Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
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Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Contigo hasta el final" written by Raquel del Rosario, David Feito and Juan Luis Suárez. The song was performed by the band ESDM, which was internally selected by the Spanish broadcaster Televisión Española (TVE) to represent Spain at the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. ESDM was announced as the Spanish representative on 17 December 2012, while the national final El Sueño de Morfeo: Destino Eurovisión was organised in order to select the song ESDM would perform. Three songs, one selected through an Internet public vote, competed in the televised show where an in-studio jury and a public televote selected "Contigo hasta el final" as the winning song.
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Country | Spain | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: El Sueño de Morfeo: Destino Eurovisión | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 17 December 2012 Song: 26 February 2013 | |||
Selected entrant | ESDM | |||
Selected song | "Contigo hasta el final" | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 25th, 8 points | |||
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As a member of the "Big Five", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 5, Spain placed twenty-fifth out of the 26 participating countries with 8 points.