Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Spain| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) | |||
| Country | Spain | |||
| Selection process | Destino Oslo, La Gala de Eurovisión 2010 | |||
| Selection date | 22 February 2010 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Algo pequeñito" | |||
| Artist | Daniel Diges | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 68 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Algo pequeñito", written by Jesús Cañadilla, Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar, and Daniel Diges, and performed by Daniel Diges himself. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), organised the national final Destino Oslo, La Gala de Eurovisión 2010 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten artists and songs selected through an Internet public vote competed in the televised show where an in-studio jury and a public televote selected "Algo pequeñito" performed by Daniel Diges as the winner.
As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 2, Spain placed fifteenth out of the 25 participating countries with 68 points.
Prior to the 2010 contest, Televisión Española (TVE) until 2006, and Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) since 2007, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain forty-nine times since TVE's first entry in 1961.[1] They have 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. They have 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 2009, RTVE placed twenty-fourth with the song "La noche es para mí" performed by Soraya.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVE organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. RTVE confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2010 contest on 23 November 2009.[2] From 2007 to 2009, RTVE organised a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs to select both the artist and song that would represent Spain, a procedure which was continued for their 2010 entry.[3]
Before Eurovision
Destino Oslo, La Gala de Eurovisión 2010
Destino Oslo, La Gala de Eurovisión 2010 was the national final organised by RTVE that took place on 22 February 2010 at its Estudios Buñuel in Madrid, hosted by Anne Igartiburu with Ainhoa Arbizu acting as the green room host.[4] The show was broadcast on La 1, TVE Internacional, as well as online via RTVE's official website rtve.es.[5] Ten artists and songs, selected through an Internet round titled ¡Tu país te necesita! 2010, competed with the winner being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and an in-studio expert jury.[6] The national final was watched by 2.63 million viewers in Spain with a market share of 15.6%.[7]
¡Tu país te necesita!
A submission period was open from 4 December 2010 until 12 January 2010.[8][9] At the conclusion of the submission period, 480 entries were received, of which 313 were selected for an Internet vote.[10][11][12] The selected entries were revealed via RTVE's official website on 18 January 2010 and users had until 5 February 2010 to submit up to five votes for their favourite entries per day. 5,722,596 votes were received at the conclusion of the voting and the top ten entries that qualified for the national final were announced on 8 February 2010.[13][14][15] Among the competing artists was former Eurovision entrant Anabel Conde, who represented Spain in 1995.[16][17]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainhoa Cantalapiedra | "Volveré" |
|
176,912 | 10 |
| Anabel Conde | "Sin miedos" | Rafael Artesero | 182,528 | 8 |
| Coral Segovia | "En una vida" |
|
292,522 | 1 |
| Daniel Diges | "Algo pequeñito" |
|
187,391 | 5 |
| Fran Dieli | "Cuando se trata de ti" |
|
187,213 | 6 |
| John Cobra | "Carol" | John Cobra | 269,919 | 2 |
| José Galisteo | "Beautiful Life" |
|
180,145 | 9 |
| Lorena | "Amor mágico" |
|
188,778 | 3 |
| Samuel and Patricia | "Recuérdame" |
|
188,470 | 4 |
| Venus | "Perfecta" |
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183,753 | 7 |
National final
The televised final, presented by Anne Igartiburu, took place on 22 February 2010. The winner, "Algo pequeñito" performed by Daniel Diges, was selected through the combination of the votes of an in-studio jury (50%) and a public televote (50%).[18][19] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included David Bustamante and former Eurovision entrants Sergio Dalma, who represented Spain in 1991, and Rosa López, who represented Spain in 2002.[20][21][22]
The five members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the entries during the final were:[23]
- Manuel Bandera – Actor and dancer
- José María Íñigo – Journalist, actor and television presenter
- Toni Garrido – Journalist at RNE
- Mariola Orellana – Music producer
- Pilar Tabares – Music director of TVE
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | "Perfecta" | 24 | 30 | 54 | 4 |
| 2 | Ainhoa Cantalapiedra | "Volveré" | 24 | 25 | 49 | 6 |
| 3 | Fran Dieli | "Cuando se trata de ti" | 19 | 5 | 24 | 9 |
| 4 | Lorena | "Amor mágico" | 37 | 40 | 77 | 3 |
| 5 | Samuel and Patricia | "Recuérdame" | 30 | 20 | 50 | 5 |
| 6 | José Galisteo | "Beautiful Life" | 14 | 35 | 49 | 7 |
| 7 | John Cobra | "Carol" | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 |
| 8 | Anabel Conde | "Sin miedos" | 32 | 15 | 47 | 8 |
| 9 | Daniel Diges | "Algo pequeñito" | 58 | 60 | 118 | 1 |
| 10 | Coral Segovia | "En una vida" | 47 | 50 | 97 | 2 |
| R/O | Song | T. Garrido |
M. Orellana |
J.M. Íñigo |
P. Tabares |
M. Bandera |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Perfecta" | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 | "Volveré" | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | "Cuando se trata de ti" | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | "Amor mágico" | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | "Recuérdame" | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | "Beautiful Life" | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | "Carol" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | "Sin miedos" | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 9 | "Algo pequeñito" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 |
| 10 | "En una vida" | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 47 |
Controversy
During the voting of ¡Tu país te necesita!, eight entries were disqualified due to breaking competition rules, which included songs from Chimo Bayo, El Pezón Rojo and Pop Star Queen, who were among the top three prior to their respective disqualifications.[24][25] In protest of Bayo's disqualification, users of Internet forum ForoCoches mass voted for John Cobra, who eventually placed among the top ten acts at the conclusion of the voting.[26] Following his performance at Destino Oslo, Cobra was booed by the audience, prompting him to respond with offensive insults and gestures on live television in addition to exclaiming "Viva ForoCoches" (Long live ForoCoches).[27] Following heavy criticism, RTVE president Alberto Oliart apologised in front of the Spanish Senate for the incident.[28]
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