Melody’s song “Esa Diva” achieved gold in the Spanish charts on the 8th of April, with the song surpassing 20,000 copies sold by that date.
Esa Diva hits gold
“Esa Diva” was released as Spain’s 2025 Eurovision entry, performed by Melody, who had then won Benidorm Festival with her scoring 150 points to take away the win. The song had hit and surpassed the 20,000 copies from 28 February – 6 March 2025. On the 2nd of February, after Melody had won Benidorm Festival, she hit 142,336 streams on Spotify and charted at #40 on the Spotify Daily Spain Chart, and the song stayed in the top 100 several days after its debut.
Spanish Eurovision artists hit gold and more
Many other Spanish Eurovision artists were able to meet gold. Chanel was able to hit Gold with her song Slomo along with hitting the Platinum certification as she hit 240,000 sold units, Barei who took part in Eurovision 2016 with the song Say Yay! which hit gold selling 20,000 by June 2016 and Ruth Lorenzo who took part in Eurovision 2014 with the song Dancing in the Rain which hit Gold status in the week of the 2nd–8th of May 2014.
Spain’s Eurovision Journey
Spain debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 with Conchita Bautista’s “Estando Contigo”. The country earned its first win in 1968 with Massiel’s “La La La”, and won again in 1969 with Salome’s “Vivo Cantando” in an infamous four-way tie. Although they have yet to win again, Spain earned several 2nd place finishes, most famously with Mocedades’ “Eres tu” in 1973 and Anabel Conde’s “Vuelve conmigo” in 1996.
In 2024, Spain selected Nebulossa. As part of the Big 5, Nebulossa did not need to qualify to the Grand Final from the semi-finals. At the close of voting, their song “ZORRA” finished 22nd, with a total of 30 points. Of these, 19 points came from the jury, whilst 11 came from the televote.
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News Source: Portal De Musica
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