Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
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Spain| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Televisión Española (TVE) | |||
| Country | Spain | |||
| Selection process | Operación Triunfo 1: Gala Eurovisión | |||
| Selection date | 11 March 2002 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Europe's Living a Celebration" | |||
| Artist | Rosa | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 81 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Europe's Living a Celebration", written by Toni Ten and Xasqui Ten, and performed by Rosa. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), selected its entry through the first series of the reality television music competition Operación Triunfo. Three artists and songs ultimately qualified to compete in the final of the competition's Eurovision selection show where a public televote exclusively selected "Europe's Living a Celebration" performed by Rosa as the winner, receiving 49.9% of the votes.
As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 5, Spain placed seventh out of the 24 participating countries with 81 points.
Prior to the 2002 contest, Televisión Española (TVE) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain forty-one times since its first entry in 1961. It has won the contest on two occasions: in 1968 with the song "La, la, la" performed by Massiel and in 1969 with the song "Vivo cantando" performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It has also finished second four times, with "En un mundo nuevo" by Karina in 1971, "Eres tú" by Mocedades in 1973, "Su canción" by Betty Missiego in 1979, and "Vuelve conmigo" by Anabel Conde in 1995. In 2001, it placed sixth with the song "Dile que la quiero" performed by David Civera.[1]
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. In 2000 and 2001, TVE organised the national final Eurocanción, which featured a competition among several artists and songs. For their 2002 entry, TVE announced in July 2001 that they would organise a reality television singing competition titled Operación Triunfo (original series of Star Academy) to select both the artist and song that would represent Spain.[2]
Before Eurovision
Operación Triunfo 1
The Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was selected through Operación Triunfo, a Spanish reality television music competition consisting of training sixteen contestants in a boarding academy in order to find new singing talent. The first series, also known as Operación Triunfo 1, took place from 22 October 2001 to 11 February 2002 at the Mediapark Studios in Sant Just Desvern (Barcelona), hosted by Carlos Lozano. The competition was broadcast on La Primera and TVE Internacional. The top three contestants qualified to compete in the Eurovision selection show, Gala Eurovisión, which consisted of three shows on 25 February, 4 March, and 11 March 2002. Each contestant performed three original songs and the winner was decided exclusively through a public televote. The competing songs and the allocations were announced on 21 February 2002.[3]
Contestant qualified to "Gala Eurovisión"
| Contestant | Episode of eviction | Place finished (Overall ranking) |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa | Gala Final | 1st |
| David Bisbal | 2nd | |
| David Bustamante | 3rd | |
| Chenoa | Gala Final | 4th |
| Manu Tenorio | 5th | |
| Verónica | 6th | |
| Nuria Fergó | Gala 13 | 7th |
| Gisela | Gala 12 | 8th |
| Naím Thomas | Gala 11 | 9th |
| Àlex Casademunt | Gala 5 / Gala 10 | 10th |
| Alejandro Parreño | Gala 8 | 11th |
| Juan Camus | Gala 7 | 12th |
| Natalia | Gala 6 | 13th |
| Javián | Gala 4 | 14th |
| Mireia | Gala 3 | 15th |
| Geno | Gala 2 | 16th |
Gala Eurovisión – Song selection
The song selection round of Gala Eurovisión consisted of two rounds of voting. In the first round which took place on 25 February 2002, an in-studio jury eliminated one song per contestant.[4] The six members of the in-studio jury were Pilar Tabares (music director of TVE), Narcís Rebollo (CEO of Vale Music), José Luis Uribarri (television presenter and director, commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest for TVE), Marcos Llunas (singer and composer, represented Spain in 1997), Juan Luis Ayllón Piquero (Eurovision expert) and Daniel Aragay Esteban (Eurovision expert). In the second round which took place on 4 March 2002, a public televote eliminated an additional song per contestant.[5] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the guest performer in the first show was Lenny Kravitz, while the guest performer in the second show was Operación Triunfo 1 contestant Natalia.[6][7]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Bustamante | "Urgente" |
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N/a |
| 2 | David Bisbal | "El alma en pie" | José Abraham | Advanced |
| 3 | Rosa | "Un sueño especial" |
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Advanced |
| 4 | David Bustamante | "Más de mil noches" |
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Advanced |
| 5 | Rosa | "Hay que vivir" | Rubén Blades | N/a |
| 6 | David Bisbal | "Corazón Latino" | Jordi Cubino | Advanced |
| 7 | David Bustamante | "La magia del corazón" |
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Advanced |
| 8 | Rosa | "Europe's Living a Celebration" |
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Advanced |
| 9 | David Bisbal | "Miénteme" |
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N/a |
| R/O | Song | Televote | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "El alma en pie" | 18% | 2 | N/a |
| 4 | "Corazón Latino" | 82% | 1 | Qualified |
| R/O | Song | Televote | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | "Más de mil noches" | 35% | 2 | N/a |
| 5 | "La magia del corazón" | 65% | 1 | Qualified |
| R/O | Song | Televote | Place | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | "Un sueño especial" | 30% | 2 | N/a |
| 6 | "Europe's Living a Celebration" | 70% | 1 | Qualified |
Gala Eurovisión – Final
The final of Gala Eurovisión took place on 11 March 2002. The winner, "Europe's Living a Celebration" performed by Rosa, was selected exclusively through a public televote which ran between 4 and 11 March 2002. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included the Pet Shop Boys, and the other contestants of Operación Triunfo 1,[8][9] with all the contestants also performing together a medley of past Eurovision songs.[a]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Bustamante | "La magia del corazón" | 17.3% | 3 |
| 2 | David Bisbal | "Corazón latino" | 32.8% | 2 |
| 3 | Rosa | "Europe's Living a Celebration" | 49.9% | 1 |
Official albums
Following the first Eurovision gala, Vale Music released a CD titled Operación Triunfo: Gala Eurovisión featuring the audio of the live performances of the nine competing songs recorded during the gala. The album was the fifth best-selling album on the 2002 annual chart in Spain, selling over 400,000 copies and was certified four times platinum.[10]
Vale Music later released a double CD titled Operación Triunfo: Álbum de Eurovisión featuring the studio recordings of the nine competing songs, the Eurovision medley performed in the final, and a selection of songs from the galas of Operación Triunfo 1. The double CD includes the final and official version of "Europe's Living a Celebration" performed by Rosa with the backing vocals provided by David Bisbal, David Bustamante, Chenoa, Gisela, and Geno, who would accompany her to the international contest; and a first music video for the song on a multimedia track. The album sold over 100,000 copies and was certified platinum.[11]
