Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song " (Made in Spain)", composed by Enrique Piero, with lyrics by Francisco Dondiego, and performed by the group credited as . The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. The song, performed in position 6, placed eleventh out of twenty-one competing entries with 58 points.
Before Eurovision (TVE) internally selected " (Made in Spain)" performed by the group as for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988. The song was composed by Enrique Piero, and had lyrics by Francisco Dondiego. The members of the group were Manolo Aguilar, Cecilia Blanco, Ana Nery Fragoso, Javier de Juan, Carmelo Martínez, Manuel Rodríguez, Manuel Santisteban, and José Subiza. They were announced as the performers on 16 March 1988. For the contest, they were credited simply as . The name of the song and the songwriters were announced on 21 March.
At Eurovision On 30 April 1988, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin hosted by (RTÉ), and broadcast live throughout the continent. La Década performed " (Made in Spain)" 6th on the evening, following and preceding the . They were dressed for the occasion by and . Since the contest rules only allow a maximum of six people on stage, and as they were a group of eight members, de Juan conducted the event's orchestra, and Martínez was left out. At the close of the voting the Spanish entry had received 58 points, placing 11th in a field of 21.
TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 2 with commentary by . Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Marta Sánchez 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: Laura Valenzuela – television presenter, presented the María Vidaurreta – teacher José Coronado – actor Jaime Adrada – architect Caty Arteaga – ballet dancer – writer – Miss Europe 1967 Mario Pardo – actor Pepe Oneto – journalist Jorge Sanz – actor Emma Suárez – actress Lola Forner – actress, Miss Spain 1979 – bullfighter Analía Gadé – actress Pepe Barroso – businessman Cyra Toledo – model
The jury was chaired by Matilde Jarrín. 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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