Spain hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 at the Teatro Real

Teatro Real

The Teatro Real or simply El Real , is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.-History:...

 in Madrid

Madrid

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, after Massiel

Massiel

María de los Ángeles Felisa Santamaría Espinoza , professionally known as Massiel, is a Spanish pop singer...

 won the 1968 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was won by the Spanish song "La, la, la", performed by Massiel....

 with "La, la, la". TVE

Televisión Española

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 internally selected Salomé

Salomé (singer)

Salomé , born Maria Rosa Marco Poquet, is a Spanish Catalan singer.Salomé was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the Eurovision Song Contest held in Madrid in 1969, she performed "Vivo Cantando", composed by Maria José Cerato with words by Aniano Alcalde...

 to represent the country at the contest. The song, "Vivo cantando

Vivo Cantando

"Vivo cantando" was one of four songs which tied for first place in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. Performed in Spanish by Salomé for Spain, the song was joint winner with the United Kingdom's "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr representing the Netherlands, and...

", was selected through a national final.

National final

The national final took place at the Teatro Balear in Palma de Mallorca from February 20 to 22, hosted by Marisa Medina and Joaquín Prat. Salomé had already being selected as the singer, but the ten candidate songs were performed twice, once by her and once by another performer.

Result of national final

Draw	Song	Translation	First Singer	Second Singer	Points	Place
1	"Abrazame otra vez"	Embrace me again	Don Castor	Salomé Salomé (singer) Salomé , born Maria Rosa Marco Poquet, is a Spanish Catalan singer.Salomé was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the Eurovision Song Contest held in Madrid in 1969, she performed "Vivo Cantando", composed by Maria José Cerato with words by Aniano Alcalde...	0	6=
2	"Amigos, amigos"	Friends, friends	Lorenzo Valverde	Salomé	8	2=
3	"Angelus"	-	Elena	Salomé	0	6=
4	"Buenos días"	Good morning	Adriángela	Salomé	4	4
5	"Despertar a tu lado"	Waking up by your side	Toni Obrador	Salomé	0	6=
6	"Palabras"	Words	Daniel Velázquez	Salomé	8	2=
7	"Siento dentro de mí"	I feel inside me	Gloria	Salomé	0	6=
8	"Una vida buena"	A good life	Ivana	Salomé	3	5
9	"Vivo cantando Vivo Cantando "Vivo cantando" was one of four songs which tied for first place in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. Performed in Spanish by Salomé for Spain, the song was joint winner with the United Kingdom's "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr representing the Netherlands, and... "	I live singing	Ana Kiro	Salomé	47	1
10	"Ya viene el día"	The day is already coming	Carlos Antonio	Salomé	0	6

At Eurovision

Salomé was the third to perform in the running order, following the Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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 and preceding Monaco

Monaco

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. She received 18 points for her performance, tying for the first place with France

France

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. All four countries were declared joint winners.