Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "", composed by José Miguel Évoras, with lyrics by Isidro Muñoz, and performed by Remedios Amaya. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. The song, performed in position 7, placed nineteenth –tying for last place with the song from – out of twenty competing entries with 0 points.
Before Eurovision (TVE) internally selected "" performed by Remedios Amaya as for the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. The song was composed by José Miguel Évoras, and had lyrics by Isidro Muñoz. TVE announced the song, songwriters, and performer on 1 March 1983.
At Eurovision On 23 April 1983, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the in Munich hosted by (BR) on behalf of ARD and broadcast live throughout the continent. Amaya performed "" 7th on the evening, following and preceding . Since during rehearsals the organizers realized that the dress Tony Benítez had designed for her was not suitable for the stage, she had to wear the dress used in the video clip, and since she did not have matching shoes, she performed barefoot. José Miguel Évoras conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. At the close of voting "" had received nul points placing in 19th place, last place tied with Turkey.
TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 1 with commentary by José-Miguel Ullán. Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Cristina García Ramos introducing the Spanish jury, 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: María del Carmen Campos – administrative assistant Luis Fernando Reyes – economist Paloma Pérez – stewardess Bautista Serra – industrialist María Rosario Cano – student Marcial Pereira – student Gloria Moro – housewife – actress Abelardo Cano Santano – teacher Antonio Hipólito Romero – taxi driver Antonio Prieto – runner
The jury was chaired by Enrique Nicanor, with Rosa Campano as spokesperson. 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 . Spain did not receive any points.
+ 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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