Spain in EuroMusic Song Contest

Spain is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Spain was invited to participate in the first edition. The Spanish broadcaster RTVE is responsible for the participations. Spain won the contest once.

History
Spain debuted in the first edition. They won the hosting selection, so they were the firtst host of the EuroMusic Song Contest. There they were able to finish at the fifth place. Also in the next three years they ended two times fourth and another time fifth. In Dublin, the RTVE decided to send a song in Spanish and English. This was not a succes. Spain became 14th. One edition later they did worse. They received only twelve points, and ended in the last place. the next edition, they finished 10th. In Greece, they finished eleventh with 46 points.

After a period of several of average results, they achieved a fifth place. They best result since the fourth edition. In Amsterdam they ended at the eighth place. However, in the next edition, they qualified for the final but they finished last in the final with only three points. In Zurich, it was the first time that Spain failed to qualify for the final. In Tel Aviv, they were able to qualify again, but in the final they finished at the last place. For the fourteenth edition, Spain decided to select a song in the English language. It was the first time that they didnùt select a song that contained the Spanish language. It was a huge success, because they won the contest for the very first time.

Because of their victory, they got the rigts to host the fifteenth edition. They decided to select Madrid as host city. It was the first time that a city hosted the contest twice. Because they won the previous edition, they were automaticcaly qualified for the grand final. There they finished at the 13th place. In Malta and Germany, they failed to qualify. The Spanish broadcaster announced that they were not gonne take part in the eigteenth edition in Romania. They gave as reason the financial problems of the broadcaster. Since then, Spain took part in all the previous editions.

Spain decided to return in to contest, in Bucharest. However the high expectations they finished last in their semi final. In Krakow, Spain again failed to qualify. The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Spain took part and finished at the 19th place. The same result was obtained in the next edition. Spain finished at the 8th place in the 27th edition. It was the first time since their victory that they finished in the top ten. In Baku, Spain finished at the 19th place.