Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 explained

Year:1976
Country:Spain
Flag Variant:1945
Broadcaster:Spanish; Castilian: [[Televisión Española]]|i=no (TVE)
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:First show
8 February 1976
Second show
15 February 1976
Results show
28 February 1976
Entrant:Braulio
Song:Spanish; Castilian: Sobran las palabras|i=no
Final Result:16th, 11 points

Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song "Spanish; Castilian: Sobran las palabras|i=no", written and performed by Braulio. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Spanish; Castilian: [[Televisión Española]]|i=no (TVE), selected its entry through a national final. It was its first national final since 1971 and the last one until 2000.

Before Eurovision

National final

Spanish; Castilian: [[Televisión Española]]|i=no (TVE) held its national final at its studios in Prado del Rey, hosted by Pilar Cañada and Jana Escribano. It consisted of three shows: the first fourteen songs were presented on 8 February 1976, the other fourteen songs on 15 February, and the final results were revealed on 28 February. 14 performers participated, each one with two songs, and the winner was chosen by postcard voting.[1] [2]

Show 1 – 8 February 1976
DrawArtistSongPlace
1Eddie Santiago"Una vez más"3
2"Dime"
3María José Prendes"Yo soy mujer sin tí"
4"Adiós amor"
5Daniel Velázquez"Perdóname, perdóname"4
6"Palabras, sólo palabras"
7Lorenzo Santamaría"Piensa en mí"
8"Si tu fueras mi mujer"2
9Nubes Grises"Recuerdos"
10"Nace el sentimiento"
11Myriam de Ryu"El músico y la rosa"
12"Pequeño ruiseñor"
13Braulio"A tí que hoy despiertas a la vida"
14Braulio"Sobran las palabras"1
Show 2 – 15 February 1976
DrawArtistSongPlace
1Morena & Clara"Tu mal comportamiento"
2"El chico que yo más quiero"
3Oscar Janot"Óyeme"
4"Ven conmigo"
5Tony Landa"Para tí"
6"Adiós"
7Don Francisco & José Luis"Entre los pliegues de una manta"
8"Canta y ya seremos dos"
9Mike Kennedy & Los Bravos"Diós bendiga la música"
10"Nunca nunca nunca"
11Mochi"Ángel mío"
12"Vive conmigo"
13Miguel Ángel"Cuando todos cantemos juntos"
14"Adiós María"

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was held on 3 April 1976 at the Dutch; Flemish: [[World Forum (The Hague)|Nederlands Congresgebouw]]|i=no in The Hague, the Netherlands. Braulio performed "Spanish; Castilian: Sobran las palabras|i=no" twelfth in the running order, following and preceding . Joan Barcons conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received 11 points, coming sixteenth in a field of eighteen.[3]

Voting

The members of the Spanish jury included Alfonso Lapeña (chairperson and TVE Head of Broadcasting), Francisco Otero Besteiro (sculptor), Ángel Nieto (motorcycle racer), Javier Escrivá (actor), Mercedes Alonso (actress), Pilar Trenas (journalist), Pedro Gutiérrez "El Niño de la Capea" (bullfighter), Florentino Casanova (student), Rita Aragón (actress), Ana Alonso (student), and Cristina Galbó (actress).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Segunda parte de las preselecciones españolas, 1970-2004. del Amor Caballero. Reyes. 2004-05-20. eurovision-spain.com. es. 2008-03-01.
  2. Web site: Spain National Final 1976. natfinals.50webs.com.
  3. Web site: Final of The Hague 1976 . European Broadcasting Union . 11 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411063744/https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final . 11 April 2021 . live.
  4. Web site: Results of the Final of The Hague 1976 . European Broadcasting Union . 11 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411063935/https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final/results/spain . 11 April 2021 . live.