Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "", written by Fina de Calderón, and performed by the band Los TNT credited as Nelly with Tim and Tony. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), selected its entry through a national final and, subsequently, the performers internally. The song, performed in position 16, placed twelfth out of sixteen competing entries with 1 point.

Before Eurovision Song national selection (TVE) used its television show to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1964. On 18 January 1964, the ten songs in competition were presented in a episode hosted in Barcelona by and , and aired on TVE and on . Each song was presented twice by two different singers among: , , Lorenzo Valverde, , Teresa María, Claudia, , Lolita Sevilla, Luis Gardey, and Tito Mora. They were accompanied by a 35-piece orchestra conducted by Rafael Ibarbia or a rhythm sextet conducted by Vicente Crespo. In addition to the competing entries, Isabelle Aubret –who won Eurovision for – and The Blue Diamonds performed as guest artists.

+ Songs in competition Song Songwriter(s) "Soy" "Torero" Miguel Dochado Díaz "Olé" "La niña del espejo" "Llegaré" "Estrellas en el agua" "Todo me da igual" José Valero "Luz de bengala" Fina de Calderón "Caracola" Fina de Calderón "El niño y el toro"

The winning song was chosen by postal vote with a voucher printed in the magazine Tele-Radio. On 31 January 1964, the letters received were opened and the counting of the 5,304 valid vouchers was made. That same day it was announced that the winning song, with 3,100 votes, was "" that had been performed by Michel and Teresa María.

First Singer Second Singer Song Votes Place 1 Gelu Lorenzo Valverde "Soy" 201 6 2 Lolita Sevilla Luis Gardey "Torero" 410 3 3 Claudia Tito Mora "Olé" 103 8 4 Lolita Sevilla Alfredo Garrido "La niña del espejo" 639 2 5 Gelu Tito Mora "Llegaré" 243 5 6 Lita Torelló Michel "Estrellas en el agua" 97 9 7 Lita Torelló Lorenzo Valverde "Todo me da igual" 321 4 8 Lita Torelló Michel "Luz de bengala" 54 10 9 Michel Teresa María "Caracola" 3,100 1 10 Tito Mora Claudia "El niño y el toro" 136 7

Artist internal selection After the song selection, TVE internally chose Los TNT, who had not taken part in it, to perform the song at Eurovision. The trio consisted of siblings Tim, Nelly, and Tony Croatto. As the rules in place at the time only allowed the participation of soloists and duos in the contest, TVE had to enter Nelly as soloists accompanied by Tim and Tony as backing singers, as "Nelly with Tim and Tony".

At Eurovision On 21 March 1964, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the in Copenhagen, Denmark, hosted by (DR), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Los TNT performed "" last in the running order, following . Rafael Ibarbia conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. A background scenery was designed for the occasion by Salvador Dalí. The song received a single point from , coming twelfth in a field of sixteen.

TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on its television service with commentary by . (RNE) aired the contest deferred on Radio Nacional.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Spain Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Spain Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point

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