Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Spain took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
held in Oslo
, Norway
. The national broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española
(RTVE) selected the Spanish entry through a national selection process. Firstly by an online competition, ¡Tu país te necesita! (Your country needs you!), similar to the selection methods used in 2008
and 2009
, which selected 10 acts to participate in the final of the selection process, Destino Oslo, La Gala de Eurovisión 2010, held on 22 February. The winner of the final was Daniel Diges
with the song "Algo pequeñito
".
, Norway
. The national campaign, ¡Tu país te necesita!, was launched by RTVE. As in the 2008 and 2009 Spanish selection processes the internet played a vital role in the selection, with all submitted entries placed on RTVE's website and voted upon for over two weeks. The ten most voted candidates proceeded to the televised final. Each voter was required to have a valid email
address, and was able to vote only five times per day. RTVE reserved the right to subtract votes if it believed that fraudulent votes were being made by computer programs or scripts. TVE insiders stated that the participation of joke entries, such as those found in previous contests like "Baila el Chiki Chiki", the winner of the 2008 Spanish national contest, would be avoided.
During the voting period, from 18 January to 5 February, 5,722,596 votes were registered, about 100,000 more votes than in 2009.
On 21 January RTVE disqualified four songs from the online vote that were deemed to be breaking the rules of the competition. These included Pop Star Queen, who led the voting at the time of elimination; Chimo Bayo
, who was in third place; Kejío; and Juan Losada. On 2 February four further songs were disqualified: El Pezón Rojo, who were leading the online voting and were disqualified after it was revealed their song had been released in a podcast in 2008, along with Kito & Rafa, Rose Avalon and Sonia Monroy.
The online voting ended on 5 February 2010. On 8 February RTVE announced the finalised list of the 10 finalists after finalising all votes and removing falsified votes.
and hosted by Anne Igartiburu
and Ainhoa Arbizu, broadcast on TVE1 and online. The winner was decided by both a professional jury vote, made up of: actor Manuel Bandera, journalist José María Íñigo, journalist Toni Garrido, music producer Mariola Orellana, and radio presenter and director Pilar Tabares; and a public televote, each consisting of 50% of the final vote.
A number of guest artists performed during the show, including Rosa López
, Spanish Eurovision entry in 2002
, Sergio Dalma
, Spanish Eurovision entry in 1991
, and David Bustamante
, finalist in Operación Triunfo
2002, as well as a performance by the Spanish cast of the musical Chicago
.
After the votes of the five jury members and the televote, Daniel Diges
was declared the winner with his song "Algo pequeñito
". He received 58 points from the jury, two points away from full marks, and full marks from the televoters, securing victory over Coral Segovia and Lorena
, who came second and third respectively.
Jimmy Jump
making it up on stage during the initial performance. Jump was quickly chased off stage by security and escorted from the arena by police.
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...
held in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The national broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...
(RTVE) selected the Spanish entry through a national selection process. Firstly by an online competition, ¡Tu país te necesita! (Your country needs you!), similar to the selection methods used in 2008
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with an entry selected through a MySpace project called Salvemos Eurovisión . The Spanish Final was held at TVE's Estudios Buñuel in Madrid on March 8 , hosted by the popular Italian actress and singer Raffaella Carrà...
and 2009
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Televisión Española chose its entry through a contest called "Eurovisión 2009: El retorno" , similar to Salvemos Eurovisión, which selected the 2008 entry...
, which selected 10 acts to participate in the final of the selection process, Destino Oslo, La Gala de Eurovisión 2010, held on 22 February. The winner of the final was Daniel Diges
Daniel Diges
Daniel Diges García is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although officially born in Madrid, he has spent all his youth in Alcalá de Henares .-Life and career:...
with the song "Algo pequeñito
Algo pequeñito
"Algo pequeñito" is a song performed by Daniel Diges and composed by Jesús Cañadilla with the collaboration of Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar and Daniel Diges himself, which represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song, which is based on the classic waltz rhythm, was the...
".
Online vote – ¡Tu país te necesita! 2010
In November 2009 Spanish national broadcaster RTVE announced its plans for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in May 2010 in OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The national campaign, ¡Tu país te necesita!, was launched by RTVE. As in the 2008 and 2009 Spanish selection processes the internet played a vital role in the selection, with all submitted entries placed on RTVE's website and voted upon for over two weeks. The ten most voted candidates proceeded to the televised final. Each voter was required to have a valid email
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
address, and was able to vote only five times per day. RTVE reserved the right to subtract votes if it believed that fraudulent votes were being made by computer programs or scripts. TVE insiders stated that the participation of joke entries, such as those found in previous contests like "Baila el Chiki Chiki", the winner of the 2008 Spanish national contest, would be avoided.
