Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "", written by Alberto Fuentes Lorite and Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez, and performed by Ruiz herself under her stage name Melody. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (RTVE), together with the Generalitat Valenciana, organised Benidorm Fest 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest. Melody had attempted to represent with "" but came second in the national final in a tie in points with the winner.
As a member of the "Big Five", Spain was directly qualified to compete in the final of the contest. Performing in position 6, it placed 24th out of 26 competing entries with 37 points.
Background
Prior to the 2025 contest, (TVE) until 2006, and (RTVE) since 2007, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain sixty-three times since TVE's first entry in . They have won the contest on two occasions: in with the song "La, la, la" performed by Massiel and in with the song "" performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with , the , and the . They have also finished second four times, with "" by Karina in , "" by Mocedades in , "" by Betty Missiego in , and "" by Anabel Conde in , and third two times, with "Lady, Lady" by Bravo in and "SloMo" by Chanel in . In , RTVE placed 22nd with the song "" performed by Nebulossa.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RTVE organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has selected its entry for the contest through both national finals and internal selections in the past, with the national final Benidorm Fest being used since 2022. RTVE confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 1 February 2024, while Benidorm Fest 2024 was still ongoing, announcing the organisation of the fourth edition of the festival in order to select its next entry.
Before Eurovision Benidorm Fest 2025
Benidorm Fest 2025 was the fourth edition of Benidorm Fest, organised by RTVE and Generalitat Valenciana to select the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The event took place at the in Benidorm, Valencian Community. Sixteen artists and songs competed over three shows: two semi-finals on 28 and 30 January, and the final on 1 February 2025, with a total of eight entries ultimately qualifying to the final.
The voting consisted of a national and international jury vote (50%) and public voting (50%), the latter of which was a combination of telephone calls, SMS messages and votes cast through a free mobile app.
Semi-finals The first semi-final took place on 28 January 2025. "" performed by Daniela Blasco, "" performed by Lachispa, "" performed by Kuve and "" performed by Lucas Bun advanced to the final, while "" performed by , "" performed by David Afonso, "" performed by Sonia & Selena and "" performed by K!ngdom were eliminated. The second semi-final took place on 30 January 2025. "I'm a Queen" performed by Mel Ömana, "" performed by Melody, "" performed by J Kbello and "" performed by Mawot advanced to the final, while "" performed by Carla Frigo, "" performed by DeTeresa, "" performed by Henry Semler and "" performed by Celine Van Heel were eliminated.
Final The final took place on 1 February 2025 and saw eight contestants, four having qualified from each semi-final. The winning entry was "" performed by Melody. The song was written by Melody herself along Alberto Fuentes Lorite, and was arranged by Joy Deb, Peter Boström, and Thomas G:son. She was accompanied by five backing male dancers: Daniel Arango, Jesús Bolivar, Hrisio Busarov, Marc Montojo, and Iván Matías Urquiaga. +Final1 February 2025 Artist Song Expertjury Publicvote Total Place 1Daniela Blasco"Uh nana"71701412 2Kuve""5244966 3Mawot""1840588 4Lachispa""4850985 5Mel Ömana"I'm a Queen"61561174 6J Kbello"VIP"74601343 7Lucas Bun""3832707 8Melody""70801501
Preparations For the Eurovision performance, RTVE appointed Mario Ruiz as its artistic director, Mónica Peña and Alex Bullón as choreographers, Maxi Gilbert as lighting designer, Mercè Llorens as camera director and supervisor, and Raúl Amor as stylist. The backing dance group was changed to three male and two female dancers, keeping Marc Montojo and Iván Matías Urquiaga from Benidorm Fest, and incorporating Ana Acosta, Vicky Gómez, and the choreographer Álex Bullón himself. The stage outfits for Eurovision were designed and tailored by Gustavo Adolfo Tarí.
A revamped version of "", produced by Eighty4, Rick Parkhouse, George Tizzard, and Guillem Vila Borràs, was released on 13 March 2025, alongside an accompanying music video directed by Mario Ruiz. RTVE premiered the video in simulcast on all of its channels, attracting 2.343 million viewers and a 17% share in average. The video had previously been presented at a private screening for the press on 11 March at the in Madrid.
