National Selections 2004 Spain Operación Triunfo
2003 Spain 2004
Spain: Operación Triunfo
Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Operación Triunfo – Eurovision selection
The third season of the talent show Operación Triunfo took place in the autumn of 2003, with the final held on 21 December 2003.
The top-4 contestants (Vicente, Ramón, Miguel and Davinia) qualified for the Operación Triunfo – Eurovision selection held in January 2004.
Operación Triunfo – Heat 1
Location TVE studios
Host Carlos Lozano
Voting A jury eliminated one of the songs from each artist
Voting 100% televoting
Operación Triunfo – Final
Romania was expelled from Eurovision 2016 due to unpaid debt to EBU
Portugal had to go through 49 contests to achieve their first victory in 2017
Luxembourg has won 5 times. But none of the 5 winners came from Luxembourg. Four were French and one (Vicky Leandros) Greek
After the bearded lady Conchita Wurst won in 2014, a Russian politician said: "The result showed supporters of European integration their European future - a bearded girl". Conchita's response: "When an entire nation is scared that a young gay man with a beard who likes dressing up in women's clothes is so able to sway opinion that he could bring the whole society to the brink, I can only take it as a compliment!"