Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

Spain hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, after Massiel won the 1968 contest with "La, la, la". TVE internally selected Salomé to represent the country at the contest. The song, "Vivo cantando", was selected through a national final.

National final

The national final took place at the Teatro Balear in Palma de Mallorca from February 20 to 22, hosted by Marisa Medina and Joaquín Prat. Salomé had already being selected as the singer, but the ten candidate songs were performed twice, once by her and once by another performer.

Result of national final

Draw	Song	Translation	First Singer	Second Singer	Points	Place
1	"Abrázame otra vez"	Hold me again	Don Castor	Salomé	0	6=
2	"Amigos, amigos"	Friends, friends	Lorenzo Valverde	Salomé	8	2=
3	"Angelus"	-	Elena	Salomé	0	6=
4	"Buenos días"	Good morning	Adriángela	Salomé	4	4
5	"Despertar a tu lado"	Waking up by your side	Toni Obrador	Salomé	0	6=
6	"Palabras"	Words	Daniel Velázquez	Salomé	8	2=
7	"Siento dentro de mí"	I feel inside me	Gloria	Salomé	0	6=
8	"Una vida buena"	A good life	Ivana	Salomé	3	5
9	"Vivo cantando"	I live singing	Ana Kiro	Salomé	47	1
10	"Ya viene el día"	The day is already coming	Carlos Antonio	Salomé	0	6

At Eurovision

Salomé was the third to perform in the running order, following the Luxembourg and preceding Monaco. She received 18 points for her performance, tying for the first place with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. All four countries were declared joint winners.

Voting

Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Points Awarded to Spain

Points Awarded to Spain
10 points	9 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Belgium Germany Monaco	France Luxembourg Portugal	Ireland Norway Yugoslavia

Points Awarded by Spain

2 points	Belgium Germany Monaco Portugal
1 point	Finland Yugoslavia