Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Operación Triunfo
Selection date(s)	Preliminary rounds; 25 February 2002; 4 March 2002; Final; 11 March 2002
Selected entrant	Rosa
Selected song	"Europe's Living a Celebration"
Selected songwriter(s)	Toni Ten; Xasqui Ten;
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 81 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with an entry selected through the first series of the reality casting show Operación Triunfo. Rosa with the song "Europe's Living a Celebration", composed by Toni and Xasqui Ten, was chosen through televoting by the Spanish public.

Rosa placed 7th with 81 points at Eurovision, where her backing singers where her fellow contestants from Operación Triunfo David Bisbal, David Bustamante, Chenoa, Gisela (who would represent Andorra in 2008) and Geno.[1]

Before Eurovision

Operación Triunfo

The first season of Operación Triunfo was broadcast from the Mediapark Studios in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona and was hosted by Carlos Lozano. After the regular final of Operación Triunfo that took place on 11 February 2002 (where Rosa was declared the overall winner of the season), the top three contestants - Rosa herself, David Bisbal, and David Bustamante - qualified for the Eurovision phase of the contest, which consisted of two semi-final shows and a final.

First Round

In the first round on 25 February 2002, three songs were assigned to each contestant among those submitted to national broadcaster TVE, making a total of nine songs.[2] A six-person jury eliminated one of the songs assigned to each artist, leaving a total of six.

First Round – 25 February 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	David Bustamante	"Urgente"	Isaac Luque	Eliminated
2	David Bisbal	"El alma en pie"	José Abraham	Advanced
3	Rosa López	"Un sueño especial"	Toni Ten, Xasqui Ten	Advanced
4	David Bustamante	"Más de mil noches"	Ander Pérez	Advanced
5	Rosa López	"Hay que vivir"	Lexter	Eliminated
6	David Bisbal	"Corazón Latino"	Jordi Cubino	Advanced
7	David Bustamante	"La magia del corazón"	David DeMaría, Pablo Pinilla, David Santisteban	Advanced
8	Rosa López	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	Toni Ten, Xasqui Ten	Advanced
9	David Bisbal	"Miénteme"	Isaac Luque	Eliminated

Second Round

In the second round on 4 March 2002, a finalist song was then chosen for each contestant though televoting. The three songs that participated in the final were "La magia del corazón" by David Bustamante, "Corazón Latino" by David Bisbal, and "Europe's Living a Celebration" by Rosa.[3][4]

Second Round – 4 March 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Result
1	David Bisbal	"El alma en pie"	18%	Eliminated
2	David Bustamante	"Más de mil noches"	35%	Eliminated
3	Rosa López	"Un sueño especial"	30%	Eliminated
4	David Bisbal	"Corazón Latino"	82%	Finalist
5	David Bustamante	"La magia del corazón"	65%	Finalist
6	Rosa López	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	70%	Finalist

Final

The final took place on 11 March 2002. At the close of voting, Rosa received the highest number of votes and was proclaimed the winner and entrant for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002.[4]

Final – 11 March 2002
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	David Bustamante	"La magia del corazón"	17.3%	3
2	David Bisbal	"Corazón latino"	32.8%	2
3	Rosa López	"Europe's Living a Celebration"	49.9%	1

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Rosa performed 5th, following Greece and preceding Croatia. At the close of the voting she had received 81 points, placing 7th of 24.[5]

Voting

Points awarded to Spain[6]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium France Switzerland
10 points
8 points
7 points	Cyprus Germany Sweden
6 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Israel
5 points
4 points	Greece
3 points
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point

Points awarded by Spain[6]
Score	Country
12 points	Latvia
10 points	Malta
8 points	France
7 points	Slovenia
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Romania
4 points	Turkey
3 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points	Germany
1 point	Belgium

References

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"GALA: 11/03/2002" (in Spanish). Telefónica. 11 March 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
"Eurovision Song Contest : Spain 2002 : Rosa, Europe's Living a Celebration : ESC-History".
"SPANISH NATIONAL FINAL 2002".
"Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
"Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

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[1] ttps://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Spain2002.html&date=2009-10-26+02:40:55

[2] "GALA: 11/03/2002" (in Spanish). Telefónica. 11 March 2002. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

[3] "Eurovision Song Contest : Spain 2002 : Rosa, Europe's Living a Celebration : ESC-History".

[:0-4] "SPANISH NATIONAL FINAL 2002".

[5] "Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[2002detailed-6] "Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
Benidorm Fest Operación Triunfo
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Artists	Alejandro Abad Alfred Amaia Remedios Amaya Soraya Arnelas Azúcar Moreno Bacchelli Victor Balaguer Barei Conchita Bautista Beth Blanca Paloma Braulio Bravo Cadillac Blas Cantó Antonio Carbonell Chanel Rodolfo Chikilicuatre David Civera Anabel Conde D'Nash Sergio Dalma La Década Daniel Diges Edurne ESDM José Guardiola Mikel Herzog Julio Iglesias Karina Las Ketchup Patricia Kraus Marcos Llunas Ruth Lorenzo Lucía Lydia Massiel Micky Miki Betty Missiego Mocedades Jaime Morey Manel Navarro Nina Peret Lucía Pérez Ramón Raphael Rosa Salomé Paloma San Basilio Eva Santamaría Sergio and Estíbaliz Pastora Soler Son de Sol Tim, Nelly and Tony Trigo Limpio José Vélez Serafín Zubiri
Songs	"Algo pequeñito" "Algo prodigioso" "Amanece" "Amanecer" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Baila el Chiki Chiki" "Bailar pegados" "Bailemos un vals" "Bandido" "Bloody Mary" "Brujería" "Canta y sé feliz" "Caracola" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Colgado de un sueño" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Dile que la quiero" "Dime" "Do It for Your Lover" "Eaea" "Él" "Ella no es ella" "En un mundo nuevo" "Enséñame a cantar" "Eres tú" "Estando contigo" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "La fiesta terminó" "Gwendolyne" "Hablemos del amor" "Hombres" "I Love You Mi Vida" "La, la, la" "Lady, Lady" "Llámame" "Nacida para amar" "No estás solo" "No quiero escuchar" "La noche es para mí" "Para llenarme de ti" "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "Quédate conmigo" "Quédate esta noche" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Say Yay!" "Sin rencor" "SloMo" "Sobran las palabras" "Su canción" "Todo esto es la música" "Tu canción" "Tú volverás" ~~"Universo"~~ "Valentino" "La venda" "Vivo cantando" "Voy a quedarme" "Vuelve conmigo" "Y sólo tú" "Yo soy aquél"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Spain did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Countries	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Israel Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Afro-dite Aivaras Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel Buket Bengisu and Group Safir Sandrine François Jessica Garlick Sarit Hadad Francine Jordi Karolina Laura Ira Losco Maja Malene Corinna May Marie N One Manuel Ortega Vesna Pisarović Prime Minister Michalis Rakintzis Rosa Sahlene Sergio and the Ladies Sestre
Songs	"7th Wonder" "Addicted to You" "Come Back" "Dans le jardin de mon âme" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "Everything I Want" "Gimme" "Happy You" "I Can't Live Without Music" "I Wanna" "Il faut du temps" "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde" "Light a Candle" "Na jastuku za dvoje" "Never Let It Go" "Northern Girl" "Od nas zavisi" "Runaway" "S.A.G.A.P.O." "Samo ljubezen" "Say a Word" "Sister" "Tell Me Who You Are" "Tell Me Why"