Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Operación Triunfo 2017 | ||||
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Selection date(s) | 29 January 2018 | |||
Selected entrant | Amaia and Alfred | |||
Selected song | "Tu canción" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 23rd, 61 points | |||
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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As a member of the "
Background
Prior to the 2018 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-seven 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. TVE confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 1 September 2017.[2] The Spanish broadcaster had used both national finals and internal selection to choose the Spanish entry in the past. For 2017, TVE selected the entry that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via the multi-artist national final Objetivo Eurovisión 2017. From 2002 to 2004, the reality television singing competition Operación Triunfo (the Spanish version of Star Academy) was used to select the artist and song to represent Spain in the contest. On 26 April 2017, TVE announced that they had commissioned a new season of Operación Triunfo, which premiered on 23 October 2017 returning to TVE after 13 years.[3] On 4 December 2017, TVE confirmed that the ongoing series would serve as the platform to select the Spanish entrant at the 2018 contest.[4]
Before Eurovision
Operación Triunfo 2017
Contestants
Operación Triunfo 2017 featured eighteen novel solo artists as contestants, of which sixteen were selected to enter "The Academy" following the introduction live show (Gala 0) on 23 October 2017.[8] During each regular weekly live shows (galas), the contestants were assigned a popular song to perform in a duet or solo. The public votes via telephone, SMS and the official Operación Triunfo app, and the contestant with the most votes is exempt for nominations. The show's judging panel nominates four contestants for eviction, from which the Academy's staff and the safe contestants each saves one nominee. The two remaining nominees each perform of a song of their choice during the next live show, where one of the contestants is saved by the public. The first four finalists were decided during Gala 11 on 15 January 2018. Alfred, Amaia and Miriam were selected by the judging panel while Aitana was selected by the Academy teachers.[9] The fifth finalist, Ana Guerra, was decided by the public during Gala 12 on 22 January 2018. The top five classified contestants qualified for Gala Eurovisión as soloists, while Agoney, who placed sixth, participated in Gala Eurovisión as part of a duet combination.[6][7][10]
Contestant qualified to "Gala Eurovisión"
Contestant | Age | Residence | Episode of elimination | Place finished (Overall ranking) |
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Amaia | 19 | Pamplona | Gala Final | 1st |
Aitana | 18 | Barcelona | 2nd | |
Miriam | 21 | A Coruña | 3rd | |
Alfred | 20 | Barcelona | 4th | |
Ana Guerra | 23 | Tenerife | 5th | |
Agoney | 21 | Gala 12 | 6th | |
Roi | 23 | Santiago de Compostela | Gala 11 | 7th |
Nerea | 18 | Barcelona | Gala 10 | 8th |
Cepeda | 28 | Ourense | Gala 9 | 9th |
Raoul | 20 | Barcelona | Gala 8 | 10th |
Mireya | Málaga | Gala 7 | 11th | |
Ricky | 31 | Palma
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Gala 6 | 12th |
Marina | 19 | Seville | Gala 5 | 13th |
Thalía | 18 | Cáceres | Gala 4 | 14th |
Juan Antonio | 23 | Bilbao | Gala 3 | 15th |
Mimi | 25 | Granada | Gala 2 | 16th |
Joao | 21 | Madrid | Gala 0 | Not selected |
Mario |
Competing entries
Circa 200 original songs were submitted by music publishers, independent songwriters as well as specific artists and songwriters invited by TVE for Gala Eurovisión. The Academy teachers evaluated the songs received and selected nine songs. The nine songs were then allocated to the top six classified contestants of Operación Triunfo 2017. The top five contestants were each allocated one song as solo artists, three songs were allocated to duet combinations, and the remaining song "Camina", written by the sixteen official contestants of Operación Triunfo 2017 together with the series' musical director Manu Guix, was performed by the five finalists as a group.[6][11][12][13] The competing songs and the allocations were announced on 23 January 2018. Prior to Gala Eurovisión, the competing songwriters together with the Academy teachers coached the contestants in order to prepare their performances.[5][7]
Gala Eurovisión
Gala Eurovisión took place on 29 January 2018. The winner was selected through two rounds of public voting via telephone, SMS and the official Operación Triunfo app. In the first round, the top three entries advanced to the second round. In the second round, the winner, "Tu canción" performed by Alfred and Amaia was selected.[6] Gala Eurovisión was watched by 3.086 million viewers in Spain, making it the most watched Spanish national final since 2004.[14][15]
The four members of the expert panel that commented on the entries were:[16]
- Víctor Escudero – Editor at the official Eurovision Song Contest site eurovision.tv
- Luísa Sobral – Portuguese singer, songwriter, winning songwriter of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
- Julia Varela – Journalist at RTVE, commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest for Spain
- Manuel Martos – Musician, music executive and artistic director at Universal Music Spain
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included Luísa Sobral performing "Cupido", winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for Austria Conchita Wurst performing "Rise Like a Phoenix", J Balvin performing a medley of "Machika" and "Mi Gente", and the eliminated contestants of Operación Triunfo 2017 performing the Eurovision winning songs for Spain "La, la, la" and "Vivo cantando". Manel Navarro who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was also present to announce the winner.[16]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
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1 | Aitana, Alfred, Amaia, Ana Guerra and Miriam | "Camina" | Operación Triunfo 2017 contestants, Manu Guix | 1% | 9 |
2 | Aitana | "Arde" | Alba Reig, María Peláe | — | 2-3 |
3 | Agoney and Miriam | "Magia" | David Otero, Diego Cantero, Tato Latorre | 7% | 5 |
