Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processOperación Triunfo
Selection date(s)28 January 2004
Selected entrantRamón
Selected song"Para llenarme de ti"
Selected songwriter(s)Kike Santander
Finals performance
Final result10th, 87 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Para llenarme de ti" written by Kike Santander. The song was performed by Ramón. The Spanish entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey was selected through the third series of the reality television music competition Operación Triunfo, organised by the Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE). Four artists and songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final of the competition's Eurovision selection show where a public televote exclusively selected "Para llenarme de ti" performed by Ramón as the winner, receiving 38.8% of the votes.

As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, Spain placed tenth out of the 24 participating countries with 87 points.

Background

Prior to the 2004 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-three 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 2003, Spain placed eighth with the song "Dime" performed by Beth.

The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In 2002 and 2003, TVE used the reality television singing competition Operación Triunfo (the Spanish version of Star Academy) to select both the artist and song that would represent Spain. The procedure was continued in order to select their 2004 entry.[2]

Before Eurovision

Operación Triunfo

The Spanish entry for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest was selected through Operación Triunfo, a Spanish reality television music competition consisting of training seventeen contestants in a boarding academy in order to find new singing talent. The third series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2003, took place from 29 September 2003 to 21 December 2003 at the Mediapark Studios in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, hosted by Carlos Lozano.[3] The competition was broadcast on La Primera and TVE Internacional. The top three contestants (Vicente, Ramón and Miguel) alongside a wildcard (Davinia) selected during a special show which featured the contestants placed fourth to ninth qualified to compete in the Eurovision selection show, Gala Eurovisión, which consisted of three shows on 14, 21 and 28 January 2004. Each contestant performed three candidate songs and the winner was decided exclusively through a public televote. The competing songs and the allocations were announced on 8 January 2004.[4]

  Contestant qualified to "Gala Eurovisión"

Contestant Age Residence Episode of elimination Place finished
(Overall ranking)
Vicente 24 Villamarxant Gala Final 1st
Ramón 19 Gran Canaria 2nd
Miguel 22 Huelva 3rd
Davinia 18 Cádiz 4th
Mario 19 Zaragoza Gala Final 5th
Leticia 26 Seville 6th
Noelia 18 Lugo Gala 11 7th
Beatriz 18 Pontevedra Gala 10 8th
Nur 20 Barcelona 9th
Borja 19 Madrid Gala 9 10th
Israel 23 Murcia Gala 8 11th
Jorge 25 Zaragoza Gala 7 12th
Sonia 29 Barcelona Gala 6 13th
Miriam 22 Pontevedra Gala 5 14th
José 25 Castellón de la Plana Gala 4 15th
Fede 23 Madrid Gala 3 16th
Isabel 20 Cádiz Gala 2 17th

Shows

Song selection

The song selection round of Gala Eurovisión consisted of two rounds of voting. In the first round which took place on 14 January 2004, an in-studio jury eliminated one song per contestant. The five members of the in-studio jury were Anabel Conde (singer, represented Spain in the 1995 contest), David Civera (singer, represented Spain in the 2001 contest), Inma Serrano (singer-songwriter and producer), Daniel Andrea (singer and producer) and Carles Savall (journalist at El Periódico de Catalunya).[5] In the second round which took place on 21 January 2004, a public televote eliminated an additional song per contestant. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the guest performer in the second show was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 for Turkey Sertab Erener.[6]

First Round – 14 January 2004
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result
1 Davinia "Quiero tu amor" Toni Ten, Xasqui Ten Advanced
2 Miguel "Hoy te quiero más" David Augustabe, Francisco Ponferrada, Bruno Nicolás Eliminated
3 Ramón "Para llenarme de ti" Kike Santander Advanced
4 Vicente "Veinte años más" Alejandro Abad Advanced
5 Miguel "Amor de madrugada" David Augustabe, Francisco Ponferrada, Bruno Nicolás Advanced
6 Vicente "Se me va la vida" Alejandro Abad Advanced
7 Ramón "Cuestión de alma" David Santisteban Eliminated
8 Davinia "Cómo quieres que te quiera" Daniel Ambrojo Advanced
9 Vicente "Nadie como tú" Alejandro Abad Eliminated
10 Davinia "Mi obsesión" Daniel Ambrojo Eliminated
11 Miguel "Muéveme" Pablo Torres, Manuel Tomás Advanced
12 Ramón "Todo vuelve a importar" Alejandro Piqueras, Fernando Rodríguez Advanced
Second Round – 21 January 2004
Draw Artist Song Televote Result
1 Miguel "Amor de madrugada" 21.4% Eliminated
2 Ramón "Para llenarme de ti" 70.7% Advanced
3 Vicente "Veinte años más" 16% Eliminated
4 Davinia "Cómo quieres que te quiera" 85.7% Advanced
5 Miguel "Muéveme" 78.6% Advanced
6 Ramón "Todo vuelve a importar" 29.3% Eliminated
7 Vicente "Se me va la vida" 84% Advanced
8 Davinia "Quiero tu amor" 14.3% Eliminated

Final

The final of Gala Eurovisión took place on 28 January 2004. The winner, "Para llenarme de ti" performed by Ramón, was selected exclusively through a public televote which ran between 21 and 28 February 2004.[7] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included former Operación Triunfo contestants Cristie Sánchez, Danni Úbeda, David Bustamante, Geno Machado, Gisela, Javián, Manuel Carrasco, Marey, Tessa Bodí and former Junior Eurovision contestant Sergio who represented Spain in 2003.[8]

Final – 28 January 2004
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Davinia"Cómo quieres que te quiera"15.4%4
2Miguel"Muéveme"16.5%3
3Ramón"Para llenarme de ti"38.8%1
4Vicente"Se me va la vida"29.3%2

At Eurovision

Ramón during a rehearsal before the final

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from the semi-final in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the final on 15 May 2004. In addition to their participation in the final, Spain is also required to broadcast and vote in the semi-final. The running order for the final in addition to the semi-final was decided through an allocation draw and Spain was subsequently drawn to open the final and perform in position 1, before the entry from Austria. Spain placed tenth in the final scoring 87 points.[9]

In Spain, the semi-finals were broadcast on La 2 and the final was broadcast on La Primera with commentary by Beatriz Pécker.[10][11] The Spanish spokesperson, who announced the results of the Spanish televote during the final, was Anne Igartiburu.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. Spain awarded its 12 points to Andorra in the semi-final and to Germany in the grand final of the contest.

Points awarded to Spain

Points awarded to Spain (Final)[12]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points   Switzerland
5 points  Romania
4 points  Netherlands
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Spain

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