Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country	Spain
National selection
Selection process	Operación Triunfo
Selection date(s)	Final; 17 February 2003
Selected entrant	Beth
Selected song	"Dime"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jesús María Pérez; Amaya Martínez;
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 81 points
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with an entry selected through the second series of the reality-show Operación Triunfo. Beth with the song "Dime", composed by Jesús María Pérez and Amaya Martínez, was chosen through televoting by the Spanish public. At Eurovision, Beth placed 8th with 81 points.

Operación Triunfo (second series)

The second season of Operación Triunfo was broadcast from the Mediapark Studios in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona and was hosted by Carlos Lozano. After the regular final of Operación Triunfo that took place on 27 January 2003 (where Ainhoa Cantalapiedra was declared the overall winner of the season), the top 3 contestants - Ainhoa herself, Manuel Carrasco, and Beth - qualified for the Eurovision phase of the contest, which consisted of a semi-final and a final. Three songs were assigned to each contestant among those submitted to national broadcaster TVE, making a total of nine songs.^[1] In the semi-final, a jury eliminated one of the songs assigned to each artist, and then a finalist song was chosen for each contestant through televoting. The three songs that participated in the final were "Mi razón de vivir" by Ainhoa, "Viviré, moriré" by Manuel Carrasco, and "Dime" by Beth.^[2]^[3]

Result of national final

The national final took place on 17 February 2003. At the close of voting, Beth with "Dime" received the largest percentage of the vote and was proclaimed the winner.

Draw	Song	Translation	Singer	Points	Place
1	"Mi razón de vivir"	My reason to live	Ainhoa	31%	2nd
2	"Viviré, moriré"	I'll live, I'll die	Manuel Carrasco	24%	3rd
3	"Dime"	Tell me	Beth	45%	1st

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Beth performed 12th. At the close of the voting she had received 81 points, placing 8th of 26.

Points Awarded by Spain^[4]

12 points	Belgium
10 points	Romania
8 points	Austria
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Russia
5 points	Poland
4 points	Germany
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Israel