Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Colgado de un sueño" written by José María Purón and performed by Serafín Zubiri. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), organised the national final Eurocanción 2000 in order to select its entry for the contest. Fifteen artists and songs competed in the televised show where 17 regional juries and a public televote selected "Colgado de un sueño" performed by Serafín Zubiri as the winner. Zubiri had already represented Spain at the 1992 contest.
As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 13, it placed eighteenth out of the 24 participating countries with 18 points.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVE organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. TVE selected in 1999 both the artist and song that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via an internal selection. For its 2000 entry, the broadcaster announced in October 1999 that for the first time in 24 years it would organise a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs.[2]
Before Eurovision
Eurocanción 2000
Eurocanción 2000 was the national final organised by TVE that took place on 8 February 2000 at the Estudios Buñuel in Madrid, hosted by Carlos Lozano and Paloma Lago.[3] The show was broadcast on La Primera and TVE Internacional.[4] Fifteen artists and songs competed with the winner being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and regional juries.[5]
Competing entries
A submission period was open from October 1999 until January 2000. At the conclusion of the submission period, more than 200 entries were received. A six-member committee, which included the director of Eurocanción Antonio Guerrero and music director of TVE Miguel María Delgado, evaluated the entries received and selected fifteen entries for the national final. The fifteen competing acts were announced during a press conference on 6 February 2000.[2][6] Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants Serafín Zubiri, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, and Anabel Conde, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995.[7]
José Taboada, Javier García, Javier Laguna, Antonio Mellado
Yago
"No quiero"
Manolo Morvizón, Luis Baras, L. Roldán, Voss
Final
The televised final took place on 8 February 2000. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included Presuntos Implicados, Los Panchos and Jean-Michel Jarre.[8] The winner, "Colgado de un sueño" performed by Serafín Zubiri, was selected through the combination of the votes of 17 regional juries (70%) and a public televote (30%).[5]
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000. As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the contest.[9] On 21 November 1999, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Spain was set to perform in position 12, following the entry from Iceland and before the entry from Denmark.[10] Spain finished in eighteenth place with 18 points.[11]
TVE broadcast the show on La Primera with commentary by José Luis Uribarri.[12][13][14] TVE appointed Hugo de Campos to announce the results of the Spanish televote during the final. The broadcast of the contest was watched by 4.056 million viewers in Spain with a market share of 34.8%.[15]
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Germany in the contest.
