Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", written by Juan Carlos Calderón, and performed by Nina. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. The song, performed in position 16, placed sixth out of twenty-two competing entries with 88 points.
Before Eurovision (TVE) internally selected "" performed by Nina as for the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. The song was written by Juan Carlos Calderón. The broadcaster announced the name of the song, the songwriter, and the performer on 29 March 1989. The song was presented to the press on 21 April, and premiered on the TVE show on 22 April.
At Eurovision On 6 May 1989, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne hosted by (TSR) on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Nina performed "" 16th on the evening, following and preceding . She was dressed for the occasion by Mercedes Salazar. In her introductory video postcard, she was welcomed by Juan Antonio Samaranch at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne. Calderón himself conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Spanish entry. At the close of the voting "" had received 88 points, placing 6th in a field of 22.
TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 2 with commentary by . It was watched by 12.5 million people in average. Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Inka Martí introducing the Spanish jury, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.
Voting TVE assembled a jury panel with sixteen members. The following members comprised the Spanish jury: Luis Merino – Eurovision fan Blanca Andreu – poet Javier Tomeo – writer Ángeles Fernández – student Antonio Banderas – actor – actress – bullfighter Emma Penella – actress Antonio Ozores – actor – writer Javier Clemente – football coach Dolly Fontana – public relations – journalist Tatiana Magdalena García – hairdresser – scriptwriter Charo Pascual – meteorologist
The jury was chaired by Sergi Schaaff. The jury awarded its maximum of 12 points to .
+ Points awarded to Spain Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Spain Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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