Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "", written by Juan Carlos Calderón, and performed by Paloma San Basilio. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. The song, performed in position 5, placed fourteenth –tying with the song from – out of nineteen competing entries with 36 points.
Before Eurovision (TVE) internally selected "" performed by Paloma San Basilio as for the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 among forty songs. The song was written by Juan Carlos Calderón. The broadcaster announced the name of the song, the songwriter, and performer on 5 March 1985. On 1 April, TVE presented the song along the promo video that was distributed to the other participant broadcasters.
At Eurovision On 4 May 1985, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at Scandinavium in Gothenburg hosted by Sveriges Television (SVT), and broadcast live throughout the continent. San Basilio performed "" 5th on the evening, following and preceding . Her dress was designed for the occasion by José Ramón de Aguirre. Calderón himself conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. At the close of the voting "" had received 36 points, placing 14th in a field of 19 –tying with the song from –.
TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 2 with commentary by Antonio Gómez Mateo. Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Marisa Medina introducing the Spanish jury from the Torrespaña production center, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.
Voting TVE assembled a jury panel with eleven members. The following members comprised the Spanish jury: Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada – designer Francisco Umbral – writer Jesús María Landín – student César Alonso Peña – jockey Adriana Ferrer – actress Eloy Román – indrustrialist María Dolores Ortiz – teacher Cristina Peña Martín – teacher María Asquerino – actress Agustín Trialasos – journalist Pilar de la Huerta – tourism business technician
The jury was chaired by Tomás Zardoya, Head of Broadcasting at TVE, with Francisco Hortelano as secretary. Francisco Javier Alfaro was the notary public. These did not have the right to vote, but the president decided in the event of a tie. 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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