Promotion
On 3 February 2025, Melody made her first television appearance after winning Benidorm Fest on the talk show , attracting 1.951 million viewers and a 14.77% share in average on during her interview. On 8 February, she attended the 39th Goya Awards ceremony in Granada, in which all the journalists who were taking turns interviewing her on the red carpet ended up asking her to sing a piece of "", which caused her voice to sneak into all the other interviews that were being done at the same time over and over again. On 21 February, the Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, received her at the city hall where she greeted and sang "Esa diva" from the main balcony to a large cheering crowd in .
Melody participated in Eurovision: A Little Bit More with a symphonic version of "", arranged and orchestrated by Borja Arias, and performed along with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir conducted by Raúl Benavent at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid, which was released on 1 April 2025; and a cover of "", the song which placed second at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 performed by Anabel Conde, which was released on 17 April. She also attended and performed the revamp version of "" at the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 5 April, the Eurovision Party in London on 13 April, and the PrePartyES in Madrid on 18–19 April.
On 7 April 2025, Melody was received at the town hall of her hometown of Dos Hermanas (Seville), where she sang "" from the balcony to the crowd. On 23 April, she surprised the children's cast of the Spanish stage musical adaptation of The Chorus on stage, and everyone present, after their performance at in Madrid, since they had made a video singing "". She thanked them for the gesture, encouraged them to sing the song for everyone there, after which she also sang the chorus with them. On 25 April, magazine, in partnership with RTVE, published for the first time a special 144-pages Eurovision collector's book for fans.
On 26 April 2025, on the occasion of the final match of the 2024–25 Copa del Rey football tournament at the in Seville, RTVE, which was broadcasting the event, interviewed Melody on the field during halftime and broadcast the "" music video in which the first verse had been replaced with some footage, recorded the day before, of her singing it a cappella next to the Cup in the center of the empty stadium. This was watched on by 5.9 million people with a share of 40.13% in average. RTVE had tried to get her to perform the song live during halftime at the stadium, but the Football Federation consider it inappropriate. On 28 April, on her journey back to Madrid, Melody was one of those who were stuck on trains due to a major blackout that affected all of the Iberian Peninsula; she stayed for more than seven hours on a high-speed train stopped in the province of Ciudad Real before being evacuated.
On 5 May 2025, the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, received Melody at the Palace of Moncloa. She guest appeared in the fifth episode of the thirteenth season of MasterChef on 5 May on La 1. On 6 May, RTVE held a gala at in Madrid to both present its spring programming and bid farewell to Melody before departing with the entire delegation for Basel the following day. At the event, which was broadcast on RTVE Play, she received the gold record certifications for "". On 11 May, Melody and her team attended the opening ceremony of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and its "Turquoise Carpet" in Basel, where she wore a black and gold dress designed by Rafael Urquizar.
Calls for exclusion of Israel
On 11 April 2025, RTVE requested a debate within the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) regarding participation of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) in the contest representing Israel, citing "concerns raised by various civil society groups in Spain regarding the situation in Gaza". That same day, the EBU responded to RTVE's letter, acknowledging "concerns and deeply held views around the current conflict in the Middle East" but reiterating that all EBU members are eligible to compete.
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at in Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals, held on 13 and 15 May respectively, and the final on 17 May 2025. All countries with the exceptions of the host country (Switzerland) and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten entries from each semi-final progressed to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", Spain was automatically qualified to the final, but it was required to broadcast the first semi-final, and guest perform and vote in it. In that first semi-final, Melody guest performed "" between the entries competing in positions 4 and 5. In the final, she performed in position 6, and placed twenty-fourth out of the twenty-six competing entries with 37 points.
The performance of "" at the Eurovision stage was preceded by a presentation video postcard filmed in Lucerne in February where Melody makes some chocolates. The live performance of the song begins with Melody backlit against a white background wearing a Cordovan hat and a long-tailed black dress from which her dancers emerge. As she steps off the small platform she is standing on, a red carpet unfolds on the floor screen and flashes of light illuminate her. As the first chorus hits, she appears from behind a large curtain wearing a shiny, silver bodysuit. She walks to the center of the stage and blows a kiss to the camera. As the second chorus hits, the curtain falls revealing a white structure with two staircases. After a dance break, she goes upstairs to sing a long note and the final chorus, ending the performance with a final pirouette.