Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Before Eurovision
Artist selection
was revealed to represent Spain on 21 December 2011. For the first time since 2006, the artist was selected internally by RTVE. However, the song was chosen through a national final.National final
Online vote
One of the three finalist songs was chosen through an Internet vote where two songs competed for a spot in the final. The online vote was held from 15 February 2012 to 20 February 2012, which users were able to cast one single vote. The remaining two finalist songs were selected directly by Soler and her team.| Draw | Song ' | Lyrics / Music | Votes | Place |
| 1 | "Ahora o nunca" ' | José Abraham | 2,265 | 1 |
| 2 | "Me despido de ti" | Marco Deltoni, Xerónimo Manzur, Javier Rodríguez | 1,750 | 2 |
Final
The final was held on 3 March 2012 at the Prado del Rey studios in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Community of Madrid, hosted by Anne Igartiburu. Pastora Soler sang all three candidate songs, which were chosen from her latest album "Una mujer como yo", released in October 2011, as well as from new songs submitted through her record company or by composers who usually work with her, rather than from an open call.The winning song was selected by a combination of televoting and jury voting. The professional jury consisted of Sole Giménez, Franco de Vita and Óscar Gómez. Each of the three jurors awarded 12, 10 and 8 points. The song with the most televotes was awarded 36 points, the second was awarded 30 points and the third, 24 points. In case of a tie, the song preferred by the televote would have won.
The final was hosted by Anne Igartiburu.
At Eurovision
Spain is a Big Five member and was therefore automatically in the final, held on 26 May. In the running order draw, determined on 20 March 2012, Spain got a wildcard and opted to perform 19th. In the end, Spain scored 97 points and ranked 10th.Split results
- In the Final Spain came 10th with 97 points: the public awarded Spain 18th place with 45 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 154 points.
Points awarded by Spain