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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processOperación Triunfo 2018
Selection date(s)20 January 2019
Selected entrantMiki
Selected song"La venda"
Selected songwriter(s)Adrià Salas
Finals performance
Final result22nd, 54 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "La venda", performed by Miki and written by Adrià Salas. The Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) used the tenth series of reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo as the platform to select the Spanish entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel.

As a member of the "Big Five", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 26, Spain placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries with 54 points.

Background

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Main article: Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-eight times since its first entry in 1961.[1] The nation has won the contest on two occasions: in 1968 with the song "La, la, la" performed by Massiel and in 1969 with the song "Vivo cantando" performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Spain has also finished second four times, with Karina in 1971, Mocedades in 1973, Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995. In 2018, Spain placed twenty-third out of twenty-six countries with the song "Tu canción" performed by Amaia and Alfred.

The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. The Spanish broadcaster had used both national finals and internal selection to choose the Spanish entry in the past. For 2018, TVE used the reality television singing competition Operación Triunfo (the Spanish version of Star Academy) to select the artist and song to represent Spain in the contest, as they had previously done from 2002 to 2004. On 28 February 2018, TVE's Governing Board approved the renewal of Operación Triunfo for a further series.[2] On 14 September 2018, TVE confirmed that the series would serve as the platform to select the Spanish entrant at the 2019 contest.[3]

Before Eurovision

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Operación Triunfo 2018

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Main article: Operación Triunfo (series 10)

Operación Triunfo is a Spanish reality television music competition consisting of training sixteen contestants in a boarding academy in order to find new singing talent. The tenth series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2018, took place from 19 September 2018 to 19 December 2018 at the Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya in Terrassa, Barcelona, hosted by Roberto Leal. The competition was broadcast on La 1, TVE International as well as online via TVE's official website rtve.es. During the Operación Triunfo 2018 press conference on 14 September 2018, TVE announced that the Spanish entry for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected from the contestants competing on the ongoing series. The same method was used for the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2018 contests. However, unlike previous editions, all sixteen contestants that entered the academy would be eligible to compete in the Eurovision selection show, Gala Eurovisión, on 20 January 2019.[3] Thirteen of the contestants performed ten songs in Gala Eurovisión and the winner was decided exclusively through a public vote. Three of the songs were selected by an Internet vote while seven additional songs were selected by an evaluation committee.[4][5]

Contestants

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Operación Triunfo 2018 featured eighteen novel solo artists as contestants, of which sixteen were selected to enter "The Academy" following the introduction live show (Gala 0) on 19 September 2018.[6][7] The sixteen contestants that entered the academy were also eligible to compete in Gala Eurovisión, however three of the contestants were not allocated any song and did not compete during the show.[4][5][8]

    Contestant was eligible for Gala Eurovisión and was allocated at least one song
    Contestant was eligible for Gala Eurovisión but was not allocated any song

Contestant Age Residence Episode of elimination Place finished
(Overall ranking)
Famous 19 Seville Gala Final 1st
Alba Reche 20 Alicante 2nd
Natalia 19 Pamplona 3rd
Sabela 24 A Coruña 4th
Julia 23 Cádiz 5th
Miki 22 Barcelona Gala 12 6th
Marta 18 Málaga Gala 11 7th
María 26 Madrid Gala 10 8th
Marilia 18 Las Palmas Gala 9 9th
Carlos Right 25 Barcelona Gala 8 10th
Noelia 22 Málaga Gala 7 11th
Damion 21 Tenerife Gala 6 12th
Dave 20 Cádiz Gala 5 13th
Joan Garrido 22 Palma Gala 4 14th
África 22 Madrid Gala 3 15th
Alfonso 22 Madrid Gala 2 16th
Rodrigo 25 Huelva Gala 0 Not selected
Luis 19 Barcelona

Competing entries

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A submission period was open from 1 November 2018 until 15 November 2018. Songs were required to contain lyrics in one of the official languages of Spain. Songwriters could suggest the contestant(s) from Operación Triunfo 2018 they considered ideal to perform their songs, but the suggestion was not binding. In addition to the public call, established songwriters were invited by TVE and the production company Gestmusic to submit songs.[5] At the conclusion of the submission period, 953 original songs were submitted by the public and over 100 original songs were submitted by invited songwriters.[9] A five-member committee consisting of two music industry professionals, a member of the Spanish branch of the international OGAE fan club, a member of the Spanish AEV fan club and a member from RTVE Digital, the digital branch of the broadcaster, evaluated the songs received from the public call and selected up to ten songs for an Internet vote. An alternate five-member committee consisting of two members of TVE's management, two teachers from the Operación Triunfo 2018 Academy and a member from RTVE Digital, evaluated the songs received from the invited songwriters and selected up to ten additional songs for the Internet vote.[4][5] A total of seventeen songs were selected and then allocated to thirteen of the eligible contestants of Operación Triunfo 2018 either as solo artists or in duet combinations. The competing songs and the allocations were announced on 11 December 2018 and the contestants recorded one-minute demo versions of their songs.[8] The demos were premiered via rtve.es on 19 December 2018.

