Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Vuelve conmigo", written by José María Purón [es], and performed by Anabel Conde. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. The song, performed in position 9, placed second out of twenty-three competing entries with 119 points.

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Participating broadcaster	Televisión Española (TVE)
Country	Spain
Selection process	Internal selection
Announcement date	6 April 1995
Competing entry
Song	"Vuelve conmigo"
Artist	Anabel Conde
Songwriter	José María Purón [es]
Placement
Final result	2nd, 119 points
Participation chronology
◄1994 • 1995 • 1996►

Before Eurovision

Televisión Española (TVE) internally selected "Vuelve conmigo" performed by Anabel Conde as its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 among 32 demos. The song was written by José María Purón [es]. The song, songwriter, and performer were presented on 6 April 1995.^[1] The preview music video that was distributed to the other participating broadcasters was filmed in Madrid, with the waterside scenes filmed on location at Juan Carlos I Park featuring the sculpture Dedos, the Spanish replica of La mano.

At Eurovision

On 13 May 1995, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Point Theatre in Dublin hosted by Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Conde performed "Vuelve conmigo" 9th on the evening, following Austria and preceding Turkey. She was accompanied on stage by Andrea Bronston, Doris Cales, and Sol Pilas [es] as backing singers, and by Emilio Cuervo and José María Guzmán^[a] as backing percussionists and singers.^[2] She was dressed by Javier Larraizar and the staging and choreography was in charge of Leonor Parrilli. Eduardo Leiva [sv] conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry.^[3] At the close of the voting "Vuelve conmigo" had received 119 points, placing 2nd of 23 and giving Spain's best result since 1979.^[4]

TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on La Primera, and abroad on TVE Internacional, with commentary by José Luis Uribarri.^[5] Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Concha Galán [es] introducing the Spanish jury, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.^[6]

Voting

TVE assembled a jury panel with sixteen members. The following members comprised the Spanish jury:^[6]

• Ángel Lacalle – journalist
• María Kosti – actress
• Roberto Antolín - bullfighter
• Sara Salazar – singer
• Valentín Paredes [es] – actor
• Pilar Socorro – journalist
• Lucio Blázquez [es] – restaurateur, owner of Casa Lucio [es]
• Cuca García de Vinuesa – communication expert
• Alejandro Abad – singer and songwriter, represented Spain in 1994
• Marily Coll – designer
• Arturo Beltrán – bullfighting entrepreneur
• Silvia Abascal – actress
• Enrique Cosano – Eurovision fan
• Agustina López de los Mozos – bookseller
• Justo Molinero [es] – music critic
• Verónica Magaz – student

The jury was chaired by José Visuña, Head of Musical Policy at TVE, with Javier González as secretary, and Belén Fernández de Henestrosa as spokesperson. José Manuel de la Cruz Lagunero was the notary public. These did not have the right to vote, but the president decided in the event of a tie. The jury awarded its maximum of 12 points to Croatia.

Points awarded to Spain[7] Score Country 12 points  Belgium  Israel 10 points  Croatia  Cyprus 8 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Malta  Poland  Turkey  United Kingdom 7 points  France  Portugal 6 points  Germany  Greece 5 points  Iceland 4 points 3 points 2 points  Hungary  Ireland 1 point

Points awarded by Spain[7] Score Country 12 points  Croatia 10 points  Malta 8 points  Greece 7 points  Belgium 6 points  Austria 5 points  Cyprus 4 points  Norway 3 points  Ireland 2 points  Turkey 1 point  Hungary

Notes

1. José María Guzmán had represented Spain in 1986 as a member of Cadillac and as the songwriter of their entry.