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"Europe's Living a Celebration"
Single by Rosa
from the album Rosa
Released13 March 2002
GenreLatin pop
Length2:53
LabelVale Music
Songwriter(s)Toni Ten, Xasqui Ten
Producer(s)Toni Ten, Xasqui Ten
Rosa singles chronology
"Europe's Living a Celebration"
(2002)
"A solas con mi corazón"
(2002)
Eurovision Song Contest 2002 entry
Country
Artist(s)
As
Rosa
Languages
Composer(s)
Toni Ten
Lyricist(s)
Xasqui Ten
Finals performance
Final result
7th
Final points
81
Entry chronology
◄ "Dile que la quiero" (2001)
"Dime" (2003) ►

"Europe's Living a Celebration" English: /ˈjuːrəps ˈlɪvɪŋ ə ˌsɛlɪˈbrʃən/ is a song recorded by Spanish singer Rosa. The song was written by Toni Ten and Xasqui Ten. It is best known as the Spanish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, held in Tallinn.[1]

Background

The song is in Spanish, with the exception of one line of the chorus, which is in ungrammatical English.[2]

Eurovision

The song was performed fifth at the Contest, preceded by Greece's Michalis Rakintzis with "S.A.G.A.P.O.", and followed by Croatia's Vesna Pisarović with "Everything I Want". At the close of voting, it had received 81 points, placing 7th in a field of 24.[3]

Rosa was accompanied by David Bisbal, David Bustamante, Chenoa, Gisela and Geno acting as her backing singers.[4]

The song was succeeded as Spanish entry at the 2003 Contest by Beth with "Dime".[5]

References

  1. ^ ""Europe's Living a Celebration" at the official Eurovision Song Contest site". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ ""Europe's Living a Celebration" lyrics and detailed info". The Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2002 scoreboard". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Europe's Living a Celebration". eurovision-spain.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ^ ""Dime" at the official Eurovision Song Contest site". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 July 2019.