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]