Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "" written by José MarÃÂa Purón and performed by SerafÃÂn Zubiri. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), organised the national final 2000 in order to select its entry for the contest. Fifteen artists and songs competed in the televised show where 17 regional juries and a public televote selected "" performed by SerafÃÂn Zubiri as the winner. Zubiri had already represented .
As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 13, it placed eighteenth out of the 24 participating countries with 18 points.
Prior to the 2000 contest, (TVE) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Spain thirty-nine times since its first entry in . It has won the contest on two occasions: in with the song "La, la, la" performed by Massiel and in with the song "" performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with , the , and the . It has also finished second four times, with "" by Karina in , "" by Mocedades in , "" by Betty Missiego in , and "" by Anabel Conde in . In , it placed twenty-third and last with the song "" performed by Lydia.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TVE organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. TVE selected in 1999 both the artist and song that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via an internal selection. For its 2000 entry, the broadcaster announced in October 1999 that for the first time in 24 years it would organise a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs.
2000 was the national final organised by TVE that took place on 8 February 2000 at the Estudios Buñuel in Madrid, hosted by Carlos Lozano and Paloma Lago. The show was broadcast on La Primera and TVE Internacional. Fifteen artists and songs competed with the winner being decided upon through a combination of public televoting and regional juries.
A submission period was open from October 1999 until January 2000. At the conclusion of the submission period, more than 200 entries were received. A six-member committee, which included the director of Antonio Guerrero and music director of TVE Miguel MarÃÂa Delgado, evaluated the entries received and selected fifteen entries for the national final. The fifteen competing acts were announced during a press conference on 6 February 2000. Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants SerafÃÂn Zubiri, who represented , and Anabel Conde, who represented .
The televised final took place on 8 February 2000. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performers included Presuntos Implicados, Los Panchos and Jean-Michel Jarre. The winner, "Colgado de un sueño" performed by SerafÃÂn Zubiri, was selected through the combination of the votes of 17 regional juries (70%) and a public televote (30%).
According to Eurovision rules, the 24-country participant list for the contest was composed of: the previous year's winning country and host nation , "Big Four" countries, the thirteen countries, which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 1999 contest. As a member of the "Big Four", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the contest. On 21 November 1999, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Spain was set to perform in position 12, following the entry from Iceland and before the entry from Denmark. Spain finished in eighteenth place with 18 points.
TVE broadcast the show on La Primera with commentary by José Luis Uribarri. The broadcast of the contest was watched by 4.056 million viewers in Spain with a market share of 34.8%.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Spain and awarded by Spain in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Germany in the contest.
TVE appointed Hugo de Campos to announce the results of the Spanish televote during the final.