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About Spain...
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2005 Result
Points in Semi Final: N/A
Position in Semi Final: N/A
Points in Final: 28
Position in Final: 21st
2006 Contest: Big 4 - Directly qualified to Final
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History (1956 to 2004)
Spain's previous appearances: 44 year(s) out of 49
Years participated: 1961-
Best result: 1st (1968, 1969)
Spain's level of success at Eurovision hardly befits its 'Big 4' status. It won the 1968 contest with the lyrically-challenged 'La La La' by Massiel, shared victory with three others in the infamous 1969 competition (the not very memorable 'Vivo cantando' by Salomé), and has avoided victory ever since. There have been a few close shaves - Mocadades' 'Eres tu', from 1973, is regarded as a Eurovision classic, but could only manage 2nd place, despite ending up as a massive worldwide hit. Further 2nds followed in 1979, with Betty Missiego's 'Su canción' natrrowly losing out to Israel's 'Hallelujah'; and in 1995 with the memorable 'Vuelve conmigo' by Anabel Condé. However, Spain struggled in the early years of televoting, and had to rely on its 'Big 4' status to avoid relegation - after finishing 16th in 1998, 23rd in 1999 and 18th in 2000, David Civera's 6th place in 2001 marked a welcome return to form. In 2002, Spain decided that a change of selection procedure was in order, and introduced the 'Operación Triunfo', Fame Academy-style format. Rosa's irritatingly upbeat 'Eu-ROPP's living a celebration' finished a very respectable 7th, while the same formula produced a solid 8th place for Beth's 'Dime' in 2003, and an unexpectedly high 10th place for Ramón in 2004. While the 'Operación Triunfo' format is yet to deliver a Spanish victory, it has at least seen an improvement in the country's Eurovision fortunes. Not that it really matters in qualification terms... as one of the 'Big 4', Spain has a guaranteed place in the Final anyway.
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This year's entry
Position in Semi Final draw: N/A
Position in Final draw: 10
What I said prior to the Semi Final:
"Alas, Spain has dispatched with the 'Operación Triunfo' format for 2005, so instead of an unknown soloist we have three unknown Spanish ladies, with jabbering vocals and lots of lovely dancing - it's Baccara meets Las Ketchup! Performed by three sisters known as Son de Sol, 'Brujería' is indeed remarkable in its similarity to The Ketchup Song. It also shares that song's inherent quality of quite obviously being rubbish at the same time as being very enjoyable and infectious rubbish."
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What I predicted...
My prediction for Semi Final: N/A
My prediction for Final: 12th to 14th
What I predicted prior to the Semi Final:
"Guell from Puerto Rico was quite right when he suggested in his comment below that my silence on the Spanish song indicated that I "didn't know what to make of it". Honestly, I'm really not sure - it could bomb, or it could win; after all, The Ketchup Song (scarily) was a massive hit across Europe. My hunch is that enthusiasts for the song will probably be counterbalanced by those who despise it, resulting in Spain ending up mid-table. Added to my dire predictions of French and German prospects, the UK may at this rate be the only one of the Big 4 countries to qualify for the 2006 Final on its own merits - which would be a nice change, after recent experiences."
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What you thought...
Final Poll Ranking: out of 39 ()
(Updated 22 May 2005; change refers to movement over final week)
In the run up to the Contest, 27,998 visitors to this site voted for their favourite song in the Soult.com Eurovision Poll (up from 5,000 in 2004!)
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What actually happened...
Though I hadn't rated Spain's chances of doing well in Kiev, the Son de Sol's dismal 28 points and 21st place was nevertheless worse than I expected. On the positive side, Spain did manage to finish highest among the Big 4 countries, helped in no small way by the now customary 'douze points' from Andorra. For what it's worth, I thought that the song and performance really came across rather well, with the Son de Sol ladies giving us a vigorous and colourful show full of skirt swishing and bosom bouncing. To Spain's credit, the whole feel of the performance - the the music, the look, the language - also meant that the song sounded unmistakably from the country that it was representing, which is more than many Eurovision entries manage these days.
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What the bookies thought...
 | Spain to win: | 21/05/05 (prior to Final) | 25-1 |
| | 19/05/05 (after Semi Final) | 25-1 |
| | 19/05/05 (prior to Semi Final) | 33-1 |
| | 16/05/05 | 33-1 |
| | 15/05/05 | 33-1 |
| | 08/05/05 | 33-1 |
| | 02/05/05 | 33-1 |
| | 24/04/05 | 33-1 |
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With quite reasonable odds of 25-1, the bookies failed to foresee that Spain would end up languishing in the bottom four.
(Odds quoted here were those offered by Coral.co.uk. 'F' indicates favourite, 'JF' joint favourite.)
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Links
 http://www.rtve.es/
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Notes (see 'History' above)
- The 1956 Contest (where each country had two songs) is counted as a single appearance;
- Countries eliminated in the 1993 preliminary heat (EE, HU, RO, SK) ARE NOT counted as making an appearance in that year's Contest;
- Countries eliminated in the 1996 preliminary heat (DE, DK, HU, IL, MK, RO, RU) ARE NOT counted as making an appearance in that year's Contest;
- Countries eliminated in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Semi Finals ARE counted as making an appearance in that year's Contest.
