Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Valentino", written by José MarÃÂa Guzmán, and performed by the band Cadillac. The Spanish participating broadcaster, (TVE), internally selected its entry for the contest. The song, performed in position 9, placed tenth out of twenty competing entries with 51 points.
(TVE) internally selected "Valentino" performed by Cadillac as for the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. The members of the band were José MarÃÂa Guzmán, Pedro AgustÃÂn Sánchez, and Daniel Jacques Louis. The song was written by Guzmán himself. The name of the song, the songwriter and performers were announced on 27 February 1986.
On 3 May 1986, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the in Bergen, Norway, hosted by (NRK), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Cadillac performed "Valentino" the ninth on the evening, following and preceding . conducted the event's orchestra performance of the Spanish entry. At the end of voting, "Valentino" received a total of 51 points, placing tenth out of a field of 20 competing entries.
TVE broadcast the contest in Spain on TVE 2 with commentary by Antonio Gómez Mateo. Before the event, TVE aired a talk show hosted by introducing the Spanish jury, which continued after the contest commenting on the results.
TVE assembled a jury panel with eleven members. The following members comprised the Spanish jury:
The jury was chaired by César Gil. The jury awarded its maximum of 12 points to .