Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Operación Triunfo
Selection date(s)	Final; 17 February 2003
Selected entrant	Beth
Selected song	"Dime"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jesús María Pérez; Amaya Martínez;
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 81 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with an entry selected through the second series of the reality-show Operación Triunfo. Beth with the song "Dime", composed by Jesús María Pérez and Amaya Martínez, was chosen through televoting by the Spanish public. At Eurovision, Beth placed 8th with 81 points.

Before Eurovision[]

Operación Triunfo[]

The second 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 27 January 2003 (where Ainhoa Cantalapiedra was declared the overall winner of the season), the top three contestants - Ainhoa herself, Manuel Carrasco, and Beth - qualified for the Eurovision phase of the contest.

Final[]

The final took place on 17 February 2003. Three songs were assigned to each contestant among those submitted to national broadcaster TVE, making a total of nine songs.^[1] A jury first eliminated one of the songs assigned to each artist, and then a finalist song was chosen for each contestant through televoting. At the close of voting for the second round, Beth with "Dime" received the largest percentage of the vote and was proclaimed the winner.^[2]^[3]

First Round – 17 February 2003
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	Beth	"La vida sin ti"	Andermay	Eliminated
2	Manuel Carrasco	"Viviré, moriré"	David Jiménez, Pablo Pinilla, David Santisteban	Advanced
3	Ainhoa	"Mi razón de vivir"	Rafael Artesero	Advanced
4	Manuel Carrasco	"Santa Lucía"	Jordi Cubino	Eliminated
5	Ainhoa	"Con la fuerza del corazón"	Miguel Gallardo	Eliminated
6	Beth	"Dime"	Jesús María Pérez, Amaya Martínez	Advanced
7	Ainhoa	"Viva la noche"	Jordi Cubino	Eliminated
8	Beth	"Cerrando heridas"	José Abraham	Eliminated
9	Manuel Carrasco	"Sueña con ése momento"	Daniel Ambrojo	Eliminated

Second Round – 17 February 2003
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Ainhoa	"Mi razón de vivir"	31%	2
2	Manuel Carrasco	"Viviré, moriré"	24%	3
3	Beth	"Dime"	45%	1

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the final Beth performed 12th in the running order, following Russia and preceding Israel. At the close of the voting she had received 81 points, placing 8th of 26.^[4] Spain automatically qualified for the grand final, of the 2004 Contest; as part of the "Big Four".

Voting[]

Points awarded to Spain^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel Portugal
10 points	Belgium
8 points
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Cyprus Iceland Russia
5 points	Greece Netherlands Romania
4 points	Sweden
3 points
2 points	Turkey
1 point	Slovenia

Points awarded by Spain^[5]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium
10 points	Romania
8 points	Austria
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Russia
5 points	Poland
4 points	Germany
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Israel

References[]

^ Ábalos, A (10 February 2003). "CAMINO A EUROVISIÓN" (in Spanish). Telefónica. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
^ Ábalos, A (17 February 2003). "RIGA ESTÁ A LA VUELTA DE LA ESQUINA" (in Spanish). Telefónica. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
^ "Eurovision Song Contest : National Final : Spain 2003 : ESC-History".
^ "Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[:0-1] Ábalos, A (10 February 2003). "CAMINO A EUROVISIÓN" (in Spanish). Telefónica. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

[:1-2] Ábalos, A (17 February 2003). "RIGA ESTÁ A LA VUELTA DE LA ESQUINA" (in Spanish). Telefónica. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

[:2-3] "Eurovision Song Contest : National Final : Spain 2003 : ESC-History".

[4] "Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[2003detailed-5] "Results of the Final of Riga 2003". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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