Editing Melody (Spanish singer) (section)

=== 2009: Eurovision Song Contest 2009 preliminaries ===
{{main|Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009}}
At the end of 2008, Melody collaborated with Los Vivancos,<ref name="Así ha cambiado Melody: De 'El baile del gorila' a 'Parapapá'" /> a flamenco dance group,<ref name="LR | Noticia | Los Vivancos dejan plantada a Melody">{{cite web|url=http://www.laregion.es/noticia/82366/eurovisión/melody/vivancos/dejan/plantada/clasificación|title=Los Vivancos dejan plantada a Melody|website=La Región|date=February 18, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227091405/http://www.laregion.es/noticia/82366/eurovisi%C3%B3n/melody/vivancos/dejan/plantada/clasificaci%C3%B3n|archivedate=February 27, 2009|accessdate=November 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Los Vivancos dejan plantada a Melody en la final de Eurovisión | elmundo.es" /> on a song titled "{{lang|es|Amante de la luna|i=no}}",<ref name="Así ha cambiado Melody: De 'El baile del gorila' a 'Parapapá'" /> which was written by [[Manolo Carrasco]] and [[Fernando Bermúdez]].<ref name="Los Vivancos abandonan a Melody en la recta final de Eurovisión">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abci-vivancos-abandonan-melody-recta-final-eurovision-200902180300-913212582589_noticia.html|title=Los Vivancos abandonan a Melody en la recta final de Eurovisión|date=February 18, 2009|website=abc}}</ref>

Melody and Los Vivancos entered the {{esccnty|Spain|y=2009|t=Spanish national pre-selection}} for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]], to be held in Moscow.<ref name="Así ha cambiado Melody: De 'El baile del gorila' a 'Parapapá'" /><ref name="Eurovision Melody and the Vivancos bid to represent Spain - ESCToday.com">{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/12785/melody_and_the_vivancos__bid_to_represent_spain/|title=Eurovision Melody and the Vivancos bid to represent Spain|website=ESCToday.com|date=December 24, 2008|accessdate=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107100600/http://esctoday.com/12785/melody_and_the_vivancos__bid_to_represent_spain/|archive-date=November 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The selection process was organized by {{lang|es|[[RTVE|Radiotelevisión Española]]|i=no}} (RTVE) and began with an online vote on the RTVE website,<ref name="¡Ya conocemos a los 50 candidatos de la preselección de Eurovisión! - RTVE.es" /><ref name="Soraya, Mirela y Melody, las más votadas al alcanzarse 100.000 votos en 13 horas">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision-spain.com/iphp/noticia.php?numero=4987&&|title=Soraya, Mirela y Melody, las más votadas al alcanzarse 100.000 votos en 13 horas|website=www.eurovision-spain.com|date=December 20, 2008|accessdate=November 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Eurovision Melody and the Vivancos bid to represent Spain - ESCToday.com" /> which Melody and Los Vivancos won with 208,481 votes and advanced directly to the semifinals.<ref name="¡Ya conocemos a los 50 candidatos de la preselección de Eurovisión! - RTVE.es">{{cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/television/20090119/ya-conocemos-50-candidatos-preseleccion-eurovision/221691.shtml|title=¡Ya conocemos a los 50 candidatos de la preselección de Eurovisión!|website=[[RTVE|RTVE.es]]|date=January 19, 2009|accessdate=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107100601/http://www.rtve.es/television/20090119/ya-conocemos-50-candidatos-preseleccion-eurovision/221691.shtml|archive-date=November 7, 2019|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision-spain.com/iphp/noticia.php?numero=5136|title=Solydo estará en las semifinales y Oskee pasa a los castings|website=www.eurovision-spain.com|date=January 21, 2009|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122202901/http://eurovision-spain.com/iphp/noticia.php?numero=5136|archive-date=January 22, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 14 February 2009, they performed in the first of three semifinals and, having received the maximum support from the jury (12 points) and the highest score from the viewers (12 points), finished first and advanced directly to the final.<ref name="Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | News - Spain: Los Vivancos withdraw from Eurovision selection">{{Cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/13236/replay_first_semifinal_in_spain/|title=Eurovision Replay: First semifinal in Spain - ESCToday.com|date=February 14, 2009|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815180227/http://esctoday.com/13236/replay_first_semifinal_in_spain/|archive-date=August 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In the final, held on 28 February 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/spain-will-anyone-beat-soraya-or-melody|title=Spain: Will anyone beat Soraya or Melody?|website=[[Eurovision Song Contest]]|date=February 28, 2009|accessdate=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624182751/https://eurovision.tv/story/spain-will-anyone-beat-soraya-or-melody|archive-date=June 24, 2019|url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/2009-02-27/tve-elige-al-representante-espanol-para-eurovision-soraya-o-melody_519144/|title=TVE elige al representante español para Eurovisión: ¿Soraya o Melody?|date=February 27, 2009|website=El Confidencial|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205075234/https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/2009-02-27/tve-elige-al-representante-espanol-para-eurovision-soraya-o-melody_519144/|archive-date=December 5, 2019|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/2009-02-24/tve-precipita-el-final-de-las-galas-de-eurovision-por-los-nefastos-resultados-de-audiencia_395517/|title=TVE precipita el final de las galas de Eurovisión por los nefastos resultados de audiencia|website=El Confidencial|date=February 24, 2009|accessdate=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205075917/https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/2009-02-24/tve-precipita-el-final-de-las-galas-de-eurovision-por-los-nefastos-resultados-de-audiencia_395517/|archive-date=December 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Melody, this time on her own after Los Vivancos' withdrawal,<ref name="Los Vivancos dejan plantada a Melody en la final de Eurovisión | elmundo.es">{{cite web|url=http://elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/02/18/television/1234955677.html|title=Los Vivancos dejan plantada a Melody en la final de Eurovisión|website=[[elmundo.es]]|date=February 18, 2009|accessdate=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107014523/https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/02/18/television/1234955677.html|archive-date=November 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> received the same number of points (22) as [[Soraya Arnelas|Soraya]] with her song "[[La noche es para mí]]", but it was Soraya who was declared the winner because she scored higher in the televote.<ref name="Spain choose Soraya for Moscow - Eurovision Song Contest">{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/spain-choose-soraya-for-moscow|title=Spain choose Soraya for Moscow – Eurovision Song Contest|publisher=EBU|date=March 1, 2009|accessdate=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624182613/https://eurovision.tv/story/spain-choose-soraya-for-moscow|archive-date=June 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Spain: Soraya wins ticket for Moscow after a tied first position - EuroVisionary - Eurovision news worth reading">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/spain-soraya-wins-ticket-moscow-after-tied-first-position|title=Spain: Soraya wins ticket for Moscow after a tied first position|website=EuroVisionary|date=March 1, 2019|accessdate=November 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107123300/https://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/spain-soraya-wins-ticket-moscow-after-tied-first-position|archive-date=November 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/abci-soraya-vence-melody-duelo-eurovision-200903010300-913449593466_noticia.html|title=Soraya vence a Melody en el duelo por Eurovisión|date=March 1, 2009|website=abc}}</ref>