Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001


Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with an entry selected through a national preselection called Eurocanción 2001. David Civera with the song "Dile que la quiero", composed by Alejandro Abad, was chosen to represent Spain. At Eurovision, David Civera finished sixth with 76 points.

Before Eurovision

Eurocanción 2001

About 2,000 songs were submitted to the national broadcaster TVE, and 20 were selected to participate in the final.
The final took place on 23 February 2001 at TVE's studios in Madrid, and was hosted by Jennifer Rope and Sandra Morey. The winner was decided by a nine-member jury panel and public televoting. Each jury member awarded points in the Eurovision style of 12, 10, 8-1 point. The public televote had a weighing equal to the votes of three juries. David Civera got the highest number of points from both the jury and the audience and was proclaimed winner and entrant for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.
The members of the jury were Augusto Algueró, Pilar Tabares, Teresa Segura, Daniel Velázquez, Juan Ignacio Ocaña, Hugo de Campos, Silvia Gambino, Juan Luis Ayllón Piquero and José Martín Alfageme.

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Civera performed 13th. At the close of the voting he had received 76 points, placing 6th of 23.

Points awarded by Spain

Points awarded to Spain