Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Spain took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. The country was represented by Conchita Bautista with the song "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!". Conchita Bautista had already represented Spain in 1961. The song was chosen through the national final Eurofestival.

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Eurofestival
Selection date(s)	7 February 1965
Selected entrant	Conchita Bautista
Selected song	"¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!"
Selected songwriter(s)	Antonio Figueroa Egea
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 0 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1964 • 1965 • 1966►

Eurofestival

The national final took place at TVE's studios in Barcelona on 7 February 1965, hosted by José Luis Barcelona and Irene Mur. In the four previous months, 54 candidate songs were presented to the audience in the weekly TV show Gran Parada. At the end of each month a semi-final was held with the top two songs going through the final. TVE then added six other songs to the seven qualifiers (one was eliminated). The jury in the final consisted of 16 members, a mixture of experts and TV viewers. Each juror awarded a point to all songs except one; the song with the fewest points was eliminated. This process was repeated until the winning song was left.[1][2]

Result of national final

Draw	Song	Translation	Singer	Points Final Round	Place
1	"Yo me arrepentí"	I regretted	María del Carmen		13
2	"Barco perdido"	Lost ship	Juan Carlos Monterrey		12
3	"¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!"	How good, how good!	Conchita Bautista	10	1
4	"Se lo he contado"	I've told her	Santy		9
5	"Caballero andaluz"	Andalusian gentleman	Luisita Tenor		8
6	"Esos ojitos negros"	Those little dark eyes	Dúo Dinámico	6	2
7	"Bajo el cielo español"	Under the Spanish sky	Yoli		6
8	"Feriantes"	Carnies	Raphael		3
9	"Cantares"	Chants	Adriangela		4
10	"La bailaora"	The flamenco dancer	Jaime Morey		10
11	"El hombre y el toro"	The man and the bull	Franciska		11
12	"Otra serenata"	Another serenade	Lorenzo Valverde		7
13	"Tengo miedo"	I'm afraid	Angela		5

At Eurovision

Conchita Bautista was the third to perform in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Ireland. She received nul point for her performance, sharing the last place with Germany, Belgium and Finland.

References

1. del Amor Caballero, Reyes (4 May 2004). "Preselecciones españolas para Eurovisión, primera parte". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2008.
2. "Spain National Final 1965". natfinals.50webs.com.