Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

Spain hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, after Massiel won the 1968 contest with "La, la, la". TVE internally selected Salomé to represent the country at the contest. The song, "Vivo cantando", was selected through a national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: National final
Selection date(s)Song: 20–22 February 1969
Selected entrantSalomé
Selected song"Vivo cantando"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • María José de Cerato
  • Aniano Alcalde
Finals performance
Final result1st (tie), 18 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

National final

The national final took place at the Teatro Balear in Palma de Mallorca from February 20 to 22, hosted by Marisa Medina and Joaquín Prat. Salomé had already been selected as the singer, but the ten candidate songs were performed twice, once by her and once by another performer.[1][2]

Draw Artist Song (English translation) Points Place
First singer Second singer
1 Don Castor Salomé "Abrázame otra vez" (Hold me again) 0 6
2 Lorenzo Valverde Salomé "Amigos, amigos" (Friends, friends) 8 2
3 Elena Salomé "Angelus" 0 6
4 Adriángela Salomé "Buenos días" (Good morning) 4 4
5 Toni Obrador Salomé "Despertar a tu lado" (Waking up by your side) 0 6
6 Daniel Velázquez Salomé "Palabras" (Words) 8 2
7 Gloria Salomé "Siento dentro de mí" (I feel inside me) 0 6
8 Ivana Salomé "Una vida buena" (A good life) 3 5
9 Ana Kiro Salomé "Vivo cantando" (I live singing) 47 1
10 Carlos Antonio Salomé "Ya viene el día" (The day is already coming) 0 6

At Eurovision

Salomé was the third to perform in the running order, following the Luxembourg and preceding Monaco. She received 18 points for her performance, tying for first place with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. All four countries were declared joint winners. This was the first time that there was a tie in the Eurovision Song Contest and the first time that a country, Spain, won two years in a row.[3]

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Points awarded to Spain
Points awarded to Spain
10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Spain
10 points
9 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points Belgium
 Germany
 Monaco
 Portugal
1 point Finland
 Yugoslavia

See also

References
  1. del Amor Caballero, Reyes (4 May 2004). "Preselecciones españolas para Eurovisión, primera parte". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  2. "Spain National Final 1969". natfinals.50webs.com.
  3. "Madrid 1969". Eurovision.tv. 4 March 2020.
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