Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country  Spain
National selection
Selection process Objetivo Eurovisión 2017
Selection date(s) Wildcard round final
TBD January 2017
National final
TBD February 2017
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2016 • 2017

Spain will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) will organise the national final Objetivo Eurovisión 2017 in order to select the Spanish entry for the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine.

Background

Prior to the 2017 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-six times since its first entry in 1961.[1] The nation has won the contest on two occasions: in 1968 with the song "La, la, la" performed by Massiel and in 1969 with the song "Vivo cantando" performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Spain has also finished second four times, with Karina in 1971, Mocedades in 1973, Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995. In 2016, Spain placed twenty-second with the song "Say Yay!" performed by Barei.

The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. TVE confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on 14 September 2016.[2] The Spanish broadcaster had used both national finals and internal selection to choose the Spanish entry in the past. In 2016, TVE selected the entry that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via the multi-artist national final Objetivo Eurovisión. For their 2017 entry, the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure on 26 October 2016 and announced the organization of a further edition of Objetivo Eurovisión.[3]

Before Eurovision

Objetivo Eurovisión 2017

Objetivo Eurovisión 2017 will be the competition that will select Spain's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The Spanish national final will take place in Madrid in February 2017. One of the competing artists in the national final will be selected from a wilcard round called Eurocasting. The rest of the participants in the national final will be invited to compete by the broadcaster from among established and professional artists.[3]

Eurocasting wildcard round

One of the competing artists in the national final will be selected through the wildcard round Eurocasting. A submission period was open from 27 October until 27 November 2016. At the conclusion of the submission period, 392 entries were received.[4] Professionals at RTVE Digital, the digital branch of the broadcaster, evaluated the entries received and selected 30 entries for an Internet vote.[5] The 30 shortlisted entries were revealed via TVE's official website on 1 December 2016, including entries by Javi Soleil, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 as part of D'Nash, and Brequette, runner-up at the 2014 national final. Internet users will have between 2 and 12 December 2016 to vote for their favourite entries.[6] The ten entries with the most votes will qualify to the next stage, where they will be evaluated by a panel consisting of radio and television professionals. The panel will select three candidates to compete during a webcast show that will be streamed live on TVE's official website in January 2017.[7] The winner will be determined by the public.[5]

National final

The televised final will take place in Madrid in February 2017.[3]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will take place at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine and will consist of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May 2017.[8] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big 5", Spain automatically qualifies to compete in the final. In addition to their participation in the final, Spain is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.

References

  1. ↑ "Spain Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Jiandani, Sanjay (14 September 2015). "Spain: TVE confirms participation in Eurovision 2016". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Spain: TVE opts a mixed internal/public selection; national final in February". Esctoday.com. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Éxito de participación en el #Eurocasting: 392 candidaturas recibidas" [Successful participation at #Eurocasting: 392 submissions received]. RTVE.es (in Spanish). 29 November 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Bases de la preselección RTVE.es para Objetivo Eurovisión 2017" [Regulations for the RTVE.es pre-selection for Objetivo Eurovisión 2017]. RTVE.es (in Spanish). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Spain: Vote now in the Eurocasting of Objetivo Eurovisión". Esctoday.com. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Los 30 seleccionados del #Eurocasting de TVE para Eurovisión 2017" [The 30 selected of TVE's #Eurocasting for Eurovision 2017]. Bluper (in Spanish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

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