Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with an entry selected through the first series of the reality casting show Operación Triunfo. Rosa with the song "Europe's Living a Celebration", composed by Toni and Xasqui Ten, was chosen through televoting by the Spanish public.

Rosa placed 7th with 81 points at Eurovision, where her backing singers where her fellow contestants from Operación Triunfo David Bisbal, David Bustamante, Chenoa, Gisela (who would represent Andorra in 2008) and Geno.^[1]

Operación Triunfo (first series)

The first season of Operación Triunfo was broadcast from the Mediapark Studios in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona and was hosted by Carlos Lozano. After the regular final of Operación Triunfo that took place on 11 February 2002 (where Rosa was declared the overall winner of the season), the top three contestants - Rosa herself, David Bisbal, and David Bustamante - qualified for the Eurovision phase of the contest, which consisted of a semi-final and a final. Three songs were assigned to each contestant among those submitted to national broadcaster TVE, making a total of nine songs.^[2] In the semi-final, a jury eliminated one of the songs assigned to each artist, and then a finalist song was chosen for each contestant though televoting. The three songs that participated in the final were "La magia del corazón" by David Bustamante, "Corazón Latino" by David Bisbal, and "Europe's Living a Celebration" by Rosa.^[3]

Result of national final

The national final took place on 18 March 2002. At the close of voting, Rosa received the highest number of votes and was proclaimed the winner and entrant for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.

Draw	Song	Translation	Singer	Points	Place
1	"La magia del corazón"	The magic of the heart	David Bustamante	17.3%	3rd
2	"Corazón Latino"	Latin heart	David Bisbal	32.8%	2nd
3	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	-	Rosa	49.9%	1st

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Rosa performed 5th. At the close of the voting she had received 81 points, placing 7th of 24.

Points Awarded by Spain^[4]

12 points	Latvia
10 points	Malta
8 points	France
7 points	Slovenia
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Romania
4 points	Turkey
3 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points	Germany
1 point	Belgium

Points Awarded to Spain

Points Awarded to Spain
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Belgium France Switzerland			Cyprus Germany Sweden	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Israel
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Greece		United Kingdom

References

↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Spain2002.html&date=2009-10-26+02:40:55
↑ "GALA: 11/03/2002" (in Spanish). Telefónica. 2002-03-11. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
↑ http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=918
↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2002

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 2002

Countries

Final (by final results)	Latvia (winner) Malta United Kingdom Estonia France Cyprus Spain Sweden Romania Russia Croatia Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium Slovenia Turkey Greece Austria Macedonia Finland Germany Switzerland Lithuania Denmark

Artists

Final (by final results)	Marie N Ira Losco Jessica Garlick Sahlene Sandrine François One Rosa Afro-dite Monica Anghel & Marcel Pavel Prime Minister Vesna Pisarović Sarit Hadad Maja Tatić Sergio & The Ladies Sestre Buket Bengisu & Group Safir Michalis Rakintzis Manuel Ortega Karolina Gočeva Laura Voutilainen Corinna May Francine Jordi Aivaras Malene

Songs

Final
(by final results)

"I Wanna"
"7th Wonder"
"Come Back"
"Runaway"
"Il faut du temps (je me battrai pour ça)"
"Gimme"
"Europe's Living a Celebration"
"Never Let It Go"
"Tell Me Why"
"Northern Girl"
"Everything I Want"
"Nadlik Beyakhad Ner (Light a Candle)"
"Na jastuku za dvoje"
"Sister"
"Samo ljubezen"
"Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"
"S.A.G.A.P.O."
"Say A Word"
"Od nas zavisi"
"Addicted To You"
"I Can't Live Without Music"
"Dans le jardin de mon âme"
"Happy You"
"Tell Me Who You Are"

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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