Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Spain in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Participating broadcasterTelevisión Española (TVE)
Country Spain
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 24 January 1967
Song: 4 March 1967
Competing entry
Song"Hablemos del amor"
ArtistRaphael
SongwriterManuel Alejandro
Placement
Final result6th, 9 votes
Participation chronology
◄1966 • 1967 • 1968►

Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "Hablemos del amor", written by Manuel Alejandro, and performed by Raphael. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. Raphael had already represented Spain in 1966 with "Yo soy aquél". "Hablemos del amor", performed in position 12, placed sixth out of seventeen competing entries with 9 votes.

Before Eurovision

Televisión Española (TVE) internally selected "Hablemos del amor" performed by Raphael as its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1967. The song was composed by Manuel Alejandro. The broadcaster announced Raphael as the performer on 24 January 1967. Los Brincos and Bruno Lomas [es] had also been under consideration.[1] The song title, songwriter, and lyrics were published on 8 February.[2] TVE released the song on 4 March.[3] Raphael also recorded the song in English as "Please speak to me of love".[4]

At Eurovision

On 8 April 1967, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Großer Festsaal der Wiener Hofburg in Vienna hosted by Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Raphael performed "Hablemos del amor" 12th in the evening, following the United Kingdom and preceding Norway. Manuel Alejandro conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. At the close of voting Raphael had received 9 votes, placing 6th in a field of 17.

TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 1 and TVE Canarias[a] with commentary by Federico Gallo [es].[5][6]

Voting

Notes

  1. ^ Deferred broadcast on TVE Canarias the following day at 23:00 (WET)

References

  1. ^ "Raphael, representará a España en el Festival de la Eurovisión". El Adelantado de Segovia [es] (in Spanish). Segovia, Spain. 25 January 1967. p. 6 – via Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers [es].
  2. ^ "La canción de España en Eurovisión". Pueblo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 9 February 1967. p. 16 – via Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers [es].
  3. ^ "'Hablemos del amor' está ya grabada". Pueblo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 23 February 1967. p. 28 – via Virtual Library of Historical Newspapers [es].
  4. ^ "Spain 1967". diggiloo.net.
  5. ^ "TVE en Canarias" [TVE in the Canaries]. El Eco de Canarias [es] (in Spanish). Las Palmas, Spain. 9 April 1967. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2024 – via University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
  6. ^ "Radio y television" [Radio and television]. Diario de Barcelona (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 8 April 1967. p. 27. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona [ca].
  7. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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