Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Participating broadcaster	Televisión Española (TVE)
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection Song: National final
Selection date(s)	Song: 20–22 February 1969
Selected artist(s)	Salomé
Selected song	"Vivo cantando"
Selected songwriter(s)	María José de Cerato Aniano Alcalde
Finals performance
Final result	1st (tie), 18 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1968 • 1969 • 1970►

Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Vivo cantando", composed by María José de Ceratto, with lyrics by Aniano Alcalde, and performed by Salomé. 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 from France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. In addition, TVE was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Teatro Real in Madrid, after winning the previous edition with the song "La, la, la" by Massiel, becoming the first participating broadcaster to win twice in a row.

Before Eurovision

National final

To select its entry, Televisión Española (TVE) organised a national final at the Teatro Balear in Palma de Mallorca on 20–22 February 1969, hosted by Marisa Medina and Joaquín Prat. TVE had already selected Salomé as the singer, but the ten candidate songs were performed twice, once by her and once by another performer.^[1][2]

Draw	Artist		Song	Points	Place
	First singer	Second singer
1	Don Castor	Salomé	"Abrázame otra vez"	0	6
2	Lorenzo Valverde	Salomé	"Amigos, amigos"	8	2
3	Elena	Salomé	"Angelus"	0	6
4	Adriángela	Salomé	"Buenos días"	4	4
5	Toni Obrador	Salomé	"Despertar a tu lado"	0	6
6	Daniel Velázquez	Salomé	"Palabras"	8	2
7	Gloria	Salomé	"Siento dentro de mí"	0	6
8	Ivana	Salomé	"Una vida buena"	3	5
9	Ana Kiro	Salomé	"Vivo cantando"	47	1
10	Carlos Antonio	Salomé	"Ya viene el día"	0	6

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was held on 29 March 1969 at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Salomé performed "Vivo cantando" third in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Monaco. Augusto Algueró –the event's musical director– conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received 18 points, tying for first place with France, the Netherlands, and the United 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.^[3]

The contest was broadcast on TVE 1, TVE 2 and TVE Canarias, with commentary by José Luis Uribarri.^[4][5][6] It was also shown on radio stations Radio Nacional, Radio Juventud [es], Radio Popular and on select SER stations.^[7][8][9]

Voting

Points awarded to Spain[10] Score Country 3 points  Belgium  Germany  Monaco 2 points  France  Luxembourg  Portugal 1 point  Ireland  Norway  Yugoslavia

Points awarded by Spain[10] Score Country 2 points  Belgium  Germany  Monaco  Portugal 1 point  Finland  Yugoslavia

References

1. del Amor Caballero, Reyes (4 May 2004). "Preselecciones españolas para Eurovisión, primera parte". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2008.
2. "Spain National Final 1969". natfinals.50webs.com.
3. "Madrid 1969". Eurovision.tv. 4 March 2020.
4. "Programas para hoy" [Programs for today]. El Noticiero Universal [es] (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 29 March 1969. p. 21. Retrieved 18 July 2024 – via Arxiu de Revistes Catalanes Antigues [ca].
5. "Programa para hoy" [Today's programme]. El Eco de Canarias [es] (in Spanish). Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. 30 March 1969. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2024 – via University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
6. HerGar, Paula (28 March 2018). "Todos los comentaristas de la historia de España en Eurovisión (y una única mujer en solitario)" [All the commentators in the history of Spain in Eurovision (and only a single woman)] (in Spanish). Los 40. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
7. "Radiodifusion" [Broadcasting]. Diario de Barcelona (in Spanish). 29 March 1969. p. 24. Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona [ca].
8. "Radio y Televisión" [Radio and Television]. Libertad [es] (in Spanish). Valladolid, Spain. 29 March 1969. p. 4. Retrieved 23 June 2024 – via Virtual Library of Historical Press [es].
9. "Programas de Televisión y Radio" [Television and Radio Programmes]. Los Sitios [ca] (in Spanish). Girona, Spain. 29 March 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via Gerona City Hall [es].
10. "Results of the Final of Madrid 1969". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.