Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Gwendolyne", written and performed by Julio Iglesias. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), selected its entry through a national final. The song, performed in position 9, placed fourth –tying with the songs from and – out of twelve competing entries with 8 votes.

Before Eurovision

To select its entry, (TVE) organised together with (RNE) the at the Palau Nacional in Barcelona on 12–14 February 1970, hosted by Laura Valenzuela and Joaquín Prat. It was the second and final edition of the Festival. Twenty songs competed over three shows, with the winner song being decided upon through regional jury voting.

Competing entries Twenty compositions were selected to compete in the national final by the broadcaster, with two designated acts per song. As regulations only allowed a maximum of three performers and three backing vocalists, groups were able to compete by designating one or two vocalists, with the rest of the group featuring as backing vocalists. Some performers that had been initially selected withdrew or were replaced before the live shows.

Artist 1Artist 2SongSongwriter(s) Johnny Valentino Ángela Escribano "Balada de invierno" María José de Ceratto Los Dos Los 80 Centavos "Balada del maderero" Elena Ernesto "Bienvenido" Karlo y las Hermanas Ros Los Musicales "Carrusel" Jaime Morey Maya "De pronto, tú" Gaby Berger "Don Juan" Franciska Nino Bravo "Esa será mi casa" Rafaleón Los Valldemosa "Fiesta" Julio Iglesias Rosy Armen "Gwendolyne" Julio Iglesias Karolyne Albert Band "Hoy quiero cantar" Manolo, de Los Catiros "Igual que yo" Luisa Margarita Girón Basilio Voces Amigas "Jamás la olvidaré" "Me gusta, me gusta" Julio Ramos Tuset 31 "Novia para Miguel" Juan Carlos Calderón Rosa Mary y Javier "Sí, después" Javier Vidal Donna Hightower Julián Granados "Soy feliz" Alfonso Sainz Errol y Los Tops Altamira 3 "Tal vez mañana" Carlos Bermúdez Vicente Pizarro "Un manantial de barro" Voces Amigas Mocedades "Un mundo mejor" Mocedades Tuset 31 "Viejo marino"

Semi-finals The semi-finals took place on 12 and 13 February 1970. On both shows, ten songs were first performed by one of its assigned singers, and then again by the other singer. After the second semi-final, ten songs qualified for the final through jury voting from 15 regional RNE, TVE, and Radio Peninsular studios, each distributing five votes among their favourite songs. The number of votes received by each song was announced, but were not reflected in the official television excerpts from semi-final 2, or in contemporary reports.

+ Semi-final 1 – 12 February 1970ArtistSongResult First act Second act 1 Elena Ernesto "Bienvenido" 2 Karlo y las Hermanas Ros Los Musicales "Carrusel" 3 Jaime Morey Maya "De pronto, tú" Qualified 4 Franciska Nino Bravo "Esa será mi casa" 5 Rafaleón Los Valldemosa "Fiesta" Qualified 6 Rosalía Manolo, de Los Catiros "Igual que yo" Qualified 7 Luisita Tenor Rosa Mary y Javier "Sí, después" Qualified 8 Los Dos Los 80 Centavos "Balada del maderero" Qualified 9 Voces Amigas Mocedades "Un mundo mejor" Qualified 10 Basilio Voces Amigas "Jamás la olvidaré" Qualified

+ Semi-final 2 – 13 February 1970ArtistSongResult First act Second act 1 Julio Iglesias Rosy Armen "Gwendolyne" Qualified 2 Cristina Los Gritos "Me gusta, me gusta" Qualified 3 Mocedades Tuset 31 "Viejo marino" 4 Luciana WolfVicente Pizarro "Un manantial de barro" 5 Julio Ramos Tuset 31 "Novia para Miguel" 6 Donna Hightower Julián Granados "Soy feliz" Qualified 7 Johnny Valentino Ángela Escribano "Balada de invierno" 8 Los Mismos Gaby Berger "Don Juan" 9 Karolyne Albert Band "Hoy quiero cantar" 10 Errol y Los Tops Altamira 3 "Tal vez mañana"

Final The final took place on 14 February 1970. As in the semi-finals, each song was performed twice by its different performers. In the event that the winner song had two Spanish singers, the juries would vote again to decide which artist would perform the song at the Eurovision Song Contest; if the song was shared with a foreign artist, the Spanish singer would become the Eurovision representative. 15 regional juries, each distributing five votes among their favourite songs, selected "Gwendolyne" as the winning song. As Rosy Armen was a French singer, Julio Iglesias was automatically chosen as the Spanish artist for Eurovision.

+ Final – 14 February 1970ArtistSongPointsPlace First act Second act 1Manolo, de Los CatirosRosalía"Igual que yo"08 2Los DosLos 80 Centavos"Balada del maderero"64 3Jaime MoreyMaya"De pronto, tú" 55 4RafaleónLos Valldemosa"Fiesta"73 5BasilioVoces Amigas"Jamás la olvidaré"132 6Voces AmigasMocedades"Un mundo mejor"46 7Luisita TenorRosa Mary y Javier"Sí, después"08 8Julio IglesiasRosy Armen"Gwendolyne"371 9Los GritosCristina"Me gusta, me gusta"08 10Donna HightowerJulián Granados"Soy feliz"37

+ Final – Detailed Regional Jury Results Song Total 1 "Igual que yo" 0 2 "Balada del maderero" 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 3 "De pronto, tú" 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 "Fiesta" 1 3 3 7 5 "Jamás la olvidaré" 5 1 1 2 2 2 13 6 "Un mundo mejor" 1 3 4 7 "Sí, después" 0 8 "Gwendolyne" 4 3 1 3 5 2 2 1 4 1 3 4 4 37 9 "Me gusta, me gusta" 0 10 "Soy feliz" 2 1 3

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was held on 21 March 1970 at the in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Julio Iglesias performed "Gwendolyne" ninth in the running order, following and preceding . He was accompanied on stage by as backing singers. Augusto Algueró conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received 8 votes, tying for the fourth place with and .

TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 1 with commentary by José Luis Uribarri.

Voting TVE assembled a jury panel with ten members, with each member giving one vote to their favourite song. The following members comprised the Spanish jury: Juan Sierra y Gil de la Cuesta – lawyer and National Delegate of Culture (chairperson) María del Puy – actress Carlos Guisasola Estelar – vice president of the National Radio and Television Trade Union Blanca Núñez – fashion designer Pedro Ara Aísa – president of the Provincial Radio and Television Trade Union of Zaragoza and director of Radio Juventud de Zaragoza Javier Mateu – bachelor of physical sciences María Dolores García Rivas – agricultural technical engineer Juan Ignacio del Álamo – journalism student Lucía Cobo García – medical student Alfredo Medina del Río – agricultural mechanization technical engineer

The secretary was Ramón Rivera.

+ Votes awarded to Spain Score Country 3 votes 2 votes

+ Votes awarded by Spain Score Country 4 votes 3 votes 2 votes 1 vote

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