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Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 55 times since making its debut in , where they finished ninth. Since , Spain is one of the "Big Five", along with France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, who are automatically allowed to participate in the final because they are the five biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union. Spain has competed in the contest continuously since the country's debut in 1961. The only country with a longer run of uninterrupted Eurovision appearances is the United Kingdom, ever-present since 1959. Spain has won the contest twice, first in 1968 with the song "La, la, la" sung by Massiel and again in 1969, when Salomé's "Vivo cantando" was involved in a four way tie with Lulu's "Boom Bang-a-Bang", representing the United Kingdom, Frida Boccara's "Un jour, un enfant", representing France, and Lennie Kuhr's "De troubadour"", representing the Netherlands. The 1969 contest in Madrid is the only time Spain has hosted the event, since lots were drawn after 1969's four way tie and the contest was hosted by the Netherlands. Spain has also finished second in the contest four times, with Karina in , Mocedades in , Betty Missiego in and Anabel Conde in , and third in with Bravo. The country finished last with "Nul points" in , and , then finished last for a fourth time in 1999. In recent years, Spain has had less success, failing to reach the top 10 in nine of the last 11 contests (2005–2015). The exceptions being Pastora Soler, who was 10th in 2012 and Ruth Lorenzo, who also finished 10th in 2014. ==Selection process== Spain has regularly changed the selection process used in order to find the country's entry for the contest, either a national final or internal selection (sometimes a combination of both formats) has been held by the broadcaster at the time. Between 1977 and 1999, Spain's entries were selected internally by TVE. Before that, internal selections and national contests, like ''Pasaporte a Dublín'' (''Passport to Dublin'') in 1971, were alternated. From 2000, Spain has used various selection formats with different results. In 2000 and 2001, TVE organised a national final called ''Eurocanción'' (''Eurosong''), where the Spanish representative was selected for the contest. From 2002 to 2004, the reality show ''Operación Triunfo'' (the Spanish version of ''Star Academy'') was used to select the entry, a format that renewed the Spanish audience's interest in the contest and brought three top 10 results in a row, until TVE decided not to host any further editions of the show. In 2005, the national final ''Eurovisión 2005: Elige nuestra canción'' (''Eurovision 2005: Choose Our Song'') was organised, where the audience chose their favourite song among a pre-selection made by TVE of unknown artists submitted to them by record labels. The result in the Eurovision final was not good and for 2006, the selection was made internally for the first time since 1999, with a similar result. In 2007, Spain's entry was decided through the ''Misión Eurovisión 2007'' show, with a disappointing result once again. From 2008 to 2010, the Internet was the key element of the competitions used by TVE to select the Spanish entry. In 2008, the social networking website MySpace was involved in the national final ''Salvemos Eurovisión'' (''Let's Save Eurovision''). A website was created to make it possible for anyone to upload a song and proceed to a televised final if chosen by online voters or an expert jury. The result improved a little, but not much; nevertheless the interest of the Spanish audience was revived again.〔 For 2009, MySpace was still involved in the selection process ''Eurovisión 2009: El retorno'' (''Eurovision 2009: The Return''), although some changes were introduced in the format. The result was the worst in the 2000s (decade): 24th place. In 2010, a similar format, ''Eurovisión: Destino Oslo'', selected the Spanish entry, with the best result since 2004 (15th). In 2011, Internet voting was scrapped from the new selection method ''Destino Eurovisión''. After a further disappointing result (23rd), for 2012, TVE decided to approach an established act, Pastora Soler, and organise a national final to select her song. A top ten result was achieved for the first time since 2004. The same procedure was repeated in 2013, with El Sueño de Morfeo as the established act, which turned out one of the most disappointing results (25th out of 26 entries) in the country's Eurovision history; some critics, however, blamed a less-than-stellar performance of an otherwise solid song. In 2014, TVE decided to return to a multi-artist national final procedure, called ''Mira quién va a Eurovisión'' (''Look who's going to Eurovision''); five artists were invited to participate by TVE. A top ten result was achieved for the second time in three years. In 2015, for the first time since 2006, both the artist, Edurne, and the song were selected internally by TVE. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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