after the vote there was a tie between the singer Manel Navarro and the singer Mirela. Both had received a total of 58 points, with Mirela winning the televoting and Manel Navarro the jury voting. In the end, however, Navarro was declared the winner because he won the jury voting. On his winning performance there were loud boos and loud accusations of fraud from the studio audience, whereupon Navarro showed a fist. He apologized for this at a press conference two days later.

Operación Triunfo (2018 and 2019)

In 2018 , TVE returned to the casting show Operación Triunfo. However, unlike from 2002 to 2004, a special Eurovision gala of the show was held. In 2018, only five participants took part, who presented nine titles. With 100% televoting, the three best titles then reached a superfinal, where the winner was determined. In 2019 the concept was then slightly changed. Before the broadcast, there was an online voting in which three fixed titles were determined for the Eurovision Gala. The remaining seven titles were selected by a special jury. In the Eurovision Gala broadcast itself there were then ten titles from nine participants. Again, only the televoting determined the winner, but this time only one voting round took place.

languages

Spain has been very faithful to its national language, all contributions with the exception of 2016 were at least partially sung in Spanish. In a few years, English text passages were used (1988, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2017). During the earlier participations in particular, the songs were occasionally recorded in other languages, such as English, Italian and German. In 2014, Ruth Lorenzo's contribution contained more English than Spanish text for the first time. The song from 2015 was performed completely in Spanish again, whereas Barei decided in the following year as the first Spanish interpreter to sing her song completely in English, after it contained a few passages in the local language in the preliminary round. Just like Ruth Lorenzo, she had to expose herself to harsh criticism from the country's artistic scene.

Organized competition in 1969

In 1969 the Eurovision Song Contest took place for the first and only time in Spain after winning the previous year. The competition was held in Madrid . The stage design was inspired by works by the artist Salvador Dalí and the pause number can also be classified under modern art: For the first time, a short film was recorded to bridge the vote - it was an audio-visual processing of the four elements . The fact that the competition was being held for the first time in a country with a right-wing dictatorship caused fierce controversy, and Austria even decided not to take part.

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Spain (as of 2019):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  Germany 250 2  Italy 242 3  Portugal 178 4th  Ireland 172 5  United Kingdom 155

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Portugal 261 2  Germany 250 3  Italy 222 4th  Greece 192 5  Romania 169

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  Portugal 221 2  France 182 3  Switzerland 174 4th  Belgium 147 5  Greece 141

Award of the highest rating

Since 1975 Spain has given the maximum number of points to 21 different countries, nine of which to Italy. In the semifinals, on the other hand, Spain awarded the maximum number of points to twelve different countries, four of them to Portugal.

Highest rating (final) year country Place (final) 1975  Netherlands 1 1976  United Kingdom 1 1978  Greece 5 1979  Germany 4th 1980  Germany 2 1981  Germany 2 1982  Germany 1 1983  Greece 14th 1984  Italy 4th 1985  Italy 7th 1986  Ireland 4th 1987  Italy 3 1988  Ireland 8th 1989  Italy 9 1990  Italy 1 1991  Israel 3 1992  Malta 2 1993  Portugal 10 1994  Portugal 8th 1995  Croatia 6th 1996  Belgium 16 1997  Turkey 3 1998  Germany 7th 1999  Croatia 4th 2000  Germany 5 2001  Portugal 17th 2002  Malta 2 2003  Belgium 2 2004  Germany 8th 2005  Romania 3 2006  Romania 4th 2007  Romania 13 2008  Romania 20th 2009  Norway 1 2010  Germany 1 2011  Italy 2 2012  Sweden 1 2013  Italy 7th 2014  Austria 1 2015  Italy 3 2016  Armenia (J) 7th  Bulgaria (T) 4th 2017  Portugal (J&T) 1 2018  Cyprus (J) 2  Israel (T) 1 2019  Sweden (J) 5  Italy (T) 2 2020 Competition canceled

Highest rating (semi-finals) year country Place (semifinals) 2004  Andorra 18th 2005  Romania 1 2006  Armenia 6th 2007  Andorra 12 2008  Andorra 15th 2009  Norway 1 2010  Portugal 4th 2011  Iceland 4th 2012  Romania 3 2013  Norway 3 2014  Sweden 2 2015  Estonia 3 2016  Armenia (J) 2  Austria (T) 7th 2017  Portugal (J&T) 1 2018  Israel (J) 1  Ireland (T) 6th 2019  Australia (J) 1  Portugal (T) 15th 2020 Competition canceled

various

• Spain has been waiting for another victory since 1969, longer than any other country that has won the competition at least once. The country thus sets the previous record for Austria , which took 48 years from its first to its second victory (1966 to 2014).
• Massiel, the first winner, received by far the highest score from Germany in 1968 : six points. It was also the only country other than Spain itself where la, la, la was a little hit.
• At the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964, a man ran onto the stage between the Swiss and Belgian entries to protest against Francisco Franco and António de Oliveira Salazar . Although he was not in the picture, the calls can be heard on the sound recording.
• At the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Jimmy Jump ran into Daniel Diges' choreography . Spain was allowed to perform again after the last contribution.
• Spain is the only country in the Big Five that never got over 200 points.
  • In addition, Spain is the only country that never won with at least 100 points.

Impressions

• 

  Conchita Bautista 1965

• 

  Julio Iglesias 1970

• 

  Ramón 2004

• 

  D'Nash 2007

• 

  Rodolfo Chikilicuatre 2008

• 

  Daniel Diges 2010

• 

  El Sueño de Morfeo 2013

• 

  Ruth Lorenzo 2014

• 

  Edurne 2015

• 

  Barei 2016

• 

  Manel Navarro 2017

• 

  Amaia & Alfred 2018

• 

  Miki 2019

literature

• Jan Feddersen: A song can be a bridge . Hoffmann and Campe, 2002

Web links

• National finals geocities.ws

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Así ha sido la vergonzosa rueda de prensa de Eurovisión: "Fue una gala perfectamente establecida"