won it twice
Spain at Eurovision
Spain first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and has entered 64 contests, the last of them in 2025. It has won twice: in 1968 and 1969. The contest has been held there once, in Madrid in 1969.
- 64
- contests
- 2
- wins
- 1
- hosted
- first song
- 1961
- last song
- 2025
- contests
- 64
- wins
- 2 — 1968, 1969
- second place
- 4 — 1971, 1973, 1979, 1995
- last place
- 5 — 1962, 1965, 1983, 1999, 2017
- nul points
- 1962, 1965, 1983
- in the final
- 21 of 21 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- Spanish (63), English (6)
- hosted
- Madrid 1969
The two wins
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1968, London “La La La”
Massiel · 29 points
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1969, Madrid “Vivo cantando”
Salomé · 18 points
Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.
Every song
All 65 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Basel | Melody | “Esa diva” Spanish | 24th of 26 | 37 |
| 2024 Malmö | Nebulossa | “Zorra” Spanish | 22nd of 26 | 30 |
| 2023 Liverpool | Blanca Paloma | “Eaea” Spanish | 17th of 26 | 100 |
| 2022 Turin | Chanel | “SloMo” Spanish, English | 3rd of 25 | 459 |
| 2021 Rotterdam | Blas Cantó | “Voy a quedarme” Spanish | 24th of 26 | 6 |
| 2020 Rotterdam | Blas Cantó | “Universo” Spanish | Contest cancelled | — |
| 2019 Tel Aviv | Miki | “La venda” Spanish | 22nd of 26 | 54 |
| 2018 Lisbon | Amaia and Alfred | “Tu canción” Spanish | 23rd of 26 | 61 |
| 2017 Kyiv | Manel Navarro | “Do It for Your Lover” Spanish, English | 26th of 26 | 5 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Barei | “Say Yay!” English | 22nd of 26 | 77 |
| 2015 Vienna | Edurne | “Amanecer” Spanish | 21st of 27 | 15 |
| 2014 Copenhagen | Ruth Lorenzo | “Dancing in the Rain” English, Spanish | 10th of 26 | 74 |
| 2013 Malmö | ESDM | “Contigo hasta el final” Spanish | 25th of 26 | 8 |
| 2012 Baku | Pastora Soler | “Quédate conmigo” Spanish | 10th of 26 | 97 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Lucía Pérez | “Que me quiten lo bailao” Spanish | 23rd of 25 | 50 |
| 2010 Oslo | Daniel Diges | “Algo pequeñito” Spanish | 15th of 25 | 68 |
| 2009 Moscow | Soraya Arnelas | “La noche es para mí” Spanish | 24th of 25 | 23 |
| 2008 Belgrade | Rodolfo Chikilicuatre | “Baila el Chiki Chiki” Spanish, English | 16th of 25 | 55 |
| 2007 Helsinki | D'Nash | “I Love You Mi Vida” Spanish, English | 20th of 24 | 43 |
| 2006 Athens | Las Ketchup | “Bloody Mary” Spanish | 21st of 24 | 18 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Son de Sol | “Brujería” Spanish | 21st of 24 | 28 |
| 2004 Istanbul | Ramón | “Para llenarme de ti” Spanish | 10th of 24 | 87 |
| 2003 Riga | Beth | “Dime” Spanish | 8th of 26 | 81 |
| 2002 Tallinn | Rosa | “Europe's Living a Celebration” Spanish | 7th of 24 | 81 |
| 2001 Copenhagen | David Civera | “Dile que la quiero” Spanish | 6th of 23 | 76 |
| 2000 Stockholm | Serafín Zubiri | “Colgado de un sueño” Spanish | 18th of 24 | 18 |
| 1999 Jerusalem | Lydia | “No quiero escuchar” Spanish | 23rd of 23 | 1 |
