| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Televisión Española (TVE) | |||
| Country |  Spain | |||
| Selection process | Eurocanción2000 | |||
| Selection date | 8 February 2000 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Colgado de un sueño" | |||
| Artist | Serafín Zubiri | |||
| Songwriter | José María Purón | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 18 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Spain was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Colgado de un sueño" written by José María Purón and performed bySerafín Zubiri. The Spanish participating broadcaster,Televisión Española (TVE), organised the national finalEurocanción2000 in order to select its entry for the contest. 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. Zubiri had already representedSpain in 1992.
As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 13, it placed eighteenth out of the 24 participating countries with 18 points.
Prior to the 2000 contest,Televisión Española (TVE) had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Spain thirty-nine times since its first entry in1961. It has won the contest on two occasions: in1968 with the song "La, la, la" performed byMassiel and in1969 with the song "Vivo cantando" performed bySalomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie withFrance, theNetherlands, and theUnited Kingdom. It has also finished second four times, with "En un mundo nuevo" byKarina in1971, "Eres tú" byMocedades in1973, "Su canción" byBetty Missiego in1979, and "Vuelve conmigo" byAnabel Conde in1995. In1999, it placed twenty-third and last with the song "No quiero escuchar" performed byLydia.[1][dead link]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVE organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. TVE selected in 1999 both the artist and song that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via an internal selection. For its 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]
Eurocanción2000 was the national final organised by TVE that took place on 8 February 2000 at the Estudios Buñuel inMadrid, hosted by Carlos Lozano and Paloma Lago.[3] The show was broadcast onLa Primera andTVE Internacional.[4] Fifteen artists and songs competed with the winner being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and regional juries.
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 ofEurocanción 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.[2] Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrantsSerafín Zubiri, who representedSpain in 1992, andAnabel Conde, who representedSpain in 1995.[citation needed]
| 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 |
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The televised final took place on 8 February 2000. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers includedPresuntos Implicados,Los Panchos andJean-Michel Jarre. The winner, "Colgado de un sueño" performed bySerafín Zubiri, was selected through the combination of the votes of 17 regional juries (70%) and a public televote (30%).
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| "Sueño su boca" | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 112 | |
| "Ni colores ni fronteras" | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 83 | |||
| "Sin fronteras" | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 75 | |||
| "Suave" | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 45 | |||||||
| "Alcanzarás la luna" | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 76 | |||
| "No quiero" | 4 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 103 | |||
| "Si te vas" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 49 | |||||||||
| "Buscaré" | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
| "Colgado de un sueño" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 155 |
| "El reloj" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | |||||||||
| "Muy mujer" | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| "Mala racha" | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| "Gotas de algodón" | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 58 | |||||
| "Bailando en la oscuridad" | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 52 | |||||
| "Dónde estabas" | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 59 |
According to Eurovision rules, the 24-country participant list for the contest was composed of: the previous year's winning country and host nationSweden, "Big Four" countries, the thirteen countries, which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 1999 contest. As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the contest.[5] 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 fromIceland and before the entry fromDenmark. Spain finished in eighteenth place with 18 points.[6]
TVE broadcast the show onLa Primera with commentary byJosé Luis Uribarri.[7][8][9] The broadcast of the contest was watched by 4.056 million viewers in Spain with a market share of 34.8%.[10]
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.[11]
TVE appointed Hugo de Campos to announce the results of the Spanish televote during the final.[citation needed]
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