Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

On 4 May 1985, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at Scandinavium in Gothenburg hosted by Sveriges Television (SVT), and broadcast live throughout the continent. San Basilio performed "La fiesta terminó" 5th on the evening, following Denmark and preceding France. Her dress was designed for the occasion by José Ramón de Aguirre.^[5] Calderón himself conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. At the close of the voting "La fiesta terminó" had received 36 points, placing 14th in a field of 19 –tying with the song from Turkey–.^[6]

TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 2 with commentary by Antonio Gómez Mateo. Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Marisa Medina introducing the Spanish jury from the Torrespaña production center, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.^[7]

TVE assembled a jury panel with eleven members. The following members comprised the Spanish jury:^[7]

• Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada – designer
• Francisco Umbral – writer
• Jesús María Landín – student
• César Alonso Peña – jockey
• Adriana Ferrer – actress
• Eloy Román – indrustrialist
• María Dolores Ortiz – teacher
• Cristina Peña Martín – teacher
• María Asquerino – actress
• Agustín Trialasos – journalist^[b]
• Pilar de la Huerta – tourism business technician^[b]

The jury was chaired by Tomás Zardoya, Head of Broadcasting at TVE, with Francisco Hortelano as secretary. Francisco Javier Alfaro 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 Italy.