Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Spanish entry was selected through the national final Mira quién va a Eurovisión (Look who's going to Eurovision), which was organised by the Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE).[1] Ruth Lorenzo represented Spain with the song "Dancing in the Rain", which placed 10th in the final, scoring 74 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processMira quién va a Eurovisión
Selection date(s)22 February 2014
Selected entrantRuth Lorenzo
Selected song"Dancing in the Rain"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result10th, 74 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Mira quién va a Eurovisión

Mira quién va a Eurovisión was the national final organised by TVE that took place on 22 February 2014 at the TVE studios in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, hosted by Anne Igartiburu.[2] The show was broadcast on La 1, TVE International Europe as well as online via TVE's official website rtve.es and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[3] Five artists and songs competed with the winner being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and an in-studio expert jury.

Competing entries

The five competing acts were announced on 20 January 2014 during a press conference held at the TVE Headquarters in Madrid on 20 January 2014, hosted by Anne Irgartiburu. Demo versions of the competing songs were previewed by TVE on their official website on 3 February 2014, while the songs in their entirety were premiered a day later on 17 February.[4]

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Brequette "Más (Run)" (More (Run)) Thomas G:son, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson
Jorge González "Aunque se acabe el mundo" (Even if the world ends) Kiko Rodríguez, Bruno Nicolás, Leticia Fuentes, María José Fernández
La Dama "Estrella fugaz" (Shooting star) Melendi
Raúl "Seguir sin ti" (Going on without you) William Luque, Domingo Sánchez
Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" Ruth Lorenzo, Jim Irvin, Julian Emery

Final

The televised final took place on 22 February 2014. The winner, "Dancing in the Rain" performed by Ruth Lorenzo, was selected through the combination of the votes of an in-studio jury (50%) and a public televote (50%). Brequette and Ruth Lorenzo both finished with the same number of points, but Ruth Lorenzo won due to the televoting results prevailing according to the rules.

The three members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the entries during the final were:[5]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performer was former Eurovision contestant Gisela which represented Andorra in 2008.

Mira quién va a Eurovisión – 22 February 2014
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Percentage Points
1 Brequette "Más (Run)" 36 27.40% 30 66 2
2 La Dama "Estrella fugaz" 18 6.93% 18 36 5
3 Ruth Lorenzo "Dancing in the Rain" 30 30.97% 36 66 1
4 Jorge González "Aunque se acabe el mundo" 24 25.34% 24 48 3
5 Raúl "Seguir sin ti" 21 9.36% 21 42 4

Promotion

Before her appearance at the contest, Lorenzo went on a promotional tour, performing in several European countries. Prior to her selection, Lorenzo gave interviews and appeared on many Spanish TV and radio shows and singing "Dancing in the Rain".[6] On 2 March Lorenzo appeared at the TVE's Todos Somos Raros, Todos Somos Únicos telethon and sang "Dancing in the Rain" at the end of the night.[7] During March 2014, Lorenzo visited different Spanish cities, appearing on various radio and TV shows and giving interviews, performing "Dancing in the Rain" on the Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars (¡Mira quién baila!).[8] On 27 March, Lorenzo swam with sharks at the Madrid Zoo Aquarium to fulfill his promise whether it was the representative of Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[9] Lorenzo was also one of 25 acts from the 2014 contest to perform during the 2014 Eurovision in Concert, the largest gathering of Eurovision artists outside of Eurovision itself, held in the Melkweg, a popular music venue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 5 April 2014.[10] This was followed by an appearance at the London Preview Party alongside 15 other participating entries from 2014, held at the Café de Paris nightclub in London on 13 April.[11] On 13 April, Lorenzo performed "Dancing in the Rain" in Birmingham, United Kingdom as the headline act during the city's annual Birmingham Pride Ball.[12][13] Lorenzo also took part in several interviews and performances on Swedish, Belgian and Dutch TV.[13]

At Eurovision
Ruth Lorenzo at rehearsal in Copenhagen

As a member of the "Big Five", Spain automatically qualified for a place in the final, to be held on 10 May 2014. In addition to their participation in the final, Spain was assigned to vote in the first semi-final on 6 May 2014.[14] During the Spanish delegation's press conference on 6 May 2014, Spain was allocated to compete in the second half of the final.[15] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Spain would perform 19th, following Finland and preceding Switzerland.[16] Spain placed 10th in the final, scoring 74 points.[17]

At the contest, Ruth Lorenzo was joined on stage by four backing vocalists that did not appear on camera: Mey Green, Sandra Borrego, Aiwinnie Mybaby and Alana Sinkëy.[18] The Spanish entry was placed 10th, the only Big Five country to reach the Top 10.

