Spanish National Final 1965

The Spanish Final was held on February 7th at the TVE Studios in Barcelona, hosted by José Luis Barcelona and Irene Mur. In the 4 months before the final, 54 songs were selected and broadcast on the weekly TV show ‚Gran Parada‘. At the end of each month a semi-final was held with the top 2 songs going forward to the final. The 8 songs that qualified for the final in this way were songs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 12 & 13 (the 8th song – „En un bello rincón“ was later disqualified). Spanish TV then added 6 other songs to the final. The winning song was chosen by a jury of 16 people (a mixture of „experts“ and TV viewers). In the voting, each juror awarded 1 point to all the songs except one. The song which gained the smallest amount of points was eliminated. This continued until there were only 2 songs left – each member of the jury then gave 1 point to their favourite of the two.

1 Yo me arrepentí I regretted it María del Carmen

13th
2 Barco perdido Lost boat Juan Carlos Monterrey

12th

3 Qué bueno, qué bueno How good, how good Conchita Bautista 10

1st

4 Se lo he contado I’ve told her Santy

9th

5 Caballero andaluz Andalusian caballero Luisita Tenor

8th

6 Esos ojitos negros Those black eyes El Dúo Dinámico

6

2nd

7 Bajo el cielo español Under Spanish skies Yoli

6th

8 Feriantes Fair-goers Raphael

3rd

9 Cantares Andalusian songs Adriángela

4th

10 La bailoara The gypsy dancer Jaime Morey

10th

11 El hombre y el toro The man and the bull Franciska

11th

12 Otra serenata Another serenade Lorenzo Valverde

7th

13 Tengo miedo I’m afraid Ángela

5th

Conchita Bautista came 15th equal at the ESC. She had already represented Spain in 1961.