Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
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Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Quédate conmigo" written by Thomas G:son, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson and Erik Bernholm. The song was performed by Pastora Soler, who was internally selected by the Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) in December 2011 to represent Spain at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. The national final Eurovisión: Pastora Soler was organised in order to select the song Soler would perform. Three songs, one selected through an Internet public vote, competed in the televised show where an in-studio jury and a public televote selected "Quédate conmigo" as the winning song.
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Country | Spain | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Eurovisión: Pastora Soler | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 21 December 2011 Song: 3 March 2012 | |||
Selected entrant | Pastora Soler | |||
Selected song | "Quédate conmigo" | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 10th, 97 points | |||
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As a member of the "Big Five", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 19, Spain placed tenth out of the 26 participating countries with 97 points.