Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with an entry selected through a national preselection called Eurocanción 2001.[1] David Civera with the song "Dile que la quiero", composed by Alejandro Abad (Spanish entrant in 1994), was chosen to represent Spain. At Eurovision, David Civera finished sixth with 76 points.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2001 | ||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurocanción 2001 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 23 February 2001 | |||
| Selected entrant | David Civera | |||
| Selected song | "Dile que la quiero" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 76 points | |||
| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Eurocanción 2001
About 2,000 songs were submitted to the national broadcaster TVE, and 20 were selected to participate in the final.
The final took place on 23 February 2001 at TVE's studios in Madrid, and was hosted by Jennifer Rope and Sandra Morey. The winner was decided by a nine-member jury panel (75%) and public televoting (25%). Each jury member awarded points in the Eurovision style of 12, 10, 8-1 point(s). The public televote had a weighing equal to the votes of three juries. David Civera got the highest number of points from both the jury and the audience and was proclaimed winner and entrant for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.[2]
The members of the jury were Augusto Algueró, Pilar Tabares, Teresa Segura, Daniel Velázquez, Juan Ignacio Ocaña, Hugo de Campos, Silvia Gambino, Juan Luis Ayllón Piquero and José Martín Alfageme.
| Final – 23 February 2001 | |||||||
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| Draw | Singer | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Locomía | "Música, música" (Music, music) | Alejandro García Price | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Noemí | "Sin rencor" (Without grudge) | Susan Adkinson, Alfonso Sanz | 57 | 6 | 63 | 4 |
| 3 | David Castedo | "Un terrón de azúcar" (A lump of sugar) | David Castedo | 26 | 9 | 35 | 10 |
| 4 | Paula | "Prisionera de tu amor" (Prisoner of your love) | Jose Antonio Ogara | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Sonia & Selena | "Yo quiero bailar" (I want to dance) | Francisco Ten, Tony Ten | 29 | 12 | 41 | 9 |
| 6 | Hi Priority | "A nadie como a ti" (Nobody like you) | Pablo Pinilla, David Santisteban | 60 | 24 | 84 | 2 |
| 7 | David Civera | "Dile que la quiero" (Tell her that I love her) | Víctor Salvi, Alejandro Abad | 72 | 36 | 108 | 1 |
| 8 | Trans X | "Amándonos" (Loving each other) | Javier Morán, Octavio Narbón, Cristóbal Garrido, Pascual Anguirad | 11 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 9 | Mina | "Libres" (Free) | José María Díez, Angel Santiago Haro | 60 | 18 | 78 | 3 |
| 10 | Toni & Miguel | "Baila" (Dance) | Benjamín Estació | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Kingdom Brothers | "Nada es igual" (Nothing is the same) | A. Hernández, David Santana, L. Suárez, Yeron Torres | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 12 | Herbert | "Abre los brazos" (Open your arms) | G. Carillo | 30 | 30 | 60 | 5 |
| 13 | Virginia | "No tengas miedo de amar" (Don't be afraid to love) | José Luciano Garrigó, Emilio Alquézar | 50 | 0 | 50 | 7 |
| 14 | Frank Bravo | "No sé por qué" (I don't know why) | Jose Manuel Moles | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 | Natalia | "Porque quiero" (Because I want to) | Natalia Gómez Lantero | 30 | 3 | 33 | 11 |
| 16 | Román | "Nada sin ti" (Nothing without you) | Douglas Bastidas, Raúl Velez | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 17 | Mister Robinson | "Un flechazo de Cupido" (An arrow shot by Cupid) | Daniel Grostz, Rafael Esparza | 28 | 15 | 43 | 8 |
| 18 | Luna | "No pidas más amor" (Don't ask for more love) | Mercedes Trujillo | 31 | 21 | 52 | 6 |
| 19 | Oxígeno | "Niña bonita" (Pretty girl) | David Villar, Daniel Cardenete | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 20 | Silvana | "Dónde" (Where) | Enrique Casellas, José Carlos Seco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | A. Algueró | P. Tabares | T. Segura | D. Velázquez | J. Ocaña | H. de Campos | S. Gambino | J. Piquero | J. Alfageme | Total |
| 1 | "Música, música" | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | "Sin rencor" | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 57 | |
| 3 | "Un terrón de azúcar" | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 26 | |||
| 4 | "Prisionera de tu amor" | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | "Quiero bailar" | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | "A nadie como a ti" | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 60 | ||
| 7 | "Dile que la quiero" | 5 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 72 |
| 8 | "Amándonos" | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| 9 | "Libres" | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 60 |
| 10 | "Baila" | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | "Nada es igual" | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 12 | "Abre los brazos" | 5 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 30 | |||||
| 13 | "No tengas miedo de amar" | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 50 | ||
| 14 | "No sé por qué" | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 15 | "Porque quiero" | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |||
| 16 | "Nada sin ti" | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 17 | "Un flechazo de Cupido" | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 28 | ||
| 18 | "No pidas más amor" | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | |||
| 19 | "Niña bonita" | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 20 | "Dónde" | 0 | |||||||||
At Eurovision
At Eurovision, Civera performed 13th. At the close of the voting he had received 76 points, placing 6th of 23.
References
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