Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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Country | Spain | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Operación Triunfo | |||
Selection date(s) | 28 January 2004 | |||
Selected entrant | Ramón | |||
Selected song | "Para llenarme de ti" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Kike Santander | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 10th, 87 points | |||
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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As a member of the "
Background
Prior to the 2004 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-three 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 and 2003, 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 2004 entry.[2]
Before Eurovision
Operación Triunfo
The Spanish entry for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest was selected through
Contestant qualified to "Gala Eurovisión"
Contestant | Age | Residence | Episode of elimination | Place finished (Overall ranking) |
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Vicente | 24 | Villamarxant | Gala Final | 1st |
Ramón | 19 | Gran Canaria | 2nd | |
Miguel | 22 | Huelva | 3rd | |
Davinia | 18 | Cádiz | 4th | |
Mario | 19 | Zaragoza | Gala Final | 5th |
Leticia | 26 | Seville | 6th | |
Noelia | 18 | Lugo | Gala 11 | 7th |
Beatriz | 18 | Pontevedra | Gala 10 | 8th |
Nur | 20 | Barcelona | 9th | |
Borja | 19 | Madrid | Gala 9 | 10th |
Israel | 23 | Murcia | Gala 8 | 11th |
Jorge | 25 | Zaragoza | Gala 7 | 12th |
Sonia | 29 | Barcelona | Gala 6 | 13th |
Miriam | 22 | Pontevedra | Gala 5 | 14th |
José | 25 | Castellón de la Plana | Gala 4 | 15th |
Fede | 23 | Madrid | Gala 3 | 16th |
Isabel | 20 | Cádiz | Gala 2 | 17th |
Shows
Song selection
The song selection round of Gala Eurovisión consisted of two rounds of voting. In the first round which took place on 14 January 2004, an in-studio jury eliminated one song per contestant. The five members of the in-studio jury were
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
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1 | Davinia | "Quiero tu amor" | Toni Ten, Xasqui Ten | Advanced |
2 | Miguel | "Hoy te quiero más" | David Augustabe, Francisco Ponferrada, Bruno Nicolás | Eliminated |
3 | Ramón | "Para llenarme de ti" | Kike Santander | Advanced |
4 | Vicente | "Veinte años más" | Alejandro Abad | Advanced |
5 | Miguel | "Amor de madrugada" | David Augustabe, Francisco Ponferrada, Bruno Nicolás | Advanced |
6 | Vicente | "Se me va la vida" | Alejandro Abad | Advanced |
7 | Ramón | "Cuestión de alma" | David Santisteban | Eliminated |
8 | Davinia | "Cómo quieres que te quiera" | Daniel Ambrojo | Advanced |
9 | Vicente | "Nadie como tú" | Alejandro Abad | Eliminated |
10 | Davinia | "Mi obsesión" | Daniel Ambrojo | Eliminated |
11 | Miguel | "Muéveme" | Pablo Torres, Manuel Tomás | Advanced |
12 | Ramón | "Todo vuelve a importar" | Alejandro Piqueras, Fernando Rodríguez | Advanced |
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Result |
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1 | Miguel | "Amor de madrugada" | 21.4% | Eliminated |
2 | Ramón | "Para llenarme de ti" | 70.7% | Advanced |
3 | Vicente | "Veinte años más" | 16% | Eliminated |
4 | Davinia | "Cómo quieres que te quiera" | 85.7% | Advanced |
5 | Miguel | "Muéveme" | 78.6% | Advanced |
6 | Ramón | "Todo vuelve a importar" | 29.3% | Eliminated |
7 | Vicente | "Se me va la vida" | 84% | Advanced |
8 | Davinia | "Quiero tu amor" | 14.3% | Eliminated |
Final
The final of Gala Eurovisión took place on 28 January 2004. The winner, "Para llenarme de ti" performed by
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Davinia | "Cómo quieres que te quiera" | 15.4% | 4 |
2 | Miguel | "Muéveme" | 16.5% | 3 |
3 | Ramón | "Para llenarme de ti" | 38.8% | 1 |
4 | Vicente |
"Se me va la vida" | 29.3% | 2 |
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
In Spain, the semi-finals were broadcast on
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. Spain awarded its 12 points to Andorra in the semi-final and to Germany in the grand final of the contest.
Points awarded to Spain
Score | Country |
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12 points | |
10 points | |
8 points | |
7 points | |
6 points | Switzerland |
5 points | Romania
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4 points | Netherlands |
3 points | |
2 points | |
1 point |
Points awarded by Spain
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