Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "I Love You Mi Vida" written by Thomas G:son, Andreas Rickstrand, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, and Rebeca Pous Del Toro, and performed by the group D'Nash. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (RTVE), organised the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. The national final consisted of four heats, a semi-final and a final and involved 57 competing acts. Five acts and five songs ultimately qualified to compete in the televised final where a public televote first selected the top five to advance to the second round. In the second round of voting, a regional televote exclusively selected "I Love You Mi Vida" performed by Nash as the winner. The group was later renamed as D'Nash for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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 twentieth out of the 24 participating countries with 43 points.

Background

Prior to the 2007 contest, (TVE) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain forty-six times since its first entry in . It has won the contest on two occasions: in with the song "La, la, la" performed by Massiel and in with the song "" performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with , the , and the . It has also finished second four times, with "" by Karina in , "" by Mocedades in , "" by Betty Missiego in , and "" by Anabel Conde in . In , TVE placed twenty-first with the song "Bloody Mary" performed by Las Ketchup.

After a restructuring that led to the incorporation of TVE into the current (RTVE) corporation on 1 January 2007, it was the latter who participated in the 2007 contest. As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVE organised the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcast the event in the country. RTVE confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2007 contest on 20 October 2006. In 2006, TVE selected both the artist and song that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via an internal selection. For its 2007 entry, RTVE announced on 2 November 2007 that it would organise a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs.

Before Eurovision

was the national final organised by RTVE that took place at Prado del Rey in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), hosted by Paula Vázquez. The national final consisted of seven shows which commenced on 9 January 2007 and concluded with a winning song and artist during the final on 24 February 2007. All shows were broadcast on La 1 and TVE Internacional.

Format Fifty-seven artists competed in which consisted of seven shows: four heats on 9 January 2007, 16 January 2007, 23 January 2007, and 3 February 2007, a semi-final on 10 February 2007, a presentation gala of the candidate songs on 17 February 2007, and the final on 24 February 2007. The heats each featured fifteen artists (twelve in the fourth heat), while the semi-final featured the twenty qualifiers from the heats. Each artist performed original songs or cover versions of songs of their choice during the shows and five qualified from each show. The fourth heat featured an additional four acts which were duets consisting of eight of the artists that competed in the first three heats. The winning duet qualified for the semi-final. In the final, each of the remaining five artists performed five candidate Eurovision songs, selected through an Internet round, with the winner being decided upon over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top five combinations of artist and song qualified for a second round of voting, during which the winning entry was determined.

The results during the heats and the semi-final shows were decided upon through public televoting and an in-studio expert jury. In the heats and the semi-final, the contestants first faced a regional televote where the top three qualified. The jury then selected an additional two artists (one in the fourth heat) from the remaining artists to advance. For the duet selection, the results were decided upon through public televoting. In the final, the first round results were decided upon through public televoting, while regional televoting exclusively determined the second round results. For the regional televote, the votes of each of the nineteen autonomous communities of Spain created an overall ranking from which a set of points was distributed. A twentieth set of points was based on the votes submitted via mobile phones. The two members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the contestants during the shows were music advisors of the national final: former Eurovision contestants Massiel who won for , and Mikel Herzog who represented . Herzog was also responsible for the arrangements of the five candidate Eurovision songs performed in the final.

Competing entries Two separate submission periods were open on 14 November 2006 for artists and songwriters to submit their applications and songs. Artists were required to be professional acts, while RTVE sought out mid-tempo and uptempo songs with the chorus containing Spanish words universal for any language or imaginary words easy to be remembered as well as part of the lyrics containing words repeated in English. The deadline for songwriters concluded on 30 December 2006, while the deadline for artists concluded on 15 January 2007. At the conclusion of the submission period, 1,001 songs and 680 artist applications were received. 60 artists were selected by music advisors Massiel and Mikel Herzog for the national final, while an evaluation committee selected fifteen songs for an Internet vote. 48 of the competing acts were announced on 8 January 2007 during a press conference with the remaining twelve artists announced on 30 January 2007, while the competing songs were announced on 11 January 2007. Among the competing artists were former Eurovision entrants Amaya Saizar, who represented as part of the group Bravo, and La Década Prodigiosa, which represented .

