Spanish Song Contest 01

Following edition: Spanish Song Contest 02

The first edition of the Spanish Song Contest has been held in Ibiza , A total of 20 cities has shown their interest in participating in the contest but not two of them not seen the light of day in this edition.

Two semi-finals of 8 and 9 cities occurred to determine which 5 cities in each semi-final would in the final.

On the 25th of April 2020, Slushii and Sofia Reyes has been crowned the first winner of the Spanish Song Contest, winning with the song "Never Let You Go" for the city of  Melilla with 135 points.

Follow by  Sevilla at the 2nd place with 117 points.

And it's  Madrid who've taken the 3rd place with 92 points.

## Host City and Participants

It was decided by the supervisor that the host city will not be a participant. Like this, the 20 cities participating were submitted to the semi-finals. 4 cities applied to host the first edition of the contest :

-  Alicante

-  Bilbao

-  Ibiza

-  Málaga

At the end, Ibiza  was chosen to be the first city host of the contest. It was revealed the 21/03.

The first 20 cities that were eligible to participate are, for 18 of them the capital city of their region (2 of them de facto) and the last 2 are the autonomous cities of Ceuta  and Melilla .

However, Oviedo  and Logroño  decided to not make their debuts in the competition. Murcia  was due to participate but sadly, they withdraw from the competition.

## Slogan & logo

The first logo of the contest is the rising sun, a reference direct to Spain, Also, the logo is composed of the two colors of the country, the red and the yellow, shading off.

The slogan of the first edition is "Follow Your Rhythm", in reference to the host city : Ibiza . The city is known for its active nightlife, where music is always present in the clubs.

## Semi-Finals

**Color key**

     Qualified for the Grand Final
     Dead last

### First Semi-Final :

Out of the 8 participating cities in this semi-final, 5 qualified for the Grand Final:  Melilla,  Sevilla,  Valencia,  Vitoria-Gasteiz,  Zaragoza. All of them, of course, qualified for the first time as it was the first edition of the contest. The voting phase was between the 30/03 and the 05/04 2020.

Sevilla won this semi-final with an amount of 134 points followed by Melilla with 121 points and Vitoria-Gasteiz closing the Top 3 with 102 points. Among the eight songs, three were in Spanish, four were in English and one were Basque.

### Second Semi-Final :

Out of the 9 participating cities in this semi-final, 5 qualified for the Grand Final:  Barcelona,  Madrid,  Mérida,  Pamplona,  Santiago de Compostela. All of them, of course, qualified for the first time as it was the first edition of the contest. The voting phase was between the 05/04 and the 12/04 2020
Madrid won this semi-final with an amount of 112 points followed by Mérida with 110 points and Santiago de Compostela closing the Top 3 with 99 points. Among the nine songs, eight were in Spanish and one were in English.

The name of the 10 qualifiers was announced the 12/04/20.

## Grand Final

**Color key**

     Winning city

     Runner-up

     Third place

     Dead last

Ten cities fought to win the first Spanish Song Contest : the five qualified cities from the first semi-final and the five from the second semi-final. Melilla wins the whole with 135 points making a gap of 18 points with the runner-up Sevilla with 110 points and Madrid closing the Top 3 with 92 points.