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Your comments (45)
From kiki, Greece
Added 22:08:32 2006-02-12
I really liked this amazing song!I really like the Spanish songs!In 2006 we the Geeks we are all welcome you to Athens!See you!
From Luis E, Colón , Puerto Rico
Added 20:22:40 2006-01-05
Spain song for Eurovision this year was a happy one and very representative of this nation but .... for me the biggest looser was Malta.... that song is a universal prayer ...wow
From manuel angel, SPAIN
Added 15:41:56 2005-7-18
VIVA ESPAÑA Y A GANAR EL 50 ANIVERSARIO CON LA CANCION DE MOCEDADES.
From Laura, LITHUANIA
Added 12:20:19 2005-6-5
It was O.K. ;) good song :)
From Chaz, UNITED KINGDOM
Added 18:50:8 2005-5-27
I HATE THIS SONG .. I REALLY HATE THIS SONG .. I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY HATE THIS SONG! I cannot stand it! I had to leave the room when they came on the stage in the final!
[REPLY FROM GRAHAM: So, you didn't like it then? ;)]
From HILLA, ISRAEL
Added 14:11:49 2005-5-24
nice song spain!!
and yeahh its really sounds like the Ketchup song...
i think the last song you send to the Eurovision was much better..that was an amazing song
From Paul, FRANCE
Added 23:9:10 2005-5-23
I think the spanish performance have been fantastic. colour, rythm, nice voices and nice women. the 21th position is not a position for son de sol. IN my opinion Spain should have been in the top ten.
From stiina, ESTONIA
Added 19:41:48 2005-5-21
this is my favourite this year finalist.. i hold my thumbs for spain !!!
From Pedro, --
Added 1:24:54 2005-5-21
Hello British! I am spanish, I wish that my country win this year. I like that you vote for Spain, for "Son de Sol", the spanish group with three nice singer-women. Thank you of heart
From David HJ, UNITED KINGDOM
Added 22:2:36 2005-5-19
yes it is like Las Ketchup but without the melodic content of that song. The girls are cute so it may get points, but my guess is about 25th 0r 16th
From Crystal, MOLDOVA
Added 13:26:48 2005-5-19
oh! I like it :)
From amy, UNITED KINGDOM
Added 11:31:58 2005-5-17
oh my! they sounds like las ketchup...by the way thats not a good thing...
From ruby, ALBANIA
Added 18:57:11 2005-5-16
actually i havent listened to the song yet but i like spanish songs. i hope this will be great
From Kieran, IRELAND
Added 14:7:20 2005-5-16
This is a very likeable song that's fun and full of energy. The problem it faces though is that people are going to compare it with Las Ketchup, which was a better song.
From Guell, PUERTO RICO
Added 18:43:46 2005-5-15
Because of family ties with Spain, I'm always hopingt to see Spain win. But this year they are making it very difficult for me to support them. The song is catchy but it is simply not worthy enough for victory in Kiev. If it does win I will be very surprised.
Mr. Soult has been very silent about this one... maybe he doesn't know what to make of it.
From mica, UNITED KINGDOM
Added 9:36:16 2005-5-15
Love it! spanish with a pinch of cuban. brilliant. come on spain
From mica, UNITED KINGDOM
Added 9:36:8 2005-5-15
Love it! spanish with a pinch of cuban. brilliant. come on spain
From Odeta, ALBANIA
Added 21:35:7 2005-5-14
I thought this song was ose of the best songs in this festival. It has a certain frangrance and rythm to it... and I like everybody who sings in their native language.
If it's not a winner, it should be at least top 2. :D
Odeta from Albania.
From heiko dühle, GERMANY
Added 14:5:48 2005-5-14
A very very nice song, it deserves more attention tha´n it has become. It is catchy and funny!!
From Chiara d best !, MALTA
Added 13:24:23 2005-5-14
A very nice song (altough it is not original because it has the beat of the ketchup song) but still very nice.Good luck !!!!
From humberto, PANAMA
Added 22:52:6 2005-5-13
A great, funny and enjoyable rythm. Very spanish too, I hope europe will not experience again the drama of 1983 and the fabulous then flamenco singer Remedios Amaya, who aung a very strong ethnic song-but at the time folklor was not at all in- and she came last with = points, the first time in history. What´s wrong with you Europeans, don´t you enjoy latin souls! good luck spain with your funny and catchy rythm1!!
From elena, GREECE
Added 14:5:47 2005-5-11
I love this song, i think it should win, there is something about it, bit I know it will get only a few points. Somehow Europeans do not seem to appreciate modern Spanish flavour. A pitty! I like it and good luck Spain!!!!!
From Donald, UNITED KINGDOM
Added 11:19:56 2005-5-11
My favorite song is Brujeria (Spain) i hope they win!!!! Spain!!!!!!!
From elias, SPAIN
Added 20:2:10 2005-5-9
Son de Sol a ganar sois las mejores,la de Letonia es preciosa i la de Andorra la chica habla Catalán super raro.
thank you bye
From Ieva, LITHUANIA
Added 16:15:2 2005-5-9
This song is commonplace,but I like it!
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