Spain was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1965 The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 March 1965 in the in Naples, Italy and presented by Renata Mauro. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RAI), t ...

with the song "", written by Antonio Figueroa Egea, and performed by

Conchita Bautista María Concepción Bautista Fernández (born 27 October 1936), better known as Conchita Bautista (), is a Spanish singer and actress. She in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 and . Bautista moved from her native Andalusia to Madrid in her teen ...

. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), selected its entry through the national final . Bautista had already represented .

Before Eurovision

The national final took place at the studios of (TVE) in

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on 7 February 1965, hosted by José Luis Barcelona and Irene Mur. In the four previous months, 54 candidate songs were presented to the audience in the weekly TV show . At the end of each month a semi-final was held with the top two songs going through the final. TVE then added six other songs to the seven qualifiers (one was eliminated). The jury in the final consisted of 16 members, a mixture of experts and TV viewers. Each juror awarded a point to all songs except one; the song with the fewest points was eliminated. This process was repeated until the winning song was left.

At Eurovision

The

was held on 20 March 1965 at the in

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, Italy. Conchita Bautista performed "" third in the running order, following the and preceding . Antonio Figueroa Egea conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received nul point, sharing the last place with , , and .

Voting

Spain did not receive any points at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.

References

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