Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Operación Triunfo
Selection date(s)	Final; 28 January 2004
Selected entrant	Ramón
Selected song	"Para llenarme de ti"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kike Santander
Finals performance
Final result	10th, 87 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with an entry selected through the third series of the reality-show Operación Triunfo. Ramón with the song "Para llenarme de ti", composed by Kike Santander, was chosen through televoting by the Spanish public. At the Eurovision final, Ramón placed 10th with 87 points.

Before Eurovision[]

Operación Triunfo[]

The third season of Operación Triunfo was broadcast from the Mediapark Studios in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona and was hosted by Carlos Lozano. After the regular final of Operación Triunfo that took place on 21 December 2003 (where Vicente Seguí was declared the overall winner of the season), the top four contestants - Vicente, Ramón, Miguel and Davinia - qualified for the Eurovision phase of the contest, which consisted of two rounds and a final.

First Round[]

In the first round on 14 January 2004, three songs were assigned to each contestant among those submitted to national broadcaster TVE, making a total of twelve songs.^[1] A jury eliminated one of the songs assigned to each artist, leaving a total of eight.

First Round – 14 January 2014
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	Davinia	"Quiero tu amor"	Toni and Xasqui Ten	Advanced
2	Miguel	"Hoy te quiero más"	David Augustabe, Francisco Ponferrada and Bruno Nicolás	Eliminated
3	Ramón	"Para llenarme de ti"	Kike Santander	Advanced
4	Vicente	"Veinte años más"	Alejandro Abad	Advanced
5	Miguel	"Amor de madrugada"	David Augustabe, Francisco Ponferrada and Bruno Nicolás	Advanced
6	Vicente	"Se me va la vida"	Alejandro Abad	Advanced
7	Ramón	"Cuestión de alma"	David Santisteban	Eliminated
8	Davinia	"Cómo quieres que te quiera"	Daniel Ambrojo	Advanced
9	Vicente	"Nadie como tú"	Alejandro Abad	Eliminated
10	Davinia	"Mi obsesión"	Daniel Ambrojo	Eliminated
11	Miguel	"Muéveme"	Pablo Torres and Manuel Tomás	Advanced
12	Ramón	"Todo vuelve a importar"	Alejandro Piqueras and Fernando Rodríguez	Advanced

Second Round[]

In the second round on 21 January 2004, a finalist song was chosen for each contestant through televoting. The four songs that participated in the final were "Cómo quieres que te quiera" by Davinia, "Muéveme" by Miguel, "Para llenarme de ti" by Ramón, and "Se me va la vida" by Vicente.^[2]

Second Round – 21 January 2004
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Result
1	Davinia	"Quiero tu amor"	14.3%	Eliminated
2	Ramón	"Para llenarme de ti"	70.7%	Finalist
3	Vicente	"Veinte años más"	16%	Eliminated
4	Miguel	"Amor de madrugada"	21.4%	Eliminated
5	Vicente	"Se me va la vida"	84%	Finalist
6	Davinia	"Cómo quieres que te quiera"	85.7%	Finalist
7	Miguel	"Muéveme"	78.6%	Finalist
8	Ramón	"Todo vuelve a importar"	29.3%	Eliminated

Final[]

The final took place on 28 January 2004. At the close of voting, "Para llenarme de ti" performed by Ramón was awarded first place with 38.8% of the vote.

Final – 28 January 2004
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Davinia	"Cómo quieres que te quiera"	15.4%	4
2	Miguel	"Muéveme"	16.5%	3
3	Ramón	"Para llenarme de ti"	38.8%	1
4	Vicente	"Se me va la vida"	29.3%	2

At Eurovision[]

Spain automatically qualified for the grand final, on 12 May 2004; as part of the "Big Four". During the placement draw, it was determined that Spain would perform 1st. On 12 May, Spain placed 10th with 87 points.^[3]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Spain[]

Points awarded to Spain (Final)^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Andorra Portugal
10 points
8 points	France Israel
7 points	Belgium Cyprus
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Romania
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Greece Malta Monaco
2 points	Belarus Germany Turkey
1 point	Iceland Macedonia Poland

Points awarded by Spain[]

Points awarded by Spain (Semi-final)^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Andorra
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Serbia and Montenegro
7 points	Greece
6 points	Portugal
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Israel
3 points	Finland
2 points	Albania
1 point	Cyprus

Points awarded by Spain (Final)^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Romania
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Greece
6 points	Serbia and Montenegro
5 points	Sweden
4 points	France
3 points	Cyprus
2 points	Turkey
1 point	Poland

References[]

^ "Eurovision Song Contest : Spain 2004 : Ramón, Para Llenarme de Ti : ESC-History".
^ "GALA 16: ¡¡RAMÓN, A EUROVISIÓN!!" (in Spanish). Telefónica. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
^ "Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "Results of the Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[1] "Eurovision Song Contest : Spain 2004 : Ramón, Para Llenarme de Ti : ESC-History".

[:0-2] "GALA 16: ¡¡RAMÓN, A EUROVISIÓN!!" (in Spanish). Telefónica. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

[3] "Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[2004final-4] "Results of the Grand Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[2004semi-5] "Results of the Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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