| 1998 Birmingham | Mikel Herzog | “¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?” Spanish | 16th of 25 | 21 |
| 1997 Dublin | Marcos Llunas | “Sin rencor” Spanish | 6th of 25 | 96 |
| 1996 Oslo | Antonio Carbonell | “Ay, qué deseo” Spanish | 20th of 23 | 17 |
| 1995 Dublin | Anabel Conde | “Vuelve conmigo” Spanish | 2nd of 23 | 119 |
| 1994 Dublin | Alejandro Abad | “Ella no es ella” Spanish | 18th of 25 | 17 |
| 1993 Millstreet | Eva Santamaría | “Hombres” Spanish | 11th of 25 | 58 |
| 1992 Malmö | Serafín | “Todo esto es la música” Spanish | 14th of 23 | 37 |
| 1991 Rome | Sergio Dalma | “Bailar pegados” Spanish | 4th of 22 | 119 |
| 1990 Zagreb | Azúcar Moreno | “Bandido” Spanish | 5th of 22 | 96 |
| 1989 Lausanne | Nina | “Nacida para amar” Spanish | 6th of 22 | 88 |
| 1988 Dublin | La Década | “La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)” Spanish | 11th of 21 | 58 |
| 1987 Brussels | Patricia Kraus | “No estás solo” Spanish | 19th of 22 | 10 |
| 1986 Bergen | Cadillac | “Valentino” Spanish | 10th of 20 | 51 |
| 1985 Gothenburg | Paloma San Basilio | “La fiesta terminó” Spanish | 14th of 19 | 36 |
| 1984 Luxembourg City | Bravo | “Lady, Lady” Spanish | 3rd of 19 | 106 |
| 1983 Munich | Remedios Amaya | “Quién maneja mi barca” Spanish | 19th of 20 | 0 |
| 1982 Harrogate | Lucía | “Él” Spanish | 10th of 18 | 52 |
| 1981 Dublin | Bacchelli | “Y sólo tú” Spanish | 14th of 20 | 38 |
| 1980 The Hague | Trigo Limpio | “Quédate esta noche” Spanish | 12th of 19 | 38 |
| 1979 Jerusalem | Betty Missiego | “Su canción” Spanish | 2nd of 19 | 116 |
| 1978 Paris | José Vélez | “Bailemos un vals” Spanish | 9th of 20 | 65 |
| 1977 London | Micky | “Enséñame a cantar” Spanish | 9th of 18 | 52 |
| 1976 The Hague | Braulio | “Sobran las palabras” Spanish | 16th of 18 | 11 |
| 1975 Stockholm | Sergio and Estíbaliz | “Tú volverás” Spanish | 10th of 19 | 53 |
| 1974 Brighton | Peret | “Canta y sé feliz” Spanish | 9th of 17 | 10 |
| 1973 Luxembourg City | Mocedades | “Eres tú” Spanish | 2nd of 17 | 125 |
| 1972 Edinburgh | Jaime Morey | “Amanece” Spanish | 10th of 18 | 83 |
| 1971 Dublin | Karina | “En un mundo nuevo” Spanish | 2nd of 18 | 116 |
| 1970 Amsterdam | Julio Iglesias | “Gwendolyne” Spanish | 4th of 12 | 8 |
| 1969 Madrid | Salomé | “Vivo cantando” Spanish | joint winner! | 18 |
| 1968 London | Massiel | “La La La” Spanish | winner! | 29 |
| 1967 Vienna | Raphael | “Hablemos del amor” Spanish | 6th of 17 | 9 |
| 1966 Luxembourg City | Raphael | “Yo soy aquél” Spanish | 7th of 18 | 9 |
| 1965 Naples | Conchita Bautista | “Qué bueno, qué bueno” Spanish | 15th of 18 | 0 |
| 1964 Copenhagen | Nelly with Tim and Tony | “Caracola” Spanish | 12th of 16 | 1 |
| 1963 London | José Guardiola | “Algo prodigioso” Spanish | 12th of 16 | 2 |
| 1962 Luxembourg City | Víctor Balaguer | “Llámame” Spanish | 13th of 16 | 0 |
| 1961 Cannes | Conchita Bautista | “Estando contigo” Spanish | 9th of 16 | 8 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The four acts Spain has sent to more than one contest.
- Conchita Bautista 1961, 1965
- Raphael 1966, 1967
- Serafín Zubiri 1992, 2000
- Blas Cantó 2020 (cancelled), 2021
Hosting
The one contest held in Spain.