In Spain, the first semi-final was broadcast on La 2 and the final aired on La 1, both shows with commentary by José María Íñigo.[19] The Spanish spokesperson revealing the result of the Spanish vote in the final was Carolina Casado.[20]

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

Points awarded by Spain

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Spanish jury:[21]

  • Raúl Fuentes – Chairperson – artist
  • Damaris Abad – artist
  • Jorge González – singer
  • Leticia Fuentes – composer, singer
  • Francisco Rodriguez – songwriter, singer, music producer

Three of the jury members (Raúl, Damaris "La Dama" Abad and Jorge González) competed as artists at the Spanish national final, while the other two (Leticia Fuentes and Francisco "Kiko" Rodríguez) were involved in the national final as songwriters.

Semi-final 1

The Spanish votes in the first semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[22]

Semi-final 1 – Spanish Results
Draw Country R. Fuentes D. Abad J. González L. Fuentes F. Rodriguez Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Armenia 4 6 7 5 9 8 2 5 6
02  Latvia 11 13 16 16 14 15 11 13
03  Estonia 12 3 3 6 3 4 13 9 2
04  Sweden 1 4 1 7 2 2 4 1 12
05  Iceland 8 5 6 10 5 9 8 8 3
06  Albania 9 10 9 8 10 10 14 12
07  Russia 10 14 12 11 11 11 9 11
08  Azerbaijan 15 15 11 15 12 13 16 15
09  Ukraine 3 7 10 4 4 5 7 6 5
10  Belgium 14 11 15 14 14 14 12 14
11  Moldova 16 16 14 12 13 16 15 16
12  San Marino 13 12 13 13 16 12 6 10 1
13  Portugal 6 2 4 9 8 7 1 3 8
14  Netherlands 5 8 8 1 6 6 3 4 7
15  Montenegro 7 9 2 2 7 3 10 7 4
16  Hungary 2 1 5 3 1 1 5 2 10

Final

The Spanish votes in the final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[23]

Final – Spanish Results
Draw Country R. Fuentes D. Abad J. González L. Fuentes F. Rodriguez Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Ukraine 11 11 10 7 2 5 8 5 6
02  Belarus 16 24 23 20 18 24 22 25
03  Azerbaijan 21 19 16 23 10 19 24 23
04  Iceland 10 5 11 15 7 9 11 10 1
05  Norway 4 4 3 21 11 7 19 13
06  Romania 7 13 9 1 16 8 1 3 8
07  Armenia 12 10 14 17 12 13 4 7 4
08  Montenegro 6 15 6 8 17 11 23 18
09  Poland 15 12 15 24 9 15 6 11
10  Greece 17 14 13 22 20 17 13 14
11  Austria 3 1 2 5 6 2 2 1 12
12  Germany 14 22 18 16 22 21 18 21
13  Sweden 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 2 10
14  France 25 3 25 19 15 18 14 16
15  Russia 22 21 17 18 23 23 10 17
16  Italy 24 23 19 6 19 20 16 19
17  Slovenia 20 18 21 9 3 14 25 22
18  Finland 19 17 20 13 13 16 20 20
19  Spain
20   Switzerland 18 20 22 14 24 22 9 15
21  Hungary 5 9 12 10 4 4 15 9 2
22  Malta 13 6 4 11 8 6 17 12
23  Denmark 8 7 5 12 21 12 7 8 3
24  Netherlands 9 16 7 4 14 10 3 4 7
25  San Marino 23 25 24 25 25 25 21 24
26  United Kingdom 2 8 8 3 5 3 12 6 5

See also

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