Artists pre-selection Heats The four heat took place on 9 January, 16 January, 23 January, and 3 February 2007. In each heat the fifteen contestants first faced a regional televote where the top three qualified for the semi-final; an additional two qualifiers were selected from the remaining twelve contestants by an in-studio jury. In addition to the performances of the contestants, the fourth heat featured Eurovision guests performers Dana International, who won for , and Dmitry Koldun who would represent .

+ Heat 1 – 9 January 2007 Artist Song (Original artists) Points Place Result 1 María López "La Incondicional" (Luis Miguel) 70 7 2 Nacho Embid "Otro amor vendrá" (Lara Fabian) 49 10 3 Baltanás "Te necesito" (Luis Miguel) 92 5 4 Amaya Saizar "Lady, Lady" 81 6 5 Katia Ballester "Unchained Melody" (The Righteous Brothers) 22 14 6 Miguel Cañadas "A puro dolor" (Son by Four) 141 3 Advanced 7 KeKe "New York, New York" (Liza Minnelli) 40 12 8 Santa Fe "Esto es pa' ti" 195 1 Advanced 9 Juan Ikaro "Only You" (The Platters) 22 14 10 Nessa "I'm Outta Love" (Anastacia) 149 2 Advanced 11 Ybraem "Hips Don't Lie" (Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean) 48 11 12 Cristina Conde "Contigo en la Distancia" (Luis Miguel) 30 13 13 Póker "It's My Life" (Bon Jovi) 97 4 Advanced 14 Carmen Míriam "Gitano" (Abigail Marcet) 54 9 15 Gerard "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John) 70 7 Advanced + Detailed Regional Televoting Results Artist Total 1 María López 3 10 10 5 4 2 1 7 3 5 1 8 5 4 2 70 2 Nacho Embid 12 2 1 3 1 3 3 8 3 7 2 3 1 49 3 Baltanás 10 1 4 4 3 10 6 6 4 2 3 6 7 3 7 5 8 3 92 4 Amaya Saizar 3 3 5 5 2 4 10 12 12 8 7 10 81 5 Katia Ballester 3 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 2 22 6 Miguel Cañadas 4 4 8 7 6 8 8 5 5 6 6 4 12 7 6 8 12 7 6 12 141 7 KeKe 2 2 1 8 2 12 1 1 6 5 40 8 Santa Fe 8 7 12 12 8 12 12 12 8 12 12 10 10 12 10 10 10 10 1 7 195 9 Juan Ikaro 5 3 7 2 5 22 10 Nessa 12 6 7 10 7 6 10 10 7 8 7 6 8 4 8 6 8 1 10 8 149 11 Ybraem 1 2 1 2 12 3 4 8 5 6 4 48 12 Cristina Conde 7 6 7 6 1 3 30 13 Póker 5 6 8 10 7 3 4 10 10 10 1 7 3 4 5 4 97 14 Carmen Míriam 6 2 2 1 4 6 2 2 5 12 12 54 15 Gerard 8 5 1 5 5 1 12 7 2 5 5 4 4 6 70 + Heat 2 – 16 January 2007 Artist Song (Original artists) Points Place Result 1 La Década Prodigiosa "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" 69 9 2 Agustín Aspa "Valió la Pena" (Marc Anthony) 11 15 3 Mercedes Sayas "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys) 96 6 4 Nazaret "Sobreviviré" (Mónica Naranjo) 171 1 Advanced 5 Melo Bakale "Corazón Espinado" (Santana ft. Maná) 17 14 6 Rut Marcos "Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia) 95 7 7 Montse Mallorquín "Ojos así" (Shakira) 104 3 Advanced 8 Paraelissa "No me crees" (Efecto Mariposa ft. Javier Ojeda) 72 8 Advanced 9 Mirela "My Number One" (Helena