Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
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Selected song | "Dime" | |||
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Final result | 8th, 81 points | |||
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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As a member of the "
Background
Prior to the 2003 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its first entry in
.The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In 2002, TVE used the reality television singing competition Operación Triunfo (the Spanish version of Star Academy) to select both the artist and song that would represent Spain. The procedure was continued in order to select their 2003 entry.[2]
Before Eurovision
Operación Triunfo
The Spanish entry for the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest was selected through Operación Triunfo, a Spanish reality television music competition consisting of training seventeen contestants in a boarding academy in order to find new singing talent.[3] The second series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2002, took place from 7 October 2002 to 24 February 2003 at the Mediapark Studios in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, hosted by Carlos Lozano. The competition was broadcast on La Primera and TVE Internacional. The top three contestants competed in the Eurovision selection show, Gala Eurovisión, which consisted of two shows on 10 and 17 February 2003. Each contestant performed three candidate songs, selected by an evaluation committee consisting of representatives of TVE, Gestmusic and Vale Music from more than 200 submitted songs, and the winner was decided exclusively through a public televote.[4] The competing songs and the allocations were announced on 3 February 2003.[5]
Contestant qualified to "Gala Eurovisión"
Contestant | Age | Residence | Episode of elimination | Place finished (Overall ranking) |
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Ainhoa | 22 | Galdakao | Gala Final | 1st |
Manuel | 21 | Isla Cristina | 2nd | |
Beth | 20 | Súria | 3rd | |
Nández | 24 | Cádiz | Gala Final | 4th |
Hugo | 24 | Seville | 5th | |
Joan | 25 | Barcelona | 6th | |
Tony | 21 | Tenerife | Gala 13 | 7th |
Nika | 22 | Torrejón de Ardoz | Gala 12 | 8th |
Vega | 23 | Córdoba | Gala 11 | 9th |
Danni | 20 | Jaén | Gala 10 | 10th |
Elena | 19 | Barcelona | Gala 9 | 11th |
Tessa | 20 | Valencia | Gala 8 | 12th |
Marey | 18 | Cádiz | Gala 7 | 13th |
Cristie | 24 | Fuengirola | Gala 6 | 14th |
Enrique | 27 | Navarra
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Gala 5 | 15th |
Miguel | 25 | Ibiza | Gala 4 | 16th |
Mai | 24 | Madrid | Gala 3 | 17th |
Saray | 18 | Alicante | Gala 0 | Not selected |
Marcos | 26 | Barcelona | ||
Jano | 25 | Palma de Mallorca |
Shows
Song selection
The song selection round of Gala Eurovisión took place on 10 February 2003 and consisted of two rounds of voting. In the first round, an in-studio jury eliminated one song per contestant. The five members of the in-studio jury were Pilar Tabares (music director of TVE),
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
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1 | Beth
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"La vida sin ti" | Jesús María Pérez, Amaya Martínez | Eliminated |
2 | Manuel | "Viviré, moriré" | David Jiménez, Pablo Pinilla, David Santisteban | Advanced |
3 | Ainhoa | "Mi razón de vivir" | Rafael Artesero | Advanced |
4 | Manuel | "Santa Lucía" | Jordi Cubino | Advanced |
5 | Ainhoa | "Con la fuerza del corazón" | Miguel Gallardo | Advanced |
6 | Beth | "Dime" | Jesús María Pérez, Amaya Martínez | Advanced |
7 | Ainhoa | "Viva la noche" | Jordi Cubino | Eliminated |
8 | Beth | "Cerrando heridas" | José Abraham | Advanced |
9 | Manuel | "Sueña con ése momento" | Daniel Ambrojo | Eliminated |
Artist | Song | Result |
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Ainhoa | "Santa Lucía" | Eliminated |
"Viviré, moriré" | Advanced | |
Beth | "Con la fuerza del corazón" | Eliminated |
"Mi razón de vivir" | Advanced | |
Manuel | "Cerrando heridas" | Eliminated |
"Dime" | Advanced |
Final
The final of Gala Eurovisión took place on 17 February 2003. The winner, "Dime" performed by
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Ainhoa | "Mi razón de vivir" | 31% | 2 |
2 | Manuel | "Viviré, moriré" | 24% | 3 |
3 | Beth
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"Dime" | 45% | 1 |
At Eurovision
As a member of the "
In Spain, the show was broadcast on La Primera with commentary by José Luis Uribarri.[12][13] The Spanish spokesperson, who announced the results of the Spanish televote during the final, was Anne Igartiburu.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Belgium in the contest.
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References
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- ^ "Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Samedi 24 mai". TV8 (in French). Zofingen, Switzerland: Ringier. 22 May 2003. pp. 23–30. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Scriptorium Digital Library.
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