Online vote
Submissions for the internet voting began on 4 December, and continued until 12 January 2010. A total of 480 songs were submitted to RTVE for the contest, of which 313 progressed to the online voting.During the voting period, from 18 January to 5 February, 5,722,596 votes were registered, about 100,000 more votes than in 2009.
On 21 January RTVE disqualified four songs from the online vote that were deemed to be breaking the rules of the competition. These included Pop Star Queen, who led the voting at the time of elimination; Chimo Bayo
Chimo Bayo
Chimo Bayo was born in Valencia on 25 October 1961 and is a Spanish dance act from the eighties and nineties. A one hit wonder mostly known for their hit "Así me gusta a mí " which was a major hit in Spain, Greece and South America as well as reaching number one in Japan, Israel and elsewhere.He...
, who was in third place; Kejío; and Juan Losada. On 2 February four further songs were disqualified: El Pezón Rojo, who were leading the online voting and were disqualified after it was revealed their song had been released in a podcast in 2008, along with Kito & Rafa, Rose Avalon and Sonia Monroy.
The online voting ended on 5 February 2010. On 8 February RTVE announced the finalised list of the 10 finalists after finalising all votes and removing falsified votes.
| Artist | Song | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Segovia | "En una vida" | 292,522 | 1 |
| John Cobra | "Carol" | 269,919 | 2 |
| Lorena Lorena (singer) Lorena Gomez Pérez is an Spanish pop singer known artistically as Lorena.She was the winner of TV's Spanish Language's talent-search program Operación Triunfo 2006 . In 2007, her debut album, Lorena was released under the Sony BMG label.- Early years :She was born April 12, 1986 in Lleida, Spain... |
"Amor mágico" | 188,778 | 3 |
| Samuel and Patricia | "Recuérdame" | 188,470 | 4 |
| Daniel Diges Daniel Diges Daniel Diges García is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although officially born in Madrid, he has spent all his youth in Alcalá de Henares .-Life and career:... |
"Algo pequeñito" | 187,391 | 5 |
| Fran Dieli | "Cuando se trata de ti" | 187,213 | 6 |
| Venus | "Perfecta" | 183,753 | 7 |
| Anabel Conde Anabel Conde Ana Isabel "Anabel" Conde Sánchez is a Spanish singer.She was chosen by TVE to represent Spain in Eurovision Song Contest 1995, on May 13 in Dublin, . Anabel performed the song Vuelve conmigo, written by Jose María Purón, getting the second place after the Norwegian entry... |
"Sin miedos" | 182,528 | 8 |
| José Galisteo José Galisteo José Antonio Galisteo García was a contestant in the fifth season of the Spanish reality television series Operación Triunfo, where he placed sixth in a field of 18... |
"Beautiful Life" | 180,145 | 9 |
| Ainhoa Cantalapiedra Ainhoa Cantalapiedra Ainhoa Cantalapiedra is a popular Spanish-Basque singer/songwriter, most commonly known as Ainhoa.... |
"Volveré" | 176,912 | 10 |
Final – Destino Oslo, La Gala de Eurovisión 2010
On 22 February the ten online qualifiers competed again on the televised Eurovisión: Destino Oslo, which was held at TVE's Estudios Buñuel in MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and hosted by Anne Igartiburu
Anne Igartiburu
Anne Igartiburu Verdes is a Spanish Basque television presenter and actress.She studied marketing and started working in the local television of Mondragón. She worked later in Euskal Telebista, Telecinco and TVE. She was married to the ballet dancer Igor Yebra, and she has a daughter.- External...
and Ainhoa Arbizu, broadcast on TVE1 and online. The winner was decided by both a professional jury vote, made up of: actor Manuel Bandera, journalist José María Íñigo, journalist Toni Garrido, music producer Mariola Orellana, and radio presenter and director Pilar Tabares; and a public televote, each consisting of 50% of the final vote.
A number of guest artists performed during the show, including Rosa López
Rosa López
Rosa López, , is a Spanish singer. She came to fame in 2001 as part of the reality show "Operación Triunfo", she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. She has subsequently released five studio albums, an album on DVD and ten singles.She has been awarded several times throughout her...
, Spanish Eurovision entry in 2002
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....
, Sergio Dalma
Sergio Dalma
Sergio Dalma is a Spanish pop singer. He was born as Josep Sergi Capdevila Querol on September 28, 1964 in Sabadell .-Professional career:...
, Spanish Eurovision entry in 1991
Eurovision Song Contest 1991
The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1991 in Rome. Due to the Gulf War and mounting tensions in Yugoslavia, RAI decided to move the contest from Sanremo to Rome, which was perceived to be more secure....
