esctoday.com has received confirmation from TVE that in total, 680 acts were auditioned in Spain and 56 have been selected to participate at Mision Eurovision. The four remaining acts consist of artists in duets or bands that perform also as solo artists. A total of five audition calls were held, four in Madrid, and the fifth took place yesterday in Seville.
Spanish Broadcaster TVE has also announced the 15 participants that will compete in the third Gala of Misión Eurovisión next Tuesday 23rd January at 22:00 CET. During the show we'll also know the ten out of the fifteen songs which proceed to the Spanish selection.
Next Tusday 23rd January fifteen more participants take partin the third Gala of Misión Eurovisión and the names of them are now known. These are:
01. Just 4 voices
02. Yolanda
03. Luis Fierro
04. Lourdes Savarese
05. Paris
06. Sheila Rodríguez
07.Arde Troya(Anabel Conde and Rafael Artesero)
08.Yanira Figueroa
09. Javier Enzo
10. The Sweet Metal Band
11. Javier Ríos
12. Robin
13. Rebeca
14. Nash
15. Marta Llenas
Like in the previous two shows,five of them will proceed to the semi final and they will join Santa Fe, Nessa, Miguel Cañadas, Póker, Gerard ( qualified from the first Gala on January 9th) and Nazaret, Mirela, Montse Mallorquín, Paco Arrojo,Paraelissa (qualified from the second Gala on January 16th).
During the third Gala of Misión Eurovisiónthere will be announcedthe ten out of the fifteen songswhich proceed to the Spanish selection. These ten songs will be reduced again between January 24th – 28th until there are five songs for the Spanish Final that will be held on 20th of February at the TVE TV Studios in Madrid.
Spain debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, has participated 45 times and is one of the "Big Four" (along with France, Germany and the United Kingdom), and therefore automatically participates in the final because they are the four biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union. Spain has won the contest twice, first in 1968 with the song La, la, la sung by Massiel and second one year later, sung by Salomé with the song Vivo Cantando.
