Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "", written by Antonio Figueroa Egea, and performed by Conchita Bautista. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), selected its entry through the national final . Bautista had already represented with "". "", performed in position 3, placed fifteenth –tying for last place with the songs from , , and – out of eighteen competing entries with 0 points.
Before Eurovision
(TVE) organized a national selection process titled to choose for the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. This selection had several phases, each culminating in a semi-final, and a final. The broadcaster received a total of 268 songs, from which it selected 54 candidates.
Preliminary phases The 54 candidate songs were presented in turns to the audience in the weekly television show beginning on 4 October 1964. The half-hour shows were broadcast on TVE on Sunday mornings, and were hosted by from the in Barcelona. At the end of each phase, a semi-final was held between the songs selected in that phase, with the top two songs in each semi-final going through the final.
+ First semi-final Singer Song Songwriter(s) Place Result Juan Carlos Monterrey "Barco perdido" Qualified María del Carmen "Yo me arrepentí" Qualified
+ Second semi-final Singer Song Songwriter(s) Place Result Yoli "Bajo un cielo español" Mario Vas Ladredo 1 Qualified Silvia Nelson "Caballero andaluz" 2 Qualified "Vengo de lejos" 3 "El hombre sin pueblo" 4 "Vieja góndola" 5 "Cuando tú estás" 6
+ Third semi-final Singer Song Songwriter(s) Place Result Dúo Dinámico "Esos ojitos negros" Qualified
Final On the evening of 7 February 1965, TVE held the final at its Miramar studios in Barcelona, hosted by José Luis Barcelona and Irene Mir. In addition to the qualifiers in the semi-finals, TVE added additional songs, making a total of thirteen songs in the final.
The jury in the final consisted of sixteen members, a mixture of experts and television viewers: , , , , Jorge Alexandre, Julio Guíu, Joaquín Alfonso, Augusto Algueró, Enrique Galea, Manuel Salinger, and Enrique Galia were joined by five television viewers. Each juror voted on all songs except one; the song with the fewest votes was eliminated. This process was repeated until the winning song was left: "", written by Antonio Figueroa Egea, and performed by Conchita Bautista.
+ Final – 7 February 1965 Singer Song VotesFinal Round Place 1 María del Carmen "Yo me arrepentí" 13 2 Juan Carlos Monterrey "Barco perdido" 12 3 Conchita Bautista "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" 10 1 4 Santy "Se lo he contado" 9 5 "Caballero andaluz" 8 6 Dúo Dinámico "Esos ojitos negros" 6 2 7 Yoli "Bajo el cielo español" 6 8 Raphael "Feriantes" 3 9 "Cantares" 4 10 Jaime Morey "La bailaora" 10 11 Franciska "El hombre y el toro" 11 12 Lorenzo Valverde "Otra serenata" 7 13 Ángela "Tengo miedo" 5
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was held on 20 March 1965 at the in Naples, Italy. Conchita Bautista performed "" third in the running order, following the and preceding . Antonio Figueroa Egea conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received nul point, sharing the last place with , , and .
TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on its television service with commentary by . (RNE) also aired the contest on .
Voting Spain did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.
+ Points awarded by Spain Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
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