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Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
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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.
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Before Eurovision
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Artist internal selection
Televisión Española (TVE) internally selected Salomé as its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. Her appointment was made public on 17 December 1968. Julio Iglesias and Marisol had also been under consideration.[1]
Song national selection
To choose the song Salomé would sing at Eurovision, TVE organised a national selection at the Teatro Balear in Palma de Mallorca on 20–22 February 1969, hosted by Marisa Medina and Joaquín Prat and aired on TVE 1. Ten candidate songs were performed twice, once by another performer and once by her.[2]
Competing entries
Semi-finals
In addition to the song selection, a vote was held to award the "other" singers: the gold medal went to Adriángela with 31 votes, the silver to Ivana with 15 votes, and the bronze to Ana Kiro and Gloria, who tied on five votes.[4]
Final
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At Eurovision
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 was hosted by TVE on 29 March 1969 at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Salomé performed "Vivo cantando" third in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Monaco. She was accompanied by Los Valldemossa –brothers Rafael, Tomeu, and Bernat Estaràs– as backing singers. 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.[6]
The contest was broadcast on TVE 1, TVE 2, and TVE Canarias, with commentary by José Luis Uribarri.[7][8][9] It was also aired on Radio Nacional, Radio Juventud, Radio Popular, and on select Cadena SER radio stations.[10][11][12] Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Jesús Álvarez introducing the Spanish jury, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.
Voting
TVE assembled a jury panel with ten members, with each member giving one vote to their favourite song. The following members comprised the Spanish jury:[13]
- Álvaro de Laiglesia – writer, humorist, and director of La Codorniz (chairperson)
- Paquita Crespo – student
- Pilar Suárez – student
- Román Alcalá – student
- José Luis García Montero – student
- Andrés Sobrevalls Piró – agricultural worker
- José Ramón Barrera Hevia – metalworker
- Luis Sánchez Arguindey – college director
- Carmen Debén – journalist
- Manuel Gil – actor
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