Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processEurocanción 2000
Selection date(s)8 February 2000
Selected entrantSerafín Zubiri
Selected song"Colgado de un sueño"
Selected songwriter(s)José María Purón
Finals performance
Final result18th, 18 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1999 2000 2001►

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Todo esto es la música" which placed fourteenth in the competition. The Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) organised the national final Eurocanción 2000 in order to select the Spanish entry for the 2000 contest in Stockholm
, Sweden. Fifteen artists and songs competed in the televised show where 17 regional juries and a public televote selected "Colgado de un sueño" performed by Serafín Zubiri as the winner.

As a member of the "

Big Four
", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 13, Spain placed eighteenth out of the 24 participating countries with 18 points.

Background

Prior to the 2000 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-nine times since its first entry in

1995. In 1999, Spain placed twenty-third and last with the song "No quiero escuchar" performed by Lydia
.

The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In 1999, TVE selected both the artist and song that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via an internal selection. For their 2000 entry, the broadcaster announced in October 1999 that for the first time in 24 years it would organise a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs.[2]

Before Eurovision

Eurocanción 2000

Eurocanción 2000 was the national final organised by TVE that took place on 8 February 2000 at the Estudios Buñuel in

La Primera and TVE Internacional.[4] Fifteen artists and songs competed with the winner being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and regional juries.[5]

Competing entries

A submission period was open from October 1999 until January 2000. At the conclusion of the submission period, more than 200 entries were received. A six-member committee, which included the director of Eurocanción Antonio Guerrero and music director of TVE Miguel María Delgado, evaluated the entries received and selected fifteen entries for the national final. The fifteen competing acts were announced during a press conference on 6 February 2000.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
20 Años de Cuna "El reloj" Fernando Calleja, Raquel Justicia
Aguadulce "Buscaré" J. M. Alvarez, J. César Odro, Fernando Portillo
Alazán "Alcanzarás la luna" José Antonio Granados
Alto Rango "Sin fronteras" Faustino Gómez, Rosa Berna
Anabel Conde and David Domínguez "Ni colores ni fronteras" David Domínguez
Ángel Caramé "Suave" Alberto Manuel Guzmán, Rafael Pastor, Pedro Morales
Dulce "Dónde estabas" Dulce Hernández
Manuel Bravo "Muy mujer" Manuel Bravo
Myriam Fultz "Gotas de algodón" Oscar Gómez
Olga Domínguez "Si te vas" Luis Villa
Raúl "Sueño su boca" José Ogara, Josep Llobell
Serafín Zubiri "Colgado de un sueño" José Maria Purón
Sito Abalos "Bailando en la oscuridad" S. Templa
Sur S.A. "Mala racha" José Taboada, Javier García, Javier Laguna, Antonio Mellado
Yago "No quiero" Manolo Morvizón, Luis Baras, L. Roldán, Voss

Final

The televised final took place on 8 February 2000. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included Presuntos Implicados, Los Panchos and Jean-Michel Jarre.[8] The winner, "Colgado de un sueño" performed by Serafín Zubiri, was selected through the combination of the votes of 17 regional juries (70%) and a public televote (30%).[5]

Final – 8 February 2000
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Raúl "Sueño su boca" 112 40 152 2
2 Anabel Conde and David Domínguez "Ni colores ni fronteras" 83 0 83 4
3 Alto Rango "Sin fronteras" 75 0 75 6
4 Ángel Caramé "Suave" 45 0 45 11
5 Alazán "Alcanzarás la luna" 76 0 76 5
6 Yago "No quiero" 103 30 133 3
7 Olga Domínguez "Si te vas" 49 0 49 10
8 Aguadulce "Buscaré" 20 0 20 14
9 Serafín Zubiri "Colgado de un sueño" 155 50 205 1
10 20 Años de Cuna "El reloj" 23 0 23 12
11 Manuel Bravo "Muy mujer" 3 0 3 15
12 Sur S.A. "Mala racha" 22 0 22 13
13 Myriam Fultz "Gotas de algodón" 58 0 58 8
14 Sito Abalos "Bailando en la oscuridad" 52 0 52 9
15 Dulce "Dónde estabas" 59 0 59 7
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song
Andalusia
Aragon
Asturias
Balearic Islands
Canary Islands
Cantabria
Castilla–La Mancha
Castile and León
Catalonia
Extremadura
Galicia
Madrid
Murcia
Navarre
Basque Country
La Rioja
Valencia
Total score
1 "Sueño su boca" 3 7 3 8 6 8 5 8 9 6 10 9 5 10 7 8 112
2 "Ni colores ni fronteras" 7 2 6 9 7 6 6 8 1 7 6 7 4 7 83
3 "Sin fronteras" 8 6 9 1 7 4 2 9 7 1 8 2 5 6 75
4 "Suave" 7 3 5 3 5 8 2 3 4 5 45
5 "Alcanzarás la luna" 9 8 1 6 8 5 4 1 8 6 6 4 2 8 76
6 "No quiero" 4 9 5 10 9 9 10 2 10 4 4 8 10 9 103
7 "Si te vas" 5 6 6 7 5 6 7 7 49
8 "Buscaré" 2 4 5 1 3 3 1 1 20
9 "Colgado de un sueño" 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 7 10 4 8 10 10 8 9 10 155
10 "El reloj" 1 1 3 1 2 9 3 3 23
11 "Muy mujer" 1 2 3
12 "Mala racha" 8 4 3 2 5 22
13 "Gotas de algodón" 7 4 1 8 1 7 2 3 1 9 9 6 58
14 "Bailando en la oscuridad" 5 4 4 2 4 9 4 5 5 6 3 1 52
15 "Dónde estabas" 6 3 2 2 7 2 2 3 3 9 5 5 3 1 2 4 59

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000. As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the contest.[9] On 21 November 1999, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Spain was set to perform in position 12, following the entry from Iceland and before the entry from Denmark.[10] Spain finished in eighteenth place with 18 points.[11]

In Spain, the show was broadcast on La Primera with commentary by José Luis Uribarri.[12][13][14] The Spanish spokesperson, who announced the results of the Spanish televote during the final, was Hugo de Campos. The broadcast of the contest was watched by 4.056 million viewers in Spain with a market share of 34.8%.[15]

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Germany in the contest.

References

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