Paparizou) 164 2 Advanced 10 Hotel Cochambre "Popurrí" 97 5 11 Tahis "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (Whitney Houston) 22 13 12 Paco Arrojo "Contra la corriente" (Marc Anthony) 100 4 Advanced 13 Los Amantes "Tenemos toda la noche" 42 12 14 Frank Bravo "Te quiero, te quiero" (Nino Bravo) 49 11 15 Éisac "Let Me Love You" (Mario) 51 10 + Detailed Regional Televoting Results Artist Total 1 La Década Prodigiosa 8 5 3 5 5 3 2 3 1 8 4 5 4 8 4 1 69 2 Agustín Aspa 2 1 8 11 3 Mercedes Sayas 4 1 2 7 4 4 12 5 2 7 5 6 5 5 4 12 5 3 3 96 4 Nazaret 10 12 10 6 5 12 6 4 3 7 8 3 12 12 12 12 7 12 10 8 171 5 Melo Bakale 5 4 1 2 5 17 6 Rut Marcos 12 5 2 7 1 12 1 1 2 10 8 2 10 1 7 2 12 95 7 Montse Mallorquín 2 12 12 10 10 10 1 10 6 3 10 12 6 104 8 Paraelissa 1 7 6 8 10 6 6 4 10 4 1 1 6 2 72 9 Mirela 7 10 8 10 10 6 8 8 7 8 12 12 8 7 10 8 8 7 10 164 10 Hotel Cochambre 3 8 4 1 6 8 2 10 5 3 2 5 6 3 7 10 6 8 97 11 Tahis 5 1 3 6 7 22 12 Paco Arrojo 6 6 3 4 7 3 7 7 4 12 5 7 2 2 6 3 6 4 1 5 100 13 Los Amantes 2 4 1 4 10 6 3 4 8 42 14 Frank Bravo12 3 7 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 5 3 4 49 15 Éisac 8 5 12 6 1 3 7 2 7 51 + Heat 3 – 23 January 2007 Artist Song (Original artists) Points Place Result 1 Just 4 Voices "El día que me quieras" (Carlos Gardel) 21 12 2 Yolanda "Like a Prayer" (Madonna) 108 5 3 Luis Fierro "Unchain My Heart" (Ray Charles) 15 14 4 Lourdes Savarese "¿A quién le importa?" (Alaska y Dinarama) 4 15 5 Paris "Jaleo" (Ricky Martin) 21 12 6 Sheila Rodríguez "Woman in Love" (Barbra Streisand) 79 7 Advanced 7 Arde Troya "Drive My Car" (The Beatles) 40 10 8 Yanira Figueroa "Ausencia" (Héctor Lavoe and Willie Colón) 165 2 Advanced 9 Javier Enzo "Otro día más sin verte" (Jon Secada) 48 9 10 The Sweet Metal Band "Sweet Dreams" (Eurythmics) 63 8 11 Javier Ríos "Vuela muy alto" (Jerry Rivera) 89 6 12 Robin "Enamorada" (Pedro Infante) 27 11 13 Rebeca "Qué no daría yo" 125 4 Advanced 14 Nash "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King) 216 1 Advanced 15 Marta Llenas "Proud Mary" (Tina Turner) 139 3 Advanced + Detailed Regional Televoting Results Artist Total 1 Just 4 Voices 3 2 2 1 8 4 1 21 2 Yolanda 3 5 5 3 6 8 4 12 1 5 6 6 4 8 8 7 4 2 3 8 108 3 Luis Fierro 5 5 5 15 4 Lourdes Savarese 2 2 4 5 Paris 1 2 1 7 2 8 21 6 Sheila Rodríguez 4 4 4 1 5 1 2 4 10 3 5 5 3 4 10 3 3 2 6 79 7 Arde Troya 2 10 4 2 10 6 5 1 40 8 Yanira Figueroa 10 10 6 7 10 6 8 6 6 12 10 4 7 5 6 12 10 10 10 10 165 9 Javier Enzo 5 3 3 3 7 3 4 10 1 3 4 2 48 10 The Sweet Metal Band 2 6 5 5 3 5 3 6 4 1 3 4 3 3 8 1 1 63 11 Javier Ríos 10 4 1 12 5 2 3 10 12 1 12 12 5 89 12 Robin 8 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 27 13 Rebeca 7 8 8 8 7 4 6 7 8 7 8 2 8 6 5 6 7 5 4 4 125 14 Nash12 12 12 12 12 10 12 10 12 8 12 12 12 10 12 8 12 7 7 12 216 15 Marta Llenas 6 7 7 6 8 7 10 8 7 4 7 10 6 7 7 5 6 8 6 7 139