Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with an entry selected through a national preselection called Eurocanción 2000. It was the first national final organized by Televisión Española (TVE) since 1976.^[1]Serafín Zubiri, who had already participated for Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, was the winner with the song "Colgado de un sueño". The song was composed by José María Purón, composer of the Spanish entry that finished second in 1995, "Vuelve conmigo". At Eurovision, Serafín Zubiri finished 18th with 18 points.

Eurocanción 2000

The national final took place on 8 February 2000 at TVE's studios in Madrid, hosted by Carlos Lozano and Paloma Lago. TVE selected 15 song internally for the national final. To decide the winner, 19 regional juries awarded points from 1 to 10; then the televoting results of the Spanish public were added, with the value of two juries.

Apart from Serafín Zubiri, there was another former Spanish entrant among the 15 finalists: Anabel Conde, who had finished second in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, participated in Eurocanción 2000 accompanied by David Domínguez.

Result of national final

Serafín Zubiri got the highest amount of points from the jury and the audience and was proclaimed winner and entrant for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.^[2]

Draw	Song	Translation	Singer	Points	Place
1	"Sueño su boca"	I dream of her mouth	Raúl	152	2
2	"Ni colores ni fronteras"	Neither colours nor frontiers	Anabel Conde & David Domínguez	83	4
3	"Sin fronteras"	Without frontiers	Alto Rango	75	6
4	"Suave"	Soft	Ángel Caramé	45	11
5	"Alcanzarás la luna"	You'll reach the moon	Alazán	76	5
6	"No quiero"	I don't want	Yago	133	3
7	"Si te vas"	If you leave	Olga Domínguez	49	10
8	"Buscaré"	I will seek	Aguadulce	20	14
9	"Colgado de un sueño"	Hanging from a dream	Serafín Zubiri	205	1
10	"El reloj"	The clock	20 Años de Cuna	23	12
11	"Muy mujer"	Very womanly	Manuel Bravo	3	15
12	"Mala racha"	Bad patch	Sur S.A.	22	13
13	"Gotas de algodón"	Drops of cotton	Myriam Fultz	58	8
14	"Bailando en la oscuridad"	Dancing in the dark	Sito Abalos	52	9
15	"Dónde estabas"	Where were you	Dulce	59	7

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Zubiri performed 13th. At the close of the voting he had received 18 points, placing 18th of 24.

Points Awarded by Spain^[3]

12 points	Germany
10 points	Denmark
8 points	Austria
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Russia
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Malta

Points Awarded to Spain

Points Awarded to Spain
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Cyprus
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Romania			Russia	Switzerland

References

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1960s	Conchita Bautista Victor Balaguer José Guardiola Nelly, Tim & Tony Conchita Bautista Raphael Raphael Massiel Salomé

1970s	Julio Iglesias Karina Jaime Morey Mocedades Peret Sergio y Estíbaliz Braulio Micky José Vélez Betty Missiego

1980s	Trigo Limpio Bacchelli Lucía Remedios Amaya Bravo Paloma San Basilio Cadillac Patricia Kraus La Década Prodigiosa Nina

1990s	Azúcar Moreno Sergio Dalma Serafín Zubiri Eva Santamaría Alejandro Abad Anabel Conde Antonio Carbonell Marcos Llunas Mikel Herzog Lydia

2000s	Serafín Zubiri David Civera Rosa Beth Ramón Son de Sol Las Ketchup D'NASH Rodolfo Chikilicuatre Soraya Arnelas

2010s	Daniel Diges Lucía Pérez Pastora Soler El Sueño de Morfeo Ruth Lorenzo Edurne Barei

Songs

1960s	"Estando contigo" "Llámame" "Algo prodigioso" "Caracola" "Qué bueno, qué bueno" "Yo soy aquél" "Hablemos del amor" "La, la, la" "Vivo cantando"

1970s	"Gwendolyne" "En un mundo nuevo" "Amanece" "Eres tú" "Canta y sé feliz" "Tú volverás" "Sobran las palabras" "Enséñame a cantar" "Bailemos un vals" "Su canción"

1980s	"Quédate esta noche" "Y sólo tú" "Él" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Lady, Lady" "La fiesta terminó" "Valentino" "No estás solo" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Nacida para amar"

1990s	"Bandido" "Bailar pegados" "Todo esto es la música" "Hombres" "Ella no es ella" "Vuelve conmigo" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Sin rencor" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "No quiero escuchar"

2000s	"Colgado de un sueño" "Dile que la quiero" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "Dime" "Para llenarme de ti" "Brujería" "Un Blodymary" "I Love You Mi Vida" "Baila el Chiki-chiki" "La noche es para mí"

2010s	"Algo pequeñito" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "Quédate conmigo" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Amanecer" "Say Yay!"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Spain did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Countries

Final (by final results)	Denmark (winner) Russia Latvia Estonia Germany Ireland Sweden Malta Croatia Turkey Norway Iceland Netherlands Austria Macedonia United Kingdom Romania Spain Finland Switzerland Cyprus Israel France Belgium

Artists

Final (by final results)	Olsen Brothers Alsou Brainstorm Ines Stefan Raab Eamonn Toal Roger Pontare Claudette Pace Goran Karan Pınar Ayhan & The SOS Charmed August & Telma Linda Wagenmakers The Rounder Girls XXL Nicki French Taxi Serafín Zubiri Nina Åström Jane Bogaert Voice PingPong Sofia Mestari Nathalie Sorce

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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