Spain was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Fernando Garcia Morcillo, with lyrics by Camillo Murillo Janero, and performed by

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. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Selection

Conflicting reports state that 's (TVE) aim was to use the (Mediterranean Song Festival) as the national final, while others maintain that TVE's intention was to select internally one of the performers that had won a prize in one of the many song festivals that used to take place across Spain. José Guardiola had won the Mediterranean Song Festival 1962 with the song "", but the result was declared null and void the day after the festival because a fix was discovered in the voting process. Paper ballots were sold to the audience in the hall; however, by the end of the festival, more ballots were counted in the box than the number that had been sold. TVE chose José Guardiola to represent Spain but with another song, "".

At Eurovision

The

was held on 23 March 1963 at the

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, United Kingdom. José Guardiola performed "" twelfth in the running order, following and preceding . Rafael Ibarbia conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. The song received two points from , placing twelfth in a field of sixteen.

Voting

References

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