No longer myspace.com selection, RTVE decided to copy the selection process of Azerbaijan, having nobodies sing past Eurovision songs.

Three lucky candidates made the final on 18 February. Each sang 3 songs, the expert jury would select one for each for the public televote.

During that phase, there was a tie between two songs of the eventual winner, Lucía, both with 12 jury votes. Lucia was asked her opinion, she wanted "Abrázame" to proceed, the audience voted for Vinzzent, but alas, the jury re-consulted the situation and chose "Que me quiten lo bailao" by Rafael Artesero, of Andorran fame.

Lucia won the final with a convincing 68%, and will sing in Germany a song that she didn't want to perform, with a title impossible to translate.

� Have a date with Spain (and Slovakia) - Tue 31 Jan

� Oh yeah, está Soler - Wed 21 Dec

� Spain dreams of Morpheus - Mon 17 Dec

� Spain: Listen to the five competing songs - Mon 3 Feb

� "Dancing in the rain" and Ruth Lorenzo for Spain - Sun 23 Feb

� Edurne reveals her ditty - Sun 1 Mar

� Objetivo Eurovision - who will win in Spain? A preview - Mon 1 Feb

� ¿Qué? ¿Yay? ¡Olé! - Tue 2 Feb

Another of the Big 4, the others being Portugal, Ireland and Greece.
The country is a basketcase of poor decisions, spending money on hopeless projects and lack of foresight. But enough about Eurovision. Its economy is in shambles too.