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Spain is one of the "Big Five" countries, along with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, that are automatically prequalified for the final, due to their participant broadcasters being the largest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Spain has won the contest twice, first in 1968 with the song "La La La ...
The show opened with a rendition of the Eurovision tune by the Teatro Real organ, followed by the orchestra performing the previous year's winning song, "La, la, la". The interval act consisted of a surrealist documentary titled La España diferente , directed by Javier Aguirre , with music by Luis de Pablo .
In Spain, TVE broadcast the first semi-final of the contest on La 2 and the second semi-final and the final on La 1 and its 4K UHD simulcast channel La 1 UHD; in addition, Radio Nacional de España (RNE) aired the final on Radio Nacional nationwide and on Ràdio 4 in Catalonia; with all the shows also broadcast internationally on TVE ...
The show was broadcast on La 1, TVE Internacional as well as online via RTVE's official website rtve.es and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. [5] Five artists and songs competed with the winner being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and an in-studio expert jury.
As part of the "Big Five", Spain directly qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing during the show in position 10, [1] "SloMo" eventually finished in third place with 459 points. Chanel became the highest scoring Spanish Eurovision entrant and scored Spain its best result since 1995.
It was the Euro '96 quarterfinals and England and Spain were in a shootout after a nervy 0-0 draw. Six years earlier, Pearce had been one of two England players who failed to score in a shootout ...
Lys Assia, the winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, performing at the 1958 contest. The Eurovision Song Contest was developed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as an experiment in live television broadcasting and a way to produce cheaper programming for national broadcasting organisations.
The 1976 winner for the United Kingdom, Brotherhood of Man, holds the record of the highest average score per participating country, with an average of 9.65 points received per country. 2011 Azerbaijani winners Ell and Nikki hold the lowest average score for a winning song under that system, receiving 5.14 points per country.