| La fiesta terminó | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | single | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B-Side: | Sin ti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Artist: | Paloma San Basilio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Album: | La fiesta terminó | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released: | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: | Ballad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | 3:30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label: | Hispavox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prev Title: | Perfidia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prev Year: | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Title: | Como el viento | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"La fiesta terminó" (pronounced as /es/; "The Party's Over") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Paloma San Basilio, written by Juan Carlos Calderón. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, held in Gothenburg.[1]
The song was composed by Juan Carlos Calderón for Paloma San Basilio's album La fiesta terminó. Calderon was internationally best known for writing Mocedades' entry "Eres tú", a song that finished second in the contest and went on to become a worldwide hit.[2] He also has composed Sergio y Estíbaliz's entry "Tú volverás" and Nina's entry "Nacida para amar".
The song is a melancholy ballad about a finished relationship. San Basilio sings that "the party's over" and asks her former lover not to insist anymore: "What good is loving without love? Why put more wood on a fire that's already burnt out...?".[3]
On 5 March 1985, Televisión Española (TVE) announced that it had internally selected the song and the performer as for the of the Eurovision Song Contest.[4] On 1 April 1985, TVE released a promo video with San Basilio singing the song in a studio that was distributed to the other participant broadcasters.[5] For the song to participate in the contest, it was necessary to shorten it by thirty seconds to fit it into three minutes.
On 4 May 1985, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at Scandinavium in Gothenburg hosted by Sveriges Television (SVT), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Paloma San Basilio performed "La fiesta terminó" fifth on the night, following 's "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" by Hot Eyes and preceding 's "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" by Roger Bens. Calderón himself conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Spanish entry.[6]
At the close of voting, it had received 36 points, placing fourteenth in a field of nineteen.[7] It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the by "Valentino" by Cadillac.[8]
"La fiesta terminó"