# Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song "Gwendolyne", written and performed by Julio Iglesias. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), selected its entry through a national final.

## Before Eurovision
### 2º Festival de la Canción Española

To select its entry, Televisión Española (TVE) organised the 2º Festival de la Canción Española at the Palau Nacional in Barcelona on 12–14 February 1970, hosted by Laura Valenzuela and Joaquín Prat. It was the second and final edition of the Festival. Twenty songs competed over three shows, with the winner song being decided upon through regional jury voting.

#### Competing entries

Twenty compositions were selected to compete in the national final by the broadcaster, with two designated acts per song. As regulations only allowed a maximum of three performers and three backing vocalists, groups were able to compete by designating one or two vocalists, with the rest of the group featuring as backing vocalists. Some performers that had been initially selected withdrew or were replaced before the live shows.
| Artist 1 (Credited singer) | Artist 2 (Credited singer) | Song | Songwriter(s) |
| Johnny Valentino | Ángela Escribano | "Balada de invierno" | María José de Ceratto |
| Los Dos | Los 80 Centavos (Asunción) | "Balada del maderero" | Rafael García Loza, Julio Mengod |
| Elena | Ernesto | "Bienvenido" | Vicente Roca, Joan Solé Tutusaus |
| Karlo y las Hermanas Ros | Los Musicales (Beatriz y Ester) | "Carrusel" | Joan Serracant, Vicente Sabater |
| Jaime Morey | Maya | "De pronto, tú" | Aurora Sánchez-Sousa, José Luís Pecker |
| Los Mismos (Helena) | Gaby Berger | "Don Juan" | Lucía Graves, Ramón Farrán |
| Franciska | Nino Bravo | "Esa será mi casa" | Enrique Carnicer, Carmen Fons, Álvaro Sebastián |
| Rafaleón | Los Valldemosa (Margaluz y Rafael) | "Fiesta" | Lucía Graves, Ramón Farrán |
| Julio Iglesias | Rosy Armen | "Gwendolyne" | Julio Iglesias |
| Karolyne | Albert Band (Albert) | "Hoy quiero cantar" | Joan Solé Tutusaus, Vicente Roca |
| Manolo, de Los Catiros | Rosalía | "Igual que yo" | Luisa Margarita Girón |
| Basilio | Voces Amigas (Javier de Miguel) | "Jamás la olvidaré" | Pablo Herrero, Carlos Fernández-Prida |
| Los Gritos (Manolo Galván) | Cristina | "Me gusta, me gusta" | Ramón Simó, José Solá |
| Julio Ramos | Tuset 31 (Jordi y José María) | "Novia para Miguel" | Juan Carlos Calderón |
| Luisita Tenor | Rosa Mary y Javier | "Sí, después" | Javier Vidal |
| Donna Hightower | Julián Granados | "Soy feliz" | Alfonso Sainz |
| Errol y Los Tops | Altamira 3 | "Tal vez mañana" | Carlos Bermúdez |
| Luciana Wolf | Vicente Pizarro | "Un manantial de barro" | José Ángel Cardona, Miguel Ángel Tapia |
| Voces Amigas (Tony) | Mocedades (Sergio y Estíbaliz) | "Un mundo mejor" | José Luís Armenteros, Pablo Herrero |
| Mocedades (Rafael Blanco) | Tuset 31 (Javier) | "Viejo marino" | Pedro Iturralde, Alberto Bourbon |

#### Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 12 and 13 February 1970. On both shows, ten songs were first performed by one of its assigned singers, and then again by the other singer. After the second semi-final, ten songs qualified for the final through jury voting from 15 regional Radio Nacional de España, TVE, and Radio Peninsular studios, each distributing five votes among their favourite songs. The number of votes received by each song was announced, but were not reflected in the official TV excerpts from semi-final 2, or in contemporary reports.

#### Final

The final took place on 14 February 1970. As in the semi-finals, each song was performed twice by its different performers. In the event that the winner song had two Spanish singers, the juries would vote again to decide which artist would perform the song at the Eurovision Song Contest; if the song was shared with a foreign artist, the Spanish singer would become the Eurovision representative. 15 regional juries, each distributing five votes among their favourite songs, selected "Gwendolyne" as the winning song. As Rosy Armen was a French singer, Julio Iglesias was automatically chosen as the Spanish artist for Eurovision.

## At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Julio Iglesias performed "Gwendolyne" ninth in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Monaco. Augusto Algueró conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received 8 points, tying for the fourth place with France and Switzerland.