Internet vote

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Internet users had between 20 December 2018 and 2 January 2019 to vote for their three favourite demos each day via rtve.es and the three songs with the most votes qualified for Gala Eurovisión.[10][11] A five-member evaluation committee consisting of two members of TVE's management, two teachers from the Operación Triunfo 2018 Academy and a member from RTVE Digital selected seven additional songs from the fourteen remaining songs to qualify for Gala Eurovisión.[4][12]

    Internet vote qualifier
    Evaluation committee qualifier

Internet vote – 20 December 2018 – 2 January 2019
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place
Alba Reche "¿Qué será luego?" Aitana López 6
Carlos Right "Nunca fui" Lolo Álvarez 15
Carlos Right "Se te nota" Juan Pablo Isaza, Juan Pablo Villamil 12
Damion "Sale" Víctor Arbelo, Adri Mena 13
Famous "No puedo más" Leroy Sánchez, Louis Biancaniello, Nolan Sipe 4
Joan Garrido and Marilia "A tu lado" Ángel Reyero, Fernando Fú 16
Julia "¿Qué quieres que haga?" David Santisteban, India Martínez 11
María "Muérdeme" Juan Suárez, David Feito, Victoria Riba, Nuria Azzouzi, Rosa Martínez 1
Marilia "Todo bien" Sananda, Chris Wahle, Andreas Öhrn, Juan Carlos Fuguet López 7
Marta "Vuelve" Santi Fontclara, Lydia Torrejón 8
Miki "El equilibrio" Diego Cantero, Sergio Bernal, Tato Latorre, Francesco Severino, Alejandro Martínez 17
Miki "La venda" Adrià Salas 5
Miki and Natalia "Nadie se salva" María Peláe, Nil Moliner, Javi Garabatto 9
Natalia "La clave" Merche, Ander Pérez, Nuria Azzouzi, Rosa Martínez 3
Noelia "Hoy vuelvo a reír otra vez" Jacobo Calderón, Álex Ubago 2
Sabela "Dímelo de frente" Raquel del Rosario, David Fernández 14
Sabela "Hoy soñaré" Jesús Cañadilla, Alejandro de Pinedo 10

Gala Eurovisión

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Gala Eurovisión took place on 20 January 2019. The winner, "La venda" performed by Miki, was selected exclusively through a public vote via telephone, SMS and the official Operación Triunfo app.[4][5]

The four members of the expert panel that commented on the entries were:[13]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performer was runner-up of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for Cyprus Eleni Foureira who performed "Fuego" and "Tómame". The competing artists performed the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for Israel "Toy", and Alfred García who represented Spain in the Spain in the 2018 contest together with Amaia Romero was also present to announce the winner.

Gala Eurovisión – 20 January 2019
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Marilia "Todo bien" 6% 6
2 Sabela "Hoy soñaré" 2% 9
3 Famous "No puedo más" 5% 7
4 Natalia "La clave" 6% 5
5 Julia "Qué quieres que haga" 3% 8
6 Miki "La venda" 34% 1
7 Noelia "Hoy vuelvo a reír otra vez" 7% 4
8 Carlos Right "Se te nota" 1% 10
9 Miki and Natalia "Nadie se salva" 14% 3
10 María "Muérdeme" 22% 2

Preparation

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The official video of the song, directed by Adrià Pujol and Fèlix Cortés, was filmed on 13 February 2019 at the Mercantic antique market in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona[14] and was released on 7 March 2019.[15]

Promotion

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Miki made appearances across Europe to specifically promote "La venda" as the Spanish Eurovision entry. He performed at the Eurovision in Concert event at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 6 April; the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom on 14 April, and the Moscow Eurovision Party at the Vegas City Hall venue in Moscow, Russia on 24 April.[16][17][18][19]

In addition to his international appearances, Miki performed "La venda" as a guest on competitive dance reality television series Fama, a bailar, aired on #0, on 26 March.[20] On 30 March, he performed the song at the Plaza de Oriente in Madrid on occasion of the Earth Hour.[21] On 20 April, he performed during the Eurovision-Spain Pre-Party event which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid.[22] On 8 May, the special concert event Miki y amigos, which aired on TVE's official website and YouTube channel, centered on him, accompanied by guest performers.[23]

At Eurovision

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place at Expo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May and the final on 18 May 2019.[24] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", Spain automatically qualifies to compete in the final. In addition to their participation in the final, Spain is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. During the semifinal allocation draw on 28 January 2019, Spain was allocated to air and vote in the first semi-final on 14 May.

