Spain 2012: Pastora Soler

In late December it was internally decided by TVE that the well-known and established artist Pastora Soler would represent Spain at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.

In order to find the 2012 Spanish entry, Pastora chose two songs which were a ballad and a rhythmic song called Quédate Conmigo and Tu Vida Es Tu Vida written by Max Miona, Eleonora Giudizi and Juan María Montes (which is included on Pastora's latest album). The third one was picked by the audience through the Internet voting on RTVE's website and Ahora o Nunca, written by José Abraham, won this honour.

The final of the Spanish selection process took place on Saturday March 3. The Sevillian singer performed the three songs and the final result was the sum of the votes from the jury and the audience. The three-member jury who had this important role in the election of the Spanish entry consisted of the singers and songwriters Franco de Vita and Sole Giménez and the musical producer Óscar Gómez who individually awarded the three possible entries with twelve, ten and eight points. Moreover, the song which achieved most votes from the audience by phone calls and text messages, received a total of thirty-six points, the second favourite got thirty points, and the least voted got twenty-four points.

The results were as follow:
-Tu Vida Es Tu Vida: 56 points.
-Quédate Conmigo: 72 points.
-Ahora o Nunca: 52 points.

Quédate Conmigo was the winning song and it will be performed at the final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku on the 26th of May.