Possible Preventions for Spanish Eurovision Victory
It’s been 50 years since Spain last won and hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s been struggling to achieve an excellent result for years, and there are a number of possible reasons why fans haven’t seen a Spanish victory since it last won.
Firstly, one could presume that Spanish music isn’t very popular around the world whereas others could beg to differ.
Secondly, and this seems more likely in my opinion, everyone should be aware of the economic problems faced in Spain, making it difficult for this nation to be able to afford to host the Eurovision Song Contest if it was to win. However, this could raise the following question:
- If Spain can’t afford to host the Eurovision Song Contest, how can it afford to participate?
Eurovision fans should be aware that Spain is part of the Big 5 countries, along with France, Germany, Italy and the UK, paying higher fees than the other countries to take part. Therefore, this is an interesting point to address.
It’s probable that the world believes that if Spain was to win the contest, it wouldn’t be able to host it the following year due to financial issues. Thus another nation would have to step in to volunteer to stage the show which others may feel would be embarrassing for Spain.
As one of the most popular tourist destinations, it would be difficult to believe that Spain is unpopular in the Eurovision Song Contest. Furthermore, one can’t imagine that Eurovision fans wouldn’t be thrilled about visiting this country if it was to host the contest, as it’s a beautiful place with wonderful sites, great food and weather, not to mention a fascinating culture. In fact, it’s believed that a Eurovision Song Contest in Spain would be highly popular, attracting growing numbers, resulting in tickets selling out faster than ever, and then leading to a packed stadium of excited fans enjoying the most pleasurable and memorable moment.
Some may feel that Spain doesn’t need to host the Eurovision Song Contest, as it has no problems with attracting tourists, as the aim of a country that stages the contest is to boost tourism levels as discussed in previous posts. Nevertheless, it would be an amazing experience for younger fans including the ones in Spain to experience a Spanish victory and a Eurovision Song Contest in this country. This topic has been covered in other posts in terms of countries that have never won the contest, or haven’t won for years, and also applies to Spain in terms of having not achieved a Eurovision victory for a very long time.
Others could argue that as Spain receives lots of tourists, it shouldn’t have any financial issues.
The following point should be considered:
“There’s always a way around.”
Financial support could be available for Spain if it was to host the Eurovision Song Contest following a Spanish victory. Perhaps the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) could assist Spain financially as a reward for its high contributions made to the EBU over the years in order to continue taking part in the contest. Moreover, it should be noted that Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest every year since making its debut in 1961. There’s no reason why this country can’t receive a reward for its outstanding efforts in supporting the EBU financially.
Of course, Spain would have to send a world-class entry to the contest, one that would score very highly with both the juries and televoters to ensure a third Spanish victory in order to bring the Eurovision Song Contest home after all these years.
Other points that can be argued, and this has been raised before, is that Spain persists in sending songs in Spanish instead of in English, making a victory impossible. The rule that countries need to perform in English instead of in their native language in order to win the Eurovision Song Contest isn’t correct.
“As stated in previous posts, if countries like Serbia (2007) and Portugal (2017) can win with beautiful entries in their native language, so can Spain.”
The final point could be that Spanish entries aren’t very popular amongst juries and televoters due to the quality of the song itself. Nonetheless, there have been many entries in the past that were worthy winners which, unfortunately, received low scores, more likely due to unfair voting.
These are some of them:
“A Eurovision Song Contest in Spain sounds so exciting.”