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.[25] For the first time since 2002, Radio Nacional de España also aired the final with commentary by Daniel Galindo; it simulcasted on Radio Nacional, Radio 5 and Radio Exterior.[26] For the second consecutive year, the final was broadcast live in cinemas across the country due to an agreement with cinema chain Cinesa.[27] The Spanish spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Spanish jury during the final, was Nieves Álvarez, for the third year in a row.[25] The Spanish song placed 22nd in the final with 54 points.

Staging and performance

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The staging director for the Spanish performance was Fokas Evangelinos, who had previously worked with the delegations of Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan in a similar role, including the winning performances of Greece in the 2005 contest and Russia in the 2008 contest.[28] Miki was joined in stage by backing singers and dancers Mikel Hennet (who represented Spain in the 2007 Contest as part of D'Nash), Ernesto Santos, Fran Guerrero, María Acosta and Mary Martínez.[29]

Voting

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Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1–8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member, as well as the nation's televoting results, were released shortly after the grand final.[30]

Points awarded to Spain

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Points awarded to Spain (Final)[31]
Score Televote Jury
12 points  Portugal
10 points
8 points
7 points  France
6 points  Belgium
5 points
4 points
3 points  Netherlands
2 points
1 point  Denmark  Russia

Points awarded by Spain

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Detailed voting results

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The following members comprised the Spanish jury:[30]

Detailed voting results from Spain (Semi-final 1)[32]
Draw Country Jury Televote
S. Giménez E. Gómez R. Merino R. Gómez D. Feito Rank Points Rank Points
01  Cyprus 15 2 1 11 5 5 6 10 1
02  Montenegro 5 10 16 17 12 12 17
03  Finland 13 7 8 13 7 9 2 16
04  Poland 11 15 10 7 11 13 13
05  Slovenia 1 12 17 4 9 7 4 8 3
06  Czech Republic 4 9 4 1 3 3 8 6 5
07  Hungary 7 11 9 9 13 11 12
08  Belarus 12 4 3 3 4 4 7 11
09  Serbia 6 8 6 12 6 8 3 14
10  Belgium 3 3 7 6 10 6 5 7 4
11  Georgia 8 16 15 14 17 16 15
12  Australia 2 6 2 5 1 1 12 4 7
13  Iceland 14 14 12 10 14 15 2 10
14  Estonia 10 5 13 16 8 10 1 5 6
15  Portugal 17 17 11 8 16 14 1 12
16  Greece 9 1 5 2 2 2 10 9 2
17  San Marino 16 13 14 15 15 17 3 8
Detailed voting results from Spain (Final)[31]
Draw Country Jury Televote
S. Giménez E. Gómez R. Merino R. Gómez D. Feito Rank Points Rank Points
01  Malta 12 17 7 9 23 14 14
02  Albania 20 19 19 19 25 24 25
03  Czech Republic 5 21 10 2 4 5 6 13
04  Germany 7 22 22 17 19 17 20
05  Russia 15 4 6 16 9 9 2 9 2
06  Denmark 10 23 20 12 14 18 11
07  San Marino 25 25 25 25 24 25 21
08  North Macedonia 4 18 15 21 12 12 19
09  Sweden 2 3 3 4 2 1 12 5 6
10  Slovenia 3 24 23 10 17 10 1 22
11  Cyprus 23 10 1 13 5 6 5 15
12  Netherlands 8 2 9 1 3 3 8 3 8
13  Greece 19 13 13 11 20 19 24
14  Israel 21 15 14 22 15 21 16
15  Norway 13 11 8 23 6 11 4 7
16  United Kingdom 14 16 21 24 16 22 18
17  Iceland 24 20 16 15 22 23 8 3
18  Estonia 18 8 24 18 11 16 12
19  Belarus 22 9 11 8 21 15 17
20  Azerbaijan 9 1 4 3 10 4 7 10 1
21  France 17 6 12 14 13 13 7 4
22  Italy 6 5 18 5 7 7 4 1 12
23  Serbia 11 14 17 20 18 20 23
24   Switzerland 16 12 2 7 8 8 3 2 10
25  Australia 1 7 5 6 1 2 10 6 5
26  Spain

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