Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965
| Eurovision Song Contest 1965 | ||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurofestival | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 February 1965 | |||
| Selected entrant | Conchita Bautista | |||
| Selected song | "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 0 points | |||
| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Spain took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. The country was represented by Conchita Bautista with the song "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!". Conchita Bautista had already represented Spain in 1961. The song was chosen through the national final Eurofestival.
Eurofestival
The national final took place at TVE's studios in Barcelona on 7 February 1965, hosted by José Luis Barcelona and Irene Mur. In the four previous months, 54 candidate songs were presented to the audience in the weekly TV show Gran Parada. At the end of each month a semi-final was held with the top two songs going through the final. TVE then added six other songs to the seven qualifiers (one was eliminated). The jury in the final consisted of 16 members, a mixture of experts and TV viewers. Each juror awarded a point to all songs except one; the song with the fewest points was eliminated. This process was repeated until the winning song was left.[1][2]
Result of national final
| Draw | Song | Translation | Singer | Points Final Round |
Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Yo me arrepentí" | I regretted | María del Carmen | 13 | |
| 2 | "Barco perdido" | Lost ship | Juan Carlos Monterrey | 12 | |
| 3 | "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" | How good, how good! | Conchita Bautista | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | "Se lo he contado" | I've told her | Santy | 9 | |
| 5 | "Caballero andaluz" | Andalusian gentleman | Luisita Tenor | 8 | |
| 6 | "Esos ojitos negros" | Those little dark eyes | Dúo Dinámico | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | "Bajo el cielo español" | Under the Spanish sky | Yoli | 6 | |
| 8 | "Feriantes" | Carnies | Raphael | 3 | |
| 9 | "Cantares" | Chants | Adriangela | 4 | |
| 10 | "La bailaora" | The flamenco dancer | Jaime Morey | 10 | |
| 11 | "El hombre y el toro" | The man and the bull | Franciska | 11 | |
| 12 | "Otra serenata" | Another serenade | Lorenzo Valverde | 7 | |
| 13 | "Tengo miedo" | I'm afraid | Angela | 5 |
At Eurovision
Conchita Bautista was the third to perform in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Ireland. She received nul point for her performance, sharing the last place with Germany, Belgium and Finland.
References
- ^ del Amor Caballero, Reyes (4 May 2004). "Preselecciones españolas para Eurovisión, primera parte". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ "Spain National Final 1965". natfinals.50webs.com.