Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: Eurovisión: Pastora Soler
Selection date(s)Artist: 21 December 2011
Song: 3 March 2012
Selected entrantPastora Soler
Selected song"Quédate conmigo"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result10th, 97 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 21 December 2011, TVE announced during the La 1 programme La mañana, hosted by Mariló Montero, that they had selected singer Pastora Soler to represent Spain at the 2012 contest.[2][3] During the programme, it was also revealed that a national final would select the song Soler would sing in Baku.

Eurovisión: Pastora Soler

Eurovisión: Pastora Soler was the national final organised by TVE that took place on 3 March 2012 at the Prado del Rey Studios in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Community of Madrid, hosted by Anne Igartiburu.[4][5] The show was broadcast on La 1, TVE International Europe as well as online via TVE's official website rtve.es.[6] Four songs, selected from Soler's latest album Una mujer como yo and from new songs provided by her record label Warner Music Spain and composers who usually work with her, competed with the winning song being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and an in-studio expert jury.[7][8] Two of the songs were selected for an Internet vote and the remaining two songs were selected directly for the national final by Soler and her team.

Internet vote

One of the competing songs in the national final was selected through an Internet vote.[9] Internet users had between 15 and 20 February 2012 to vote for their favourite song via rtve.es and the song with the most votes, "Ahora o nunca", qualified to the national final.[10]

Internet vote – 15 February 2012 – 20 February 2012
Draw Song (English translation) Composer(s) Votes Place
1 "Ahora o nunca" (Now or never) José Abraham 2,265 1
2 "Me despido de ti" (I say goodbye to you) Marco Deltoni, Xerónimo Manzur, Javier Rodríguez 1,750 2

National final

The televised final took place on 3 March 2012.[11][12] All three participating songs were performed by Pastora Soler and the winning song, "Quédate conmigo", was selected through the combination of the votes of an in-studio jury (50%) and a public televote which took place from 22 February to 3 March 2012 (50%).[13]

The three members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the songs during the final were:[14]

  • Sole Giménez – Singer
  • Franco de Vita – Singer-songwriter
  • Óscar Gómez – Producer, songwriter

In addition to the performances of the competing songs, guest performers included former Eurovision contestant Sergio Dalma which represented Spain in 1991, and singers David Bustamante and Malú.[15]

Eurovisión: Pastora Soler – 3 March 2012
Draw Song (English translation) Composer(s) Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 "Tu vida es tu vida" (Your life is your life) Max Miona, Eleonora Giudizi, Juan María Montes 26 28% 30 56 2
2 "Quédate conmigo" (Stay with me) Thomas G:son, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, Erik Bernholm 36 56% 36 72 1
3 "Ahora o nunca" (Now or never) José Abraham 28 16% 24 52 3

At Eurovision

Spain is a Big Five member and was therefore automatically in the final, held on 26 May. In the running order draw, determined on 20 March 2012, Spain got a wildcard (allowing it to choose the singing position) and opted to perform 19th.[16] In the end, Spain scored 97 points and ranked 10th.

Split results
  • In the Final Spain came 10th with 97 points: the public awarded Spain 18th place with 45 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 154 points.[17]

Points awarded by Spain

Points awarded to Spain
Points awarded to Spain (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. "Pastora Soler representará a España en Eurovisión 2012 en Bakú". RTVE.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. "Spain: Representative to be announced today!". Escdaily.com. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  3. "TVE desvela a las 12 h quién representará a España en el Festival de Eurovisión 2012". RTVE.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  4. "Spain: Televised song selection show in February". Sanjay Jiandani. Esctoday.com. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  5. "Pastora Soler cantará con Sergio Dalma, Bustamante y Malú en la gala de Eurovisión de TVE" (in Spanish). RTVE.es. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  6. "La 1 emitirá el 3 de marzo una gala especial para elegir la canción de Pastora Soler en Eurovisión 2012". FormulaTV.com (in Spanish). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  7. "He encontrado una balada moderna, espectacular, con algo especial como Solo tú o La mala costumbre". Eurovision-Spain.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  8. "Spain: Pastora prefers to sing a ballad or pop song". Sanjay Jiandani. Esctoday.com. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  9. "Tú eliges la tercera canción para Pastora Soler, ¡vota ya!". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  10. "Pastora Soler cantará "Ahora o nunca" en la gala de Eurovisión de TVE". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  11. "Llano: "Queremos que sea una canción de Pastora, no impuesta a Pastora"". José García Hernández (in Spanish). Eurovision-Spain.com. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  12. "Asiste como público a la gala de Pastora Soler. ¡TVE te invita!". Eurovision-Spain.com (in Spanish). 6 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  13. "Vota la canción de Pastora Soler para Eurovisión 2012" (in Spanish). RTVE.es. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  14. "Sole Giménez, Franco de Vita y Óscar Gómez serán los miembros del jurado de la gala 'Eurovisión. Pastora Soler'" (in Spanish). RTVE.es. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  15. Hondal, Victor (3 March 2012). "Watch now: Song selection show in Spain". Esctoday. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  16. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=49623&_t=results_of_the_2012_running_order_draw Eurovision.tv Retrieved 20 March 2012
  17. Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". Eurovision.tv.
  18. Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1), Eurovision
  19. Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final, Eurovision
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