, and David Bustamante
David Bustamante
David Bustamante Hoyos is a Spanish singer.-Biography:Bustamante's breakthrough was in the TV hit Operación Triunfo. This show broke ratings records as well as dominated the top position of the CD sales charts during its 5 month run...
, finalist in Operación Triunfo
Operación Triunfo
Operación Triunfo is a reality-show talent contest which first aired on Spain's TVE network in 2001. A kind of cross between Pop Idol, Voces en Función, Star Search, and Big Brother, the show aimed to find the country's next solo singing sensation, putting a selection of hopefuls through their...
2002, as well as a performance by the Spanish cast of the musical Chicago
Chicago (musical)
Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
.
After the votes of the five jury members and the televote, Daniel Diges
Daniel Diges
Daniel Diges García is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although officially born in Madrid, he has spent all his youth in Alcalá de Henares .-Life and career:...
was declared the winner with his song "Algo pequeñito
Algo pequeñito
"Algo pequeñito" is a song performed by Daniel Diges and composed by Jesús Cañadilla with the collaboration of Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar and Daniel Diges himself, which represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song, which is based on the classic waltz rhythm, was the...
". He received 58 points from the jury, two points away from full marks, and full marks from the televoters, securing victory over Coral Segovia and Lorena
Lorena (singer)
Lorena Gomez Pérez is an Spanish pop singer known artistically as Lorena.She was the winner of TV's Spanish Language's talent-search program Operación Triunfo 2006 . In 2007, her debut album, Lorena was released under the Sony BMG label.- Early years :She was born April 12, 1986 in Lleida, Spain...
, who came second and third respectively.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | "Perfecta" | 24 | 30 | 54 | 4 |
| 2 | Ainhoa Cantalapiedra Ainhoa Cantalapiedra Ainhoa Cantalapiedra is a popular Spanish-Basque singer/songwriter, most commonly known as Ainhoa.... |
"Volveré" | 24 | 25 | 49 | 6 |
| 3 | Fran Dieli | "Cuando se trata de ti" | 19 | 5 | 24 | 9 |
| 4 | Lorena Lorena (singer) Lorena Gomez Pérez is an Spanish pop singer known artistically as Lorena.She was the winner of TV's Spanish Language's talent-search program Operación Triunfo 2006 . In 2007, her debut album, Lorena was released under the Sony BMG label.- Early years :She was born April 12, 1986 in Lleida, Spain... |
"Amor mágico" | 37 | 40 | 77 | 3 |
| 5 | Samuel and Patricia | "Recuérdame" | 30 | 20 | 50 | 5 |
| 6 | José Galisteo José Galisteo José Antonio Galisteo García was a contestant in the fifth season of the Spanish reality television series Operación Triunfo, where he placed sixth in a field of 18... |
"Beautiful Life" | 14 | 35 | 49 | 7 |
| 7 | John Cobra | "Carol" | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 |
| 8 | Anabel Conde Anabel Conde Ana Isabel "Anabel" Conde Sánchez is a Spanish singer.She was chosen by TVE to represent Spain in Eurovision Song Contest 1995, on May 13 in Dublin, . Anabel performed the song Vuelve conmigo, written by Jose María Purón, getting the second place after the Norwegian entry... |
"Sin miedos" | 32 | 15 | 47 | 8 |
| 9 | Daniel Diges Daniel Diges Daniel Diges García is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although officially born in Madrid, he has spent all his youth in Alcalá de Henares .-Life and career:... |
"Algo pequeñito Algo pequeñito "Algo pequeñito" is a song performed by Daniel Diges and composed by Jesús Cañadilla with the collaboration of Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar and Daniel Diges himself, which represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song, which is based on the classic waltz rhythm, was the... " |
58 | 60 | 118 | 1 |
| 10 | Coral Segovia | "En una vida" | 47 | 50 | 97 | 2 |
At Eurovision
As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically advanced to the final. However, Diges was allowed to perform his song again after the final performer in the finals due to the infamous Spanish pitch invaderPitch invasion
A pitch invasion or field invasion, known as rushing the field in the United States, occurs when a crowd of people who are watching a sports game run onto the field, to celebrate or protest about an incident...
Jimmy Jump
Jimmy Jump
Jaume Marquet i Cot , more popularly known as Jimmy Jump, born in 14th March 1976, is a pitch invader from Sabadell, Spain, known for interfering in several major sporting events and in 2010, the Spanish performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway.- Football :On 4 July 2004, during...
making it up on stage during the initial performance. Jump was quickly chased off stage by security and escorted from the arena by police.