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in Spain, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2025
- La 2 (semi-final 2) Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
- La 1 (semi-final 1) Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
- La 1 (final) Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar, Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
- TVE Internacional Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
- Radio Nacional, Radio Exterior, RNE para todos (final) Spanish: David Asensio, Sara Calvo, and Luis Miguel Montes
- Ràdio 4 (final) Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
- 2024
- La 2 (semi-final 1) Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
- La 1 (semi-final 2) Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
- La 1 (final) Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar, Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
- TVE Internacional Spanish: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilar
- Radio Nacional (final) Spanish: David Asensio, Sara Calvo, Ángela Fernández, Manu Martín-Albo and Luis Miguel Montes
- Ràdio 4 (final) Catalan: Sònia Urbano and Xavi Martínez
- 2023
- La 2 (semi-final 1) Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- La 1 (semi-final 2 and final) Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- TVE Internacional Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- Radio Nacional (final) David Asensio, Imanol Durán, Irene Vaquero and Ángela Fernández
- 2022
- La 1, TVE Internacional Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- Radio Nacional (final) Imanol Durán, Sara Calvo and David Asensio
- 2021
- La 2 (semi-finals) Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela and Víctor Escudero
- La 1, TVE Internacional (final) Tony Aguilar, Julia Varela and Víctor Escudero
- Radio Nacional, Radio Exterior, Radio 5 (final) Imanol Durán
- 2019
- La 2 (semi-finals) Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- La 1 (final) Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- Radio Nacional, Radio 5, Radio Exterior (final) Daniel Galindo
- 2018
- La 2 (semi-finals) Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- La 1 (final) Tony Aguilar and Julia Varela
- 2017
- La 2 (semi-finals) José María Íñigo and Julia Varela
- La 1 (final) José María Íñigo and Julia Varela
- 2016
- La 2 (semi-finals) José María Íñigo and Julia Varela
- La 1 (final) José María Íñigo and Julia Varela
- 2015
- La 2 (semi-finals) José María Íñigo and Julia Varela
- La 1, Clan (final) José María Íñigo and Julia Varela
- 2014
- La 2 (semi-final 1) José María Íñigo
- La 1 (final) José María Íñigo
- Cadena COPE (final) Paco González and Tiempo de juego team
- Ona FM – Cadena SER Catalunya (final) Sergi Mas
- 2013
- La 2 (semi-final 2) José María Íñigo
- La 1 (final) José María Íñigo
- 2012
- La 2 (semi-final 1) José María Íñigo
- La 1 (final) José María Íñigo
- 2011
- La 2 (semi-finals) José María Íñigo
- La 1, TVE HD, TVE Internacional (final) José María Íñigo
- 2009
- La 2 (semi-finals) Joaquín Guzmán
- La 1, TVE Internacional (final) Joaquín Guzmán
- 2008
- La 2 (semi-final 1) José Luis Uribarri
- La 1 (final) José Luis Uribarri
- 2007
- La 2 (semi-final) Beatriz Pécker
- La Primera, TVE Internacional (final) Beatriz Pécker
- 2006
- La 2, TVE Internacional (semi-final) Beatriz Pécker
- La Primera, TVE Internacional (final) Beatriz Pécker
- 2005
- La 2 (semi-final) Beatriz Pécker, Ainhoa Arbizu and Carlos Cerezo
- La Primera (final) Beatriz Pécker
- 2004
- La 2 (semi-final) Beatriz Pécker
- La Primera (final) Beatriz Pécker
- 2003
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 2002
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- Radio 1 Nieves Herrero and José María de Juana
- 2001
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 2000
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1999
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1998
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1997
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1996
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1995
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1994
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1993
- La Primera José Luis Uribarri
- 1992
- La 2 José Luis Uribarri
