Bandido (song)
 "Bandido" |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1990 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) |
Antonia Salazar
Encarnación Salazar |
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| Composer(s) |
Raúl Orellana, Jaime Stinus
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| Lyricist(s) |
José Luis Abel
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| Conductor |
Eduardo Leyva
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result |
5th
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| Final points |
96
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Nacida para amar" (1989) | |
| "Bailar pegados" (1991) ► | |
"Bandido" (Spanish pronunciation: [banˈdiðo], "Bandit"), written by José Luis Abel and composed by Raúl Orellana and Jaime Stinus, was Spain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, performed by the sister duo Azúcar Moreno. It was covered by Aşkın Nur Yengi, Turkish singer as "Zehir Gibisin" ("You're like a poison" in Turkish) in her second album, Hesap Ver (Explain in Turkish), which was released in 1991.
Televisión Española (TVE), the national broadcaster of Spain, used an internal selection process to choose Azúcar Moreno, who were becoming popular by combining traditional Spanish flamenco roots with urban contemporary musical styles, in this case electronic music. The song chosen to go with them to Zagreb, Croatia (then Yugoslavia), "Bandido", was produced by Raúl Orellana, one of the most respected dance music producers in Spain. The studio recording includes the spoken intro "Ladies and gentlemen, it's showtime at the Apollo Theater. Everybody, the hardest-working man in show business", sampled from James Brown's 1963 album Live at the Apollo.
At Zagreb, the song was performed first on the night, preceding Greece's Christos Callow and Wave with "Horis Skopo". At the end of judging that evening, "Bandido" took the fifth place slot with 96 points. Germany was the only country to award Spain with the 12 points that evening, the highest amount possible from a country. This was however a considerably better result than the last time Spain sent a flamenco influenced song to the Contest; in 1983 Remedios Amaya's "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" finished last with a grand total of 0 points.
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