4 | Alfred | "Que nos sigan las luces" | Nil Moliner | 3% | 8 |
5 | Aitana and Ana Guerra | "Lo malo" | Jess Morgan, Will Simms, Brisa Fenoy | — | 2-3 |
6 | Amaia | "Al cantar" | Rozalén | 4% | 7 |
7 | Miriam | "Lejos de tu piel" | Steve Robson, Ina Wroldsen, Diego Cantero | 8% | 4 |
8 | Ana Guerra | "El remedio" | Nabález | 5% | 6 |
9 | Alfred and Amaia | "Tu canción" | Raúl Gómez, Sylvia Santoro | — | 1 |
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Aitana | "Arde" | 31% | 2 |
2 | Alfred and Amaia | "Tu canción" | 43% | 1 |
3 | Aitana and Ana Guerra | "Lo malo" | 26% | 3 |
Preparation
The official video of the song, directed by Gus Carballo, was filmed in February 2018 at studio in Madrid. The video premiered on 9 March 2018 on a special prime time broadcast on La 1, hosted by Roberto Leal.[17][18] The music video served as the official preview video for the Spanish entry.
Promotion
Amaia y Alfred made appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Tu canción" as the Spanish Eurovision entry. On 5 April, they performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the
In addition to their international appearances, on 26 February, Amaia y Alfred performed an acoustic version of the song on talk show
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 took place at the
In Spain, both semi-finals were broadcast on La 2, while the final was televised on La 1 with commentary by Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela.[28][29] The Spanish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Spanish jury during the final, was Nieves Álvarez, for the second year in a row.[29] For the first time, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast live in cinemas across the country due to an agreement with cinema chain Cinesa.[30] The Spanish song placed 23rd in the final with 61 points.[31]
Staging and performance
The staging director for the Spanish performance was Tinet Rubira, and Jordi Vives was the multi-camera director.[32]
Voting
Points awarded to Spain
Score | Televote | Jury |
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12 points | Portugal | |
10 points | Romania | |
8 points | ||
7 points | ||
6 points | ||
5 points | France | |
4 points | ||
3 points | ||
2 points | ||
1 point | Switzerland |
Points awarded by Spain
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Spanish jury:[35]
- Rafael Cano Guisado (Rafa Cano; jury chairperson) – radio presenter, radio DJ
- Carmen Brisa Fenoy Núñez (Brisa Fenoy) – singer, composer, music producer
- Miriam Rodríguez Gallego (Miriam) – artist, singer, guitar player
- Roi Méndez Martínez (Roi) – singer
- Concepción Mendívil Feito (Conchita) – singer, composer, songwriter
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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R. Cano | B. Fenoy | Miriam | Roi | Conchita | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Azerbaijan | 8 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 17 | ||
02 | Iceland | 16 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 15 | ||
03 | Albania | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
04 | Belgium | 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | ||
05 | Czech Republic | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
06 | Lithuania | 17 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | |
07 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
08 | Belarus | 12 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||
09 | Estonia | 4 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
10 | Bulgaria | 14 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
11 | Macedonia | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 18 | ||
12 | Croatia | 7 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 19 | ||
13 | Austria | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
14 | Greece | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 12 | ||
15 | Finland | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
16 | Armenia | 19 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ||
17 | Switzerland | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
18 | Ireland | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
19 | Cyprus | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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R. Cano | B. Fenoy | Miriam | Roi | Conchita | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
01 | Ukraine | 22 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 16 | ||
02 | Spain | |||||||||
03 | Slovenia | 20 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 24 | ||
04 | Lithuania | 16 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 14 | ||
05 | Austria | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
06 | Estonia | 8 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
07 | Norway | 3 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
08 | Portugal | 24 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 13 | ||
09 | United Kingdom | 9 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 21 | ||
10 | Serbia | 25 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 25 | ||
11 | Germany | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
12 | Albania | 19 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | ||
13 | France | 11 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
14 | Czech Republic | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
15 | Denmark | 23 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 17 | ||
16 | Australia | 6 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 22 | ||
17 | Finland | 12 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 20 | ||
18 | Bulgaria | 18 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 5 | |
19 | Moldova | 13 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 12 | ||
20 | Sweden | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
21 | Hungary | 21 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 18 | ||
22 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
23 | Netherlands | 17 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 19 | ||
24 | Ireland | 14 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
25 | Cyprus | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
26 | Italy | 15 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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