Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country Spain
National selection
Selection processEurocanción 2001
Selection date(s)23 February 2001
Selected entrantDavid Civera
Selected song"Dile que la quiero"
Selected songwriter(s)Alejandro Abad
Finals performance
Final result6th, 76 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Eurocanción 2001

Eurocanción 2001 is the national final developed by RTVE in order to select Spain's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The competition took place on 23 February 2001 at TVE's studios in Madrid, and was hosted by Jennifer Rope and Sandra Morey.[2]

Format

The winner was decided by a nine-member jury panel (75%) and public televoting (25%). Each jury member awarded points in the Eurovision style of 12, 10, 8-1 point(s). The public televote had a weighing equal to the votes of three juries.[3]

Competing entries

In order to select entries for the contest, Spanish broadcaster RTVE opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their songs. In addition to the open submissions, RTVE also directly invited more than 30 composers to submit songs. Over 1000 entries were submitted, and 15-member jury panel appointed by RTVE listened to the entries and selected 20 songs for the contest.[4]

Final

The final took place on 23 February 2001 at TVE's studios in Madrid. David Civera got the highest number of points from both the jury and the audience and was proclaimed winner and entrant for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.[5]

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.

Final – 23 February 2001
Draw Singer Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Locomía "Música, música" Alejandro García Price 4 0 4 17
2 Noemí "Sin rencor" Susan Adkinson, Alfonso Sanz 57 6 63 4
3 David Castedo "Un terrón de azúcar" David Castedo 26 9 35 10
4 Paula "Prisionera de tu amor" Jose Antonio Ogara 6 0 6 15
5 Sonia and Selena "Yo quiero bailar" Francisco Ten, Tony Ten 29 12 41 9
6 Hi Priority "A nadie como a ti" Pablo Pinilla, David Santisteban 60 24 84 2
7 David Civera "Dile que la quiero" Alejandro Abad 72 36 108 1
8 Trans X "Amándonos" Javier Morán, Octavio Narbón, Cristóbal Garrido, Pascual Anguirad 11 0 11 12
9 Mina "Libres" José María Díez, Angel Santiago Haro 60 18 78 3
10 Toni and Miguel "Baila" Benjamín Estació 4 0 4 17
11 Kingdom Brothers "Nada es igual" A. Hernández, David Santana, L. Suárez, Yeron Torres 8 0 8 13
12 Herbert "Abre los brazos" G. Carillo 30 30 60 5
13 Virginia "No tengas miedo de amar" José Luciano Garrigó, Emilio Alquézar 50 0 50 7
14 Frank Bravo "No sé por qué" Jose Manuel Moles 8 0 8 13
15 Natalia "Porque quiero" Natalia Gómez Lantero 30 3 33 11
16 Román "Nada sin ti" Douglas Bastidas, Raúl Velez 6 0 6 15
17 Mister Robinson "Un flechazo de Cupido" Daniel Grostz, Rafael Esparza 28 15 43 8
18 Luna "No pidas más amor" Mercedes Trujillo 31 21 52 6
19 Oxígeno "Niña bonita" David Villar, Daniel Cardenete 2 0 2 19
20 Silvana "Dónde" Enrique Casellas, José Carlos Seco 0 0 0 20
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw Song A. Algueró P. Tabares T. Segura D. Velázquez J. I. Ocaña H. de Campos S. Gambino J. L. Ayllón Piquero J. M. Alfageme Total
1 "Música, música" 2 2 4
2 "Sin rencor" 10 3 5 8 10 7 10 4 57
3 "Un terrón de azúcar" 8 2 7 4 1 4 26
4 "Prisionera de tu amor" 6 6
5 "Quiero bailar" 8 7 6 6 2 29
6 "A nadie como a ti" 12 12 8 3 12 6 7 60
7 "Dile que la quiero" 5 10 10 12 6 2 7 8 12 72
8 "Amándonos" 8 2 1 11
9 "Libres" 4 6 4 5 12 4 5 10 10 60
10 "Baila" 3 1 4
11 "Nada es igual" 3 1 4 8
12 "Abre los brazos" 5 10 3 12 30
13 "No tengas miedo de amar" 1 12 6 8 3 12 8 50
14 "No sé por qué" 6 1 1 8
15 "Porque quiero" 4 4 7 10 2 3 30
16 "Nada sin ti" 6 6
17 "Un flechazo de Cupido" 7 1 2 5 1 7 5 28
18 "No pidas más amor" 7 3 5 8 5 3 31
19 "Niña bonita" 2 2
20 "Dónde" 0

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Civera performed 13th. At the close of the voting he had received 76 points, placing 6th of 23.[6] "Dile que la quiero" was released as a CD single, which charted in Spain's Promusicae Top 50 peaking at number 2.[7]

Voting

References
  1. "El Mundo en Orbyt - Suscripción digital online".
  2. "Spanish National Final 2001".
  3. "Spanish National Final 2001".
  4. "トイレつまりeurosong". Archived from the original on 28 January 2001.
  5. "Spanish National Final 2001".
  6. "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. ""David Civera – Dile que la quiero"". Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  8. "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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