Jump to content

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by WOSlinker (talk | contribs) at 23:18, 21 February 2020 (fix small tags). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processEurocanción 2001
Selection date(s)23 February 2001
Selected artist(s)David Civera
Selected song"Dile que la quiero"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result6th, 76 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2000 2001 2002►

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with an entry selected through a national preselection called Eurocanción 2001.[1] David Civera with the song "Dile que la quiero", composed by Alejandro Abad (Spanish entrant in 1994), was chosen to represent Spain. At Eurovision, David Civera finished sixth with 76 points.

Before Eurovision

Eurocanción 2001

The national final took place on 23 February 2001 at TVE's studios in Madrid, and was hosted by Jennifer Rope and Sandra Morey. About 2,000 songs were submitted to the national broadcaster TVE, and 20 were selected to participate in the final. The winner was decided by a nine-member jury panel (75%) and televoting (25%). Each jury member awarded points in the Eurovision style of 12, 10, 8-1 point(s). The members of the jury were Augusto Algueró, Pilar Tabares, Teresa Segura, Daniel Velázquez, Juan Ignacio Ocaña, Hugo de Campos, Silvia Gambino, Juan Luis Ayllón Piquero and José Martín Alfageme.

David Civera got the highest number of points from the jury and the audience and was proclaimed winner and entrant for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.[2]

Final – 23 February 2001
Draw Singer Song (English translation) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Locomía "Música, música" (Music, music) 4 0 4 17
2 Noemí "Sin rencor" (Without grudge) 57 6 63 4
3 David Castedo "Un terrón de azúcar" (A lump of sugar) 26 9 35 10
4 Paula "Prisionera de tu amor" (Prisoner of your love) 6 0 6 15
5 Sonia & Selena "Yo quiero bailar" (I want to dance) 29 12 41 9
6 Hi Priority "A nadie como a ti" (Nobody like you) 60 24 84 2
7 David Civera "Dile que la quiero" (Tell her that I love her) 72 36 108 1
8 Trans X "Amándonos" (Loving each other) 11 0 11 12
9 Mina "Libres" (Free) 60 18 78 3
10 Toni & Miguel "Baila" (Dance) 4 0 4 17
11 Kingdom Brothers "Nada es igual" (Nothing is the same) 8 0 8 13
12 Herbert "Abre los brazos" (Open your arms) 30 30 60 5
13 Virginia "No tengas miedo de amar" (Don't be afraid to love) 50 0 50 7
14 Frank Bravo "No sé por qué" (I don't know why) 8 0 8 13
15 Natalia "Porque quiero" (Because I want to) 30 3 33 11
16 Román "Nada sin ti" (Nothing without you) 6 0 6 15
17 Mister Robinson "Un flechazo de Cupido" (An arrow shot by Cupid) 28 15 43 8
18 Luna "No pidas más amor" (Don't ask for more love) 31 21 52 6
19 Oxígeno "Niña bonita" (Pretty girl) 2 0 2 19
20 Silvana "Dónde" (Where) 0 0 0 20

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Civera performed 13th. At the close of the voting he had received 76 points, placing 6th of 23.

Points awarded by Spain

12 points  Greece
10 points  Germany
8 points  Estonia
7 points  Denmark
6 points  Portugal
5 points  Sweden
4 points  Malta
3 points  France
2 points  Slovenia
1 point  United Kingdom

Points awarded to Spain

Points awarded to Spain
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References