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| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1969 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Televisión Española (TVE) | |||
| Country |  Spain | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song:1°Festival de la Canción Española | |||
| Selection date | Artist: 17 December 1968 Song: 22 February 1969 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Vivo cantando" | |||
| Artist | Salomé | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 18 votes | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Spain was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Vivo cantando", composed by María José de Ceratto, with lyrics by Aniano Alcalde, and performed bySalomé. The Spanish participating broadcaster,Televisión Española (TVE), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally. The song won the competition in a joint win with the songs fromFrance, theNetherlands, and theUnited Kingdom. In addition, TVE was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at theTeatro Real inMadrid, after winning theprevious edition with the song "La, la, la" byMassiel, becoming the first participating broadcaster to win twice in a row.
Televisión Española (TVE) internally selectedSalomé as its representative for theEurovision Song Contest 1969. Her appointment was made public on 17 December 1968.Julio Iglesias andMarisol had also been under consideration.[1]
TVE organised a national selection to choose the song Salomé would sing at Eurovision. The deadline for submitting songs was 30 January 1969. Of the 210 songs received, the broadcaster selected ten for the televised phase which was staged at theTeatro Balear [ca] inPalma de Mallorca. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 20 and 21 February and a final on 22 February, hosted byMarisa Medina andJoaquín Prat, and aired onTVE 1. The ten candidate songs were performed twice, once by another performer and once by Salomé.[2][3]
| Song | Artist | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Abrázame otra vez" | Don Castor | Alfredo Domenech C. Ramos Prada |
| "Amigos, amigos" | Lorenzo Valverde | Ramón Cinco Juan Manuel Casado |
| "Ángelus" | Elena | María Lourdes Martí Joaquín Bermúdez |
| "Buenos días" | Adriángela [es] | Esperanza Navarro León Borrell |
| "Despertar a tu lado" | Toni Obrador | Miguel Portolés José Luis Navarro |
| "Palabras" | Daniel Velázquez [es] | Maryni Callejo Juan Pardo |
| "Siento dentro de mí" | Gloria [es] | Fernando Piqueras |
| "Una vida nueva" | Ivana | Aniano Alcalde |
| "Vivo cantando" | Ana Kiro [es] | Aniano Alcalde María José de Ceratto |
| "Ya viene el día" | Carlos Antonio | José Ignacio Cárdena |
| R/O | Artist | R/O | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Castor | 6 | Salomé | "Abrázame otra vez" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Lorenzo Valverde | 7 | "Amigos, amigos" | Qualified | |
| 3 | Elena | 8 | "Angelus" | Eliminated | |
| 4 | Adriángela [es] | 9 | "Buenos días" | Qualified | |
| 5 | Toni Obrador | 10 | "Despertar a tu lado" | Eliminated |
| R/O | Artist | R/O | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Velázquez [es] | 6 | Salomé | "Palabras" | Qualified |
| 2 | Gloria [es] | 7 | "Siento dentro de mí" | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Ivana | 8 | "Una vida buena" | Qualified | |
| 4 | Ana Kiro [es] | 9 | "Vivo cantando" | Qualified | |
| 5 | Carlos Antonio | 10 | "Ya viene el día" | Eliminated |
In addition to the song selection, a vote was held to award the "other" singers: the gold medal went to Adriángela with 31 votes, the silver to Ivana with 15 votes, and the bronze to Ana Kiro and Gloria, who tied on five votes.[5]
The final was held on 22 February 1969. In addition to the competing songs, the show featured a star guest performance byManolo Escobar.[6] The votes of the fourteen juries located at twelveRadio Nacional de España stations throughout Spain and at both TVE studios in Madrid and Barcelona made "Vivo cantando", composed by María José de Ceratto, with lyrics by Aniano Alcalde, the winning song.[7]
| R/O | Artist | R/O | Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorenzo Valverde | 6 | Salomé | "Amigos, amigos" | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Adriángela | 7 | "Buenos días" | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Daniel Velázquez | 8 | "Palabras" | 8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ivana | 9 | "Una vida nueva" | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Ana Kiro | 10 | "Vivo cantando" | 47 | 1 |
TheEurovision Song Contest 1969 was hosted by TVE on 29 March 1969 at theTeatro Real inMadrid. Salomé performed "Vivo cantando" third in the running order, followingLuxembourg and precedingMonaco. She was accompanied by Los Valldemossa –brothers Rafael, Tomeu, and Bernat Estaràs– as backing singers.Augusto Algueró –the event's musical director– conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received 18 votes, tying for first place withFrance, theNetherlands, and theUnited Kingdom. All four countries were declared joint winners. This was the first time that there was a tie in the Eurovision Song Contest and the first time that a country, Spain, won two years in a row.[9]
The contest was broadcast on TVE 1,TVE 2, andTVE Canarias, with commentary byJosé Luis Uribarri.[10][11][12] It was also aired onRadio Nacional,Radio Juventud [es],Radio Popular, and on selectCadena SER radio stations.[13][14][15] Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted byJesús Álvarez introducing the Spanish jury fromPrado del Rey, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.
TVE assembled a jury panel with ten members, with each member giving one vote to their favourite song. The following members comprised the Spanish jury:[16]
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