Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "", composed by and , with lyrics by José Luis Abel, and performed by the duo . The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. The song, performed in position 1, placed fifth out of twenty-two competing entries with 96 points.
Before Eurovision (TVE) internally selected "" performed by as for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The song was composed by and , and had lyrics by José Luis Abel. The members of the duo were sisters Antonia and Encarnación Salazar –Toñi and Encarna–. The name of the song, the songwriters, and performers were announced on 9 March 1990. TVE presented the song along the promo video that was distributed to the other participant broadcasters on 5 April. This music video, in which the duo performs the song in a television studio, features images of paintings by Velázquez.
At Eurovision On 5 May 1990, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb hosted by on behalf of (JRT), and broadcast live throughout the continent. performed "" first on the evening, preceding . conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. At the close of the voting "" had received 96 points, placing 5th in a field of 22.
A notorious mishap occurred at the start of the Spanish performance. Eduardo Leiva was unable to hear the backing track where some of the music was prerecorded, as the sound engineers had failed to raise the volume of the tape, and could not cue the orchestra to commence on time. When the volume was eventually raised the track was already partway through the song, meaning the orchestra and performers were out of sync with the tape, resulting in the two singers abruptly walking offstage in a huff, leaving viewers to wonder what had happened. After a few uneasy moments, the music began correctly and the song was performed in full. The duo also had problems with the clothing they were going to wear. Because the costumes designed especially for the performance by broke during rehearsals, they had to wear their own dresses bought at El Rastro flea market.
TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 2 with commentary by Luis Cobos. Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by Vicky Larraz introducing the Spanish jury, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.
Voting TVE assembled a jury panel with sixteen members. The following members comprised the Spanish jury: Amparo Mendiguren García – housewife Pedro Calleja Martín – clerk Paloma Gómez Núñez – actress José Ramón Gamo – student Teresa del Río – actress Emilio de Villota – racing driver Fiorella Faltoyano – actress – director of magazine – Miss Spain 1990 Juan Carlos Arteche – football player Conchita de los Santos – journalist Alfredo Roldán – civil servant Margarita Girón – public relations José Sanjuán – chemist María José Olmedilla – lawyer Javier Morera – lawyer
The jury was chaired by Miguel Blasco, Head of Broadcasting at TVE. The jury awarded its maximum of 12 points to .
+ Points awarded to Spain Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Spain Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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