Spanish Song Contest 02

Previous edition: Spanish Song Contest #01

Following edition: Spanish Song Contest #03

The second edition of the Spanish Song Contest has been held in Melilla  following the win of Slushii and Sofia Reyes in Ibiza  for the first edition of the contest.

19 cities took part in this edition with Bilbao , Ibiza , Logroño  and Murcia  debuting in the contest. Ibiza  only entered the second edition as it was the host city of the first edition.

Two semi-finals of 9 cities occurred to determine which 6 cities in each semi-final would join Melilla , the host, in the final.

 Santa Cruz de Tenerife won finally the contest after failling the final last edition. He took the crown with 107 points thanks to ELYELLA and the song "We Are Dreamers".

 Zaragoza was the runner-up with 104 points.

And the host,  Melilla took the 3rd place with 99 points.

## Host City and Participants

Melilla  hosted the second edition of the contest after winning in Ibiza the first edition.

Logroño  and Murcia  decided to partcipate for the first time, while Bilbao  and Ibiza  were making their debuts. Sadly Las Palmas de Gran Canaria  and Santiago de Compostela  retired from the competition. However, Oviedo  didn't participate, as in the first edition

## Slogan & logo

After the party that we had in Ibiza, we will discover the secrets of the Mediterranean Sea. This is why the logo is the wave.

The slogan of this edition is : *"Listen to the wave of sound"* reference at the origin of the artwork : the Mediterranean Sea that separates Melilla  from the continent of Spain.

## Semi-Finals

     Qualified for the Grand Final

     Dead last

### First Semi-Final :

Out of the 9 participating cities in this semi-final, 6 qualified for the Grand Final:  Logroño,  Palma de Mallorca,  Sevilla,  Toledo,  Vitoria-Gasteiz,  Zaragoza. Logroño qualified for their first participation, Palma de Mallorca and Toledo qualifying for the first time in two editions and Vitoria-Gasteiz, Sevilla and Zaragoza qualified for the second time in a row.

Sevilla won this semi-final with an amount of 125 points followed by Palma de Mallorca with 122 points and Vitoria-Gasteiz closing the Top 3 with 118 points. Among the eight songs, six were in Spanish and three were in English.

### Second Semi-Final :

Out of the 9 participating cities in this semi-final, 6 qualified for the Grand Final:  Bilbao,  Ibiza,  Madrid,  Mérida,  Santa Cruz de Tenerife,  Santander. Bilbao and Ibiza qualified for their first participation, Santander and Santa Cruz de Tenerife qualifying for the first time in two editions and Madrid and Mérida qualified for the second time in a row.

Madrid won this semi-final with an amount of 121 points followed by Santa Cruz de Tenerife with 112 points and Santander closing the Top 3 with 106 points. Among the nine songs, seven were in Spanish and two were in English.

The name of the 12 qualifiers was announced the 31/05/20.

## Grand Final

**Color key**

     Winning city

     Runner-up

     Third place

     Dead last

Thirteen cities fought to win the first Spanish Song Contest : the six qualified cities from the six semi-final and the five from the second semi-final and the host Melilla which has been prequalified following its victory last edition. Santa Cruz de Tenerife wins the whole with 107 points making a gap of 3 points with the runner-up Zaragoza with 104 points and Melilla closing the Top 3 with 99 points. Melilla kept the top 3 for the second time in a row.