Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Misión Eurovisión 2007 was the national final organised by TVE that took place from 9 January 2007 to 24 February 2007 at the TVE studios in Madrid, hosted by Paula Vázquez.

Misión Eurovisión 2007 consisted of 57 candidates competing over four shows: four heats on 9, 16, 23 January and 3 February 2007, a semi-final on 10 February 2007 and the final on 24 February 2007. Each heat featured between twelve and fifteen contestants performing cover versions of popular songs of their choice. The contestants first faced a regional televote, which saw the voting figures of each region in Spain being converted to points. The top ten received 1–8, 10 and 12 points and the three contestants with the most votes advanced to the semi-final. A two-member in-studio expert jury then selected another two contestants to advance, with the remaining contestants being eliminated. In the semi-final, the remaining twenty contestants again performed cover versions of popular songs of their choice and the three contestants with the most regional televotes advanced to the final. The jury then selected another two contestants to advance to the final, with the remaining contestants being eliminated.[1] In the final, the five finalists each performed five candidate Eurovision songs selected from an open submission and the winner was decided over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top five combinations of artist and song were selected by a public vote for a second round of voting, during which the public again determined the winner of Misión Eurovisión 2007.

The members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the performances during all shows were:

• Massiel – Singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
• Mikel Herzog – Singer-songwriter, represented Spain in the 1998 contest

On 14 November 2006, a submission period was open for artists and songwriters to separately submit their applications and entries until 15 January 2007 and 30 December 2006 respectively. Performer auditions took place in Madrid and Seville where 680 candidates participated. 60 were shortlisted for a final audition round, where the fifty-seven contestants for Misión Eurovisión 2007 were selected.[2] 1,001 songs were received at the conclusion of the submission period, and an evaluation committee shortlisted fifteen songs for an Internet vote.[3]

The fifteen shortlisted songs for the Internet vote were revealed via the Misión Eurovisión official website on 15 January 2007 and Internet users had until 21 January 2007 to vote for their favourite songs.[4] On 24 January 2007, the five songs with the most votes qualified for the second round. An evaluation committee evaluated the remaining songs and selected five additional songs for the second round.[5] In the second round, Internet users had between 24 and 28 January 2007 to vote for their favourite songs. On 29 January 2007, the three songs with the most votes qualified for the final of Misión Eurovisión 2007 and the evaluation committee selected two additional entries for the final from the remaining songs.[6][7]

The final took place on 24 February 2007. The winner was selected over two rounds of public voting. In the first round, each finalist performed abridged versions of "La reina de la noche", "I Love You Mi Vida", "Una lagrima", "Tu voz se apagará", and "Busco un hombre/chica" were performed and the top five combinations of artist and song advanced to the second round, the superfinal, based on the actual voting figures: "Busco una chica" performed by Nash, "Busco un hombre" performed by Nazaret, "I Love You Mi Vida" performed by Nash, "La reina de la noche" performed by Mirela, and "Tu voz se apagará" performed by Nazaret. In the super final, the winner, "I Love You Mi Vida" performed by NASH, was selected by regional televoting.[8]