Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with an entry selected through a national preselection called Eurocanción 2000. It was the first national final organized by Televisión Española (TVE) since 1976.[1]Serafín Zubiri, who had already participated for Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, was the winner with the song "Colgado de un sueño". The song was composed by José María Purón, composer of the Spanish entry that finished second in the 1995 Contest, "Vuelve conmigo". At Eurovision, Serafín Zubiri finished 18th with 18 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Eurocanción 2000
Selection date(s)	8 February 2000
Selected entrant	Serafín Zubiri
Selected song	"Colgado de un sueño"
Selected songwriter(s)	José María Purón
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 18 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Eurocanción 2000

The final took place on 8 February 2000 at TVE's studios in Madrid, hosted by Carlos Lozano and Paloma Lago. TVE selected 15 songs internally for the national final.

The winner was decided by a combination of 19 regional juries (19/21) and televoting (2/21). Each jury awarded points from 1 to 10, then the televoting results of the Spanish public were added. Serafín Zubiri 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 2000.[2]

Apart from Serafín Zubiri, Anabel Conde, who finished second in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, participated in the contest in a duo with David Domínguez.

Final – 8 February 2000
Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Songwriter(s)	Jury	Televote	Total	Place
1	Raúl	"Sueño su boca" (I dream of her mouth)	José Ogara, Josep Llobell	112	40	152	2
2	Anabel Conde & David Domínguez	"Ni colores ni fronteras" (Neither colors nor frontiers)	David Domínguez	83	0	83	4
3	Alto Rango	"Sin fronteras" (Without frontiers)	Faustino Gómez, Rosa Berna	75	0	75	6
4	Ángel Caramé	"Suave" (Soft)	Alberto Manuel Guzmán, Rafael Pastor, Pedro Morales	45	0	45	11
5	Alazán	"Alcanzarás la luna" (You'll reach the moon)	José Antonio Granados	76	0	76	5
6	Yago	"No quiero" (I don't want)	Manolo Morvizón, Luis Baras, L. Roldán, Voss	103	30	133	3
7	Olga Domínguez	"Si te vas" (If you leave)	Luis Villa	49	0	49	10
8	Aguadulce	"Buscaré" (I will seek)	J. M. Alvarez, J. César Odro, Fernando Portillo	20	0	20	14
9	Serafín Zubiri	"Colgado de un sueño" (Hanging from a dream)	José Maria Purón	155	50	205	1
10	20 Años de Cuna	"El reloj" (The clock)	Fernando Calleja, Raquel Justicia	23	0	23	12
11	Manuel Bravo	"Muy mujer" (Very womanly)	Manuel Bravo	3	0	3	15
12	Sur S.A.	"Mala racha" (Bad patch)	José Taboada, J. García, J. Laguna, Antonio Mellado	22	0	22	13
13	Myriam Fultz	"Gotas de algodón" (Drops of cotton)	Oscar Gómez	58	0	58	8
14	Sito Abalos	"Bailando en la oscuridad" (Dancing in the dark)	S. Templa	52	0	52	9
15	Dulce	"Dónde estabas" (Where were you)	Dulce Hernández	59	0	59	7

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Zubiri performed 13th. At the close of the voting he had received 18 points, placing 18th of 24.

Points awarded by Spain

12 points	Germany
10 points	Denmark
8 points	Austria
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Russia
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Malta

Points awarded to Spain

Points awarded to Spain

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Cyprus
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Romania			Russia	Switzerland

See also

• Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2000

References

1. http://www.eurovision-spain.com/iphp/columnas_ver.php?id=38&numero=40
2. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Spain2000.html&date=2009-10-26+02:40:49