winner, 1968
Massiel
Massiel represented Spain at Eurovision 1968 in London with “La La La”, and won.
- who
- Spanish singer
- born
- 2 August 1947, Madrid, Spain
- contest
- 1968
- win
- 1968
- music
- pop
- active
- 1966 to 2007
- sang for
- Spain
Biography
Massiel is a Spanish pop and protest singer whose first recordings came out in 1966. Two years later Massiel won the contest in London with “La La La”, by a single point. It was Spain’s first win.
In 1996 Massiel decided to give up music, then released another album a year later and one more in 2007.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Massiel”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1968 London
“La La La”
Winner Won the contest with 29 points, ahead of 16 other songs.
- Sung in
- Spanish
- Written by
- Ramón Arcusa, Manuel de la Calva
- Conductor
- Rafael Ibarbia
- Running order
- 15th of 17
- Age on the night
- 20
Play: Massiel — “La La La”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1968 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1968: Colour, a borrowed singer and a one-vote finish
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In the drama file
The two scenes from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Massiel is part of.
- 1969 Not enough medals Ties and photo finishes
- 1968 Spain changes its singer Thrown out, pulled out, stayed away
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Massiel, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1968 Spain changes its singer
Spain's song was "La La La", and Televisión Española had entered Joan Manuel Serrat to sing it. Then Serrat insisted on singing it in Catalan. The broadcaster replaced him.
- 1968 Spain changes its singer
The replacement was Massiel, who was on tour in Mexico at the time. She had two weeks. In them she flew back to Spain, learned the song, recorded it in several languages, went to Paris for a dress and got to London in time for rehearsals. The arrangement was redone to suit her, and she sang it in Spanish.
- 1968 The reprise
Winners sing their song again, and Massiel did something new with hers. Having won in Spanish, she sang part of the reprise in English — the first winner to switch languages for it.
- 1969 Not enough medals
Nobody had made medals for four winning teams. The singers got theirs on stage, from Massiel, the previous year's winner. The songwriters had to wait until later. Then all four songs were sung again.
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