Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

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Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 - Wikipedia

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Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Participating broadcaster

Televisión Española (TVE)

Country

Spain

National selection

Selection process

National Final

Selection date(s)

Semi-final
5 February 1962
Final
6 February 1962

Selected artist(s)

Víctor Balaguer

Selected song

"Llámame"

Selected songwriter(s)

Mario Selles
Miguel Portoles

Finals performance

Final result

13th, 0 points

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 with the song "Llámame", composed by Mario Selles, with lyrics by Miguel Portoles, and performed by Víctor Balaguer. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), selected its entry through a national final.^[1]

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final took place at the studios of Radio Nacional de España (RNE) in Barcelona, hosted by Federico Gallo, and was aired on Radio Nacional. Sixteen songs were presented in a semi-final on 5 February, and ten of these songs went forward to the national final that took place on 6 February. Víctor Balaguer was proclaimed winner with "Llámame" by the votes of ten regional radio stations.^[2]^[3]

Final – 6 February 1962
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Dúo Juvens	"Que llueva"	—
2	Víctor Balaguer	"Grandioso"	3
3	Tonio Areta	"Un viejo paraguas"	2
4	Lita Torelló	"Después de aquello"	—
5	José Guardiola	"Recuerdo"	—
6	José Guardiola	"Nostalgia"	—
7	Tonio Areta	"Canto de un fracaso"	—
8	Raphael	"Perdona Otelo"	—
9	Víctor Balaguer	"Llámame"	1
10	Gelu	"Huella de ti"	—

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was held on 18 March 1962 at the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg. Víctor Balaguer performed "Llámame" third in the running order, following Belgium and preceding Austria. Jean Roderès –the event's musical director– conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received nul points, sharing the last place with Belgium, Austria, and the Netherlands.

Voting

Spain did not receive any points at the contest.^[4]

Points awarded by Spain^[4]
Score	Country
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	France
1 point	United Kingdom

References

^ "Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. 4 March 2020.
^ del Amor Caballero, Reyes (4 May 2004). "Preselecciones españolas para Eurovisión, primera parte". eurovision-spain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2008.
^ "Spain National Final 1962". natfinals.50webs.com.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1962". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

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Songs	"Algo pequeñito" "Algo prodigioso" "Amanece" "Amanecer" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Baila el Chiki Chiki" "Bailar pegados" "Bailemos un vals" "Bandido" "Bloody Mary" "Brujería" "Canta y sé feliz" "Caracola" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Colgado de un sueño" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Dile que la quiero" "Dime" "Do It for Your Lover" "Eaea" "Él" "Ella no es ella" "En un mundo nuevo" "Enséñame a cantar" "Eres tú" "Estando contigo" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "La fiesta terminó" "Gwendolyne" "Hablemos del amor" "Hombres" "I Love You Mi Vida" "La La La" "Lady, Lady" "Llámame" "Nacida para amar" "No estás solo" "No quiero escuchar" "La noche es para mí" "Para llenarme de ti" "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "Quédate conmigo" "Quédate esta noche" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Say Yay!" "Sin rencor" "SloMo" "Sobran las palabras" "Su canción" "Todo esto es la música" "Tu canción" "Tú volverás" ~~"Universo"~~ "Valentino" "La venda" "Vivo cantando" "Voy a quedarme" "Vuelve conmigo" "Y sólo tú" "Yo soy aquél" "Zorra"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Spain did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Isabelle Aubret Victor Balaguer Inger Berggren Ronnie Carroll François Deguelt Camillo Felgen Conny Froboess Inger Jacobsen Fud Leclerc Lola Novaković Jean Philippe Marion Rung Eleonore Schwarz De Spelbrekers Claudio Villa Ellen Winther
Songs	"Addio, addio" "Dis rien" "Katinka" "Kom sol, kom regn" "Llámame" "Ne pali svetla u sumrak" "Nur in der Wiener Luft" "Petit bonhomme" "Le Retour" "Ring-A-Ding Girl" "Sol och vår" "Tipi-tii" "Ton nom" "Un premier amour" "Vuggevise" "Zwei kleine Italiener"

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