| "La fiesta terminó" | ||||
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| Single byPaloma San Basilio | ||||
| from the album La fiesta terminó | ||||
| Language | Spanish | |||
| B-side | "Sin ti" | |||
| Released | 1 April 1985 | |||
| Genre | Ballad | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | Hispavox | |||
| Songwriter | Juan Carlos Calderón | |||
| Producer | Rafael Trabucchelli [es] | |||
| Paloma San Basilio singles chronology | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 entry | ||||
| Country | ||||
| Artist | ||||
| Language | ||||
| Composer | ||||
| Lyricist | Juan Carlos Calderón | |||
| Conductor | Juan Carlos Calderón | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 14th | |||
| Final points | 36 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Lady, Lady" (1984) | ||||
| "Valentino" (1986) ► | ||||
"La fiesta terminó" (Spanish pronunciation:[laˈfjestateɾmiˈno]; "The Party's Over") is a song recorded by Spanish singerPaloma San Basilio, written byJuan Carlos Calderón. Itrepresented Spain in theEurovision Song Contest 1985, placing fourteenth.[1]
The song was composed byJuan Carlos Calderón forPaloma San Basilio's albumLa fiesta terminó. Calderon was internationally best known for writingMocedades'1973 entry "Eres tú", a song that finished second in the contest and went on to become a worldwide hit.[2] He also has composedSergio y Estíbaliz's1975 entry "Tú volverás" andNina's1989 entry "Nacida para amar".
The song is a melancholy ballad about a finished relationship. San Basilio sings that "the party's over" and asks her former lover not to insist anymore: "What good is loving without love? Why put more wood on a fire that's already burnt out...?".[3]
On 5 March 1985,Televisión Española (TVE) announced that it hadinternally selected the song and the performer asits entry for the30th edition of theEurovision Song Contest.[4] On 1 April 1985, TVE presented the song and the promo video that was distributed to the other participant broadcasters.[5] For the song to participate in the contest, it was necessary to shorten it by thirty seconds to fit it into three minutes.
On 4 May 1985, the Eurovision Song Contest was held atScandinavium inGothenburg hosted bySveriges Television (SVT), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Paloma San Basilio performed "La fiesta terminó" fifth on the night, followingDenmark's "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" byHot Eyes and precedingFrance's "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" byRoger Bens. Calderón himself conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Spanish entry.[6]
At the close of voting, it had received 36 points, placing fourteenth in a field of nineteen.[7] It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the1986 contest by "Valentino" byCadillac.[8]