Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Country

Spain

National selection

Selection process

Internal Selection

Selected entrant

Betty Missiego

Selected song

"Su canción"

Selected songwriter(s)

Fernando Moreno

Finals performance

Final result

2nd, 116 points

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

◄1978 •

1979

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Spain was represented by Peruvian-born singer Betty Missiego at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem, Israel. Missiego was selected internally by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the Spanish broadcaster, to represent the country at the contest in Israel with the song "Su canción".

At Eurovision

Missiego closed the contest, performing 19th in the running order, following Austria. Missiego performed the song with four children who joined her as backup singers of sorts; they were Javier Glaria, Alexis Carmona, Beatriz Carmona, and Rosalía Rodríguez.^[1] At the close of voting Missiego had received 116, placing 2nd.

Ironically, Spain was the last country to vote and Missiego had been leading the contest until Spain awarded Israel 10 points, granting Israel the win.

Points awarded by Spain

12 points	Germany
10 points	Israel
8 points	Italy
7 points	Greece
6 points	Portugal
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Denmark
3 points	France
2 points	Monaco
1 point	Norway

Points awarded to Spain

Points awarded to Spain
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Belgium Germany Italy Switzerland	Austria Luxembourg Netherlands	France Israel	Sweden	Greece
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
United Kingdom		Denmark		Norway

References

↑ Info on children from Diggiloo Thrush

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1960s	Conchita Bautista Victor Balaguer José Guardiola Nelly, Tim & Tony Conchita Bautista Raphael Raphael Massiel Salomé

1970s	Julio Iglesias Karina Jaime Morey Mocedades Peret Sergio y Estíbaliz Braulio Micky José Vélez Betty Missiego

1980s	Trigo Limpio Bacchelli Lucía Remedios Amaya Bravo Paloma San Basilio Cadillac Patricia Kraus La Década Prodigiosa Nina

1990s	Azúcar Moreno Sergio Dalma Serafín Zubiri Eva Santamaría Alejandro Abad Anabel Conde Antonio Carbonell Marcos Llunas Mikel Herzog Lydia

2000s	Serafín Zubiri David Civera Rosa Beth Ramón Son de Sol Las Ketchup D'NASH Rodolfo Chikilicuatre Soraya Arnelas

2010s	Daniel Diges Lucía Pérez Pastora Soler El Sueño de Morfeo Ruth Lorenzo Edurne Barei

Songs

1960s	"Estando contigo" "Llámame" "Algo prodigioso" "Caracola" "Qué bueno, qué bueno" "Yo soy aquél" "Hablemos del amor" "La, la, la" "Vivo cantando"

1970s	"Gwendolyne" "En un mundo nuevo" "Amanece" "Eres tú" "Canta y sé feliz" "Tú volverás" "Sobran las palabras" "Enséñame a cantar" "Bailemos un vals" "Su canción"

1980s	"Quédate esta noche" "Y sólo tú" "Él" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Lady, Lady" "La fiesta terminó" "Valentino" "No estás solo" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Nacida para amar"

1990s	"Bandido" "Bailar pegados" "Todo esto es la música" "Hombres" "Ella no es ella" "Vuelve conmigo" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Sin rencor" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "No quiero escuchar"

2000s	"Colgado de un sueño" "Dile que la quiero" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "Dime" "Para llenarme de ti" "Brujería" "Un Blodymary" "I Love You Mi Vida" "Baila el Chiki-chiki" "La noche es para mí"

2010s	"Algo pequeñito" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "Quédate conmigo" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Amanecer" "Say Yay!"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Spain did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) Spain France Germany Ireland Denmark United Kingdom Greece Portugal Switzerland Norway Netherlands Luxembourg Finland Italy Monaco Sweden Belgium Austria

Withdrawn	Turkey