Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Spain was represented by Bacchelli at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, held in Dublin, Ireland. Bacchelli was selected internally by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the Spanish broadcaster, to represent the country at the contest in Ireland with the song "Y sólo tú".

At Eurovision

Bacchelli performed 10th on the night of the contest, following France and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of voting Bacchelli had received 38 points, placing 14th in a field of 20.

Points awarded by Spain

12 points	Germany
10 points	Greece
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Austria
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	Denmark
2 points	Finland
1 point	Luxembourg

Points awarded to Spain

Points awarded to Spain
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Norway Turkey			Israel
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Netherlands	Ireland Portugal	Switzerland

References

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1960s	Conchita Bautista Victor Balaguer José Guardiola Nelly, Tim & Tony Conchita Bautista Raphael Raphael Massiel Salomé
1970s	Julio Iglesias Karina Jaime Morey Mocedades Peret Sergio y Estíbaliz Braulio Micky José Vélez Betty Missiego
1980s	Trigo Limpio Bacchelli Lucía Remedios Amaya Bravo Paloma San Basilio Cadillac Patricia Kraus La Década Prodigiosa Nina
1990s	Azúcar Moreno Sergio Dalma Serafín Zubiri Eva Santamaría Alejandro Abad Anabel Conde Antonio Carbonell Marcos Llunas Mikel Herzog Lydia
2000s	Serafín Zubiri David Civera Rosa Beth Ramón Son de Sol Las Ketchup D'NASH Rodolfo Chikilicuatre Soraya Arnelas
2010s	Daniel Diges Lucía Pérez Pastora Soler El Sueño de Morfeo Ruth Lorenzo Edurne Barei Manel Navarro

Songs

1960s	"Estando contigo" "Llámame" "Algo prodigioso" "Caracola" "Qué bueno, qué bueno" "Yo soy aquél" "Hablemos del amor" "La, la, la" "Vivo cantando"
1970s	"Gwendolyne" "En un mundo nuevo" "Amanece" "Eres tú" "Canta y sé feliz" "Tú volverás" "Sobran las palabras" "Enséñame a cantar" "Bailemos un vals" "Su canción"
1980s	"Quédate esta noche" "Y sólo tú" "Él" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Lady, Lady" "La fiesta terminó" "Valentino" "No estás solo" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Nacida para amar"
1990s	"Bandido" "Bailar pegados" "Todo esto es la música" "Hombres" "Ella no es ella" "Vuelve conmigo" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Sin rencor" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "No quiero escuchar"
2000s	"Colgado de un sueño" "Dile que la quiero" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "Dime" "Para llenarme de ti" "Brujería" "Un Blodymary" "I Love You Mi Vida" "Baila el Chiki-chiki" "La noche es para mí"
2010s	"Algo pequeñito" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "Quédate conmigo" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Amanecer" "Say Yay!" "Do It for Your Lover"

Note: Entries scored out are when Spain did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Countries

Final (by final results)	United Kingdom (winner) Germany France Switzerland Ireland Cyprus Israel Greece Netherlands Sweden Denmark Luxembourg Belgium Spain Yugoslavia Finland Austria Turkey Portugal Norway