- 1991
- TVE 2 Tomás Fernando Flores
- 1990
- TVE 2 Luis Cobos
- 1989
- TVE 2 Tomás Fernando Flores
- 1988
- TVE 2 Beatriz Pécker
- 1987
- TVE 2 Beatriz Pécker
- 1986
- TVE 2 Antonio Gómez Mateo
- 1985
- TVE 2 Antonio Gómez Mateo
- 1984
- TVE 2 José-Miguel Ullán
- 1983
- TVE 1 José-Miguel Ullán
- 1982
- TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos
- 1981
- TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos
- 1980
- TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos
- 1979
- TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos
- 1978
- TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos
- RNE Canarias
- 1977
- TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos
- 1976
- TVE 1 José Luis Uribarri
- 1975
- TVE 1 José Luis Uribarri
- RNE Canarias
- Cadena SER Joaquín Prat
- 1974
- TVE 1 José Luis Uribarri
- Radio Nacional Carlos Tena
- Radio Peninsular de Huelva
- Cadena SER
- 1973
- TVE 1 Miguel de los Santos
- Radio Nacional
- Centro Emisor del Atlántico
- Radio Peninsular de Huelva
- Cadena SER
- 1972
- TVE 1 Julio Rico
- Radio Nacional
- Centro Emisor del Atlántico
- Cadena SER
- 1971
- TVE 1 Joaquín Prat
- Radio Nacional
- Radio Peninsular de Barcelona Ricardo Fernández Deu
- Cadena SER
- 1970
- TVE 1 José Luis Uribarri
- RNE
- Centro Emisor del Atlántico
- Radio Peninsular de Barcelona
- Radio España
- Radio Juventud
- REM
- Cadena SER
- 1969
- TVE 1, TVE 2, TVE Canarias José Luis Uribarri
- Radio Nacional
- Radio Juventud
- Radio Popular
- Cadena SER
- 1968
- TVE 1, TVE Canarias Federico Gallo
- Radio Peninsular de Barcelona José María Íñigo
- 1967
- TVE 1, TVE Canarias Federico Gallo
- RNE
- Radio Peninsular de Barcelona
- Radio España
- 1966
- TVE Federico Gallo
- Radio Peninsular de Barcelona
- 1965
- TVE, TVE Canarias Federico Gallo
- RNE
- 1964
- TVE Federico Gallo
- RNE
- 1963
- TVE Federico Gallo
- RNE
- 1962
- TVE Federico Gallo
- RNE
- 1961
- TVE Federico Gallo
- RNE
In our contest stories
Lines about Spain from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1961 A record field
Finland, Spain and Yugoslavia all entered for the first time.
- 1961 What the song was about
In 1961 it could not have been sung any other way: sex between men was still a crime in almost half the countries competing that night, West Germany, Austria, Spain and the United Kingdom among them.
- 1962 Nul points
Four countries scored nothing: Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain.
- 1964 Who was missing, and who was new
The Dutch singer Anneke Grönloh, who was of Indonesian descent, was the first performer at the contest with non-European ancestry. And Spain sent a trio — the first act with three people on stage.
- 1964 The man with the banner
Switzerland had just finished singing when a man walked onto the stage holding up a banner. It read "Boycot Franco & Salazar" — the dictators of Spain and Portugal, both of whose countries were competing that night.
- 1965 Eighteen
Three singers had done this before: Spain's Conchita Bautista, Yugoslavia's Vice Vukov, and Austria's Udo Jürgens, back for a second year running.
- 1965 The result
Four countries scored nothing: Belgium, Finland, Germany and Spain.
- 1968 In colour, for some
The colour signal was already reaching broadcasters' studios over the Eurovision network, so jurors in countries such as Spain could watch in colour a show their neighbours at home could not.
- 1968 Spain changes its singer
Spain's song was "La La La", and Televisión Española had entered Joan Manuel Serrat to sing it.
- 1969
Spain has hosted the contest once.
- 1969 One empty place
The rumour was that it did not want to take part in a contest staged in Franco's Spain.
- 1983 Three languages, thirteen mistakes
Spain's Remedios Amaya became "Ramedios", and Portugal's Armando Gama "Armendo".
- 1983 The result
At the bottom, Spain and Turkey both scored nothing.
- 1999 The Big Four
France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom paid more towards the contest than anyone else, and some of them had been finishing badly enough to risk relegation.
- 1999 The result
Spain was last, with one point.
- 2017 The result
Spain was last, with five points.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Spain was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.