Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest
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{{Infobox song contest country
| Name = Andorra
| Contest = ESC
| Member station = {{lang|ca|Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra|i=unset}} (RTVA)
| ESC apps = 6 (0 finals)
| ESC first = {{Escyr|2004}}
| ESC last = {{Escyr|2009}}
| ESC best = 12th semi-final: {{Escyr|2007}}
| Current = 2009
}}
Andorra has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest six times, debuting in the {{Escyr|2004||2004 contest}} and participating every year thereafter until the {{Escyr|2009||2009 contest}}. The Andorran participating broadcaster in the contest is {{lang|ca|Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra|i=unset}} (RTVA). To date, Andorra remains the only nation to have never competed in a final, with its best result being a 12th-place finish in the {{Escyr|2007||2007 contest}}'s semi-final. Andorra withdrew from the contest following its 2009 appearance, with RTVA citing financial difficulties as the reason for its withdrawal. The country has not entered the contest again since. Interest in the contest has, however, remained high in the country, while statements from the Andorran government and broadcaster indicated that a future return was possible, depending on financial backing.
RTVA used a mixture of methods to select its entrants in the years it competed, employing a national final for {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2004|t=2004}}, {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2005|t=2005}}, and {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2009|t=2009}} and selecting internally between {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2006|t=2006}} and {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2008|t=2008}}. A televote was principally used to determine the nation's points, however, due to the country's small population, on occasion a jury was required as the number of votes received from the Andorran public was deemed too low to be considered valid.
Contest history
Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is open to members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU),{{Cite web |title=Which countries can take part? |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/about/which-countries-can-take-part#Which%20countries? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317083448/https://eurovision.tv/page/about/which-countries-can-take-part#Which%20countries? |archive-date=17 March 2017 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} of which {{lang|ca|Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra|i=unset}} (RTVA) is a member since 2002.{{Cite web |date=19 July 2002 |title=EBU.ch :: EBU News–2002_07_19 |url=http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/news/archives/2002/press_breves_andorra_tv.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807214836/http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/news/archives/2002/press_breves_andorra_tv.php |archive-date=7 August 2007 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} Interest in Andorran participation in the contest was first raised in 2003, when the country's then-head of government Marc Forné Molné indicated his agreement for the country to enter the contest, seeing it as a way to raise their profile at a reasonable cost.{{Cite web |date=16 March 2003 |title=El cap del govern, Marc Forné, partidari que Andorra participi en el festival d'Eurovisió |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/el-cap-del-govern-marc-forne-partidari-que-andorra-participi-en-el-festival-deurovisio/noticia/31663/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123131225/https://www.ccma.cat/324/el-cap-del-govern-marc-forne-partidari-que-andorra-participi-en-el-festival-deurovisio/noticia/31663/ |archive-date=23 November 2017 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA) |language=Catalan}}{{Cite web |last=Opheim |first=Bjørn Erik |date=6 March 2003 |title=Andorra prepares for Eurovision Song Contest 2004 |url=http://esctoday.com/1375/andorra_prepares_for_eurovision_song_contest_2004/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108223233/http://esctoday.com/1375/andorra_prepares_for_eurovision_song_contest_2004/ |archive-date=8 November 2014 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} {{lang|ca|Andorra Televisió|i=unset}} subsequently broadcast {{Escyr|2003||that year's contest}} as a passive participant, a prerequisite step for participation in the following year's event under the rules of the contest in place at the time.{{Cite web |title=ATV Eurovisió |url=http://www.rtvasa.ad:80/ATVeurovisio/pagines/eur_2003.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031009183300/http://www.rtvasa.ad/ATVeurovisio/pagines/eur_2003.htm |archive-date=9 October 2003 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra |language=Catalan}}{{Cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse |date=17 April 2003 |title=Andorra to Eurovision next year anyway? |url=http://esctoday.com/1469/andorra_to_eurovision_next_year_anyway/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728192755/http://esctoday.com/1469/andorra_to_eurovision_next_year_anyway/ |archive-date=28 July 2014 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite web |title=Rules of the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2003.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127003002/http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2003.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2021 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} RTVA later confirmed its intention to submit an entry for the {{Escyr|2004||2004 contest}}, with backing from the Andorran government and an assurance that the Catalan language would be represented in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time.{{Cite web |date=27 March 2003 |title=El català serà present en el Festival d'Eurovisió del 2004 amb la participació d'Andorra |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/el-catala-sera-present-en-el-festival-deurovisio-del-2004-amb-la-participacio-dandorra/noticia/32636/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121092349/https://www.ccma.cat/324/el-catala-sera-present-en-el-festival-deurovisio-del-2004-amb-la-participacio-dandorra/noticia/32636/ |archive-date=21 November 2017 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA) |language=Catalan}}{{Cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse |date=2 July 2003 |title=Andorra to Eurovision Song Contest 2004 |url=http://esctoday.com/1708/update_andorra_to_eurovision_song_contest_2004/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728192748/http://esctoday.com/1708/update_andorra_to_eurovision_song_contest_2004/ |archive-date=28 July 2014 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}
File:JenniferSerrano (cropped).jpg (pictured in 2018) represented Andorra in 2006.]]
For its first Eurovision appearance, an agreement was announced between RTVA and {{lang|ca|Televisió de Catalunya|i=unset}} (TVC) to jointly organise Andorra's first national final, with viewers in Catalonia being given a say in who should represent the country in the {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2004|t=2004 contest}}.{{Cite web |date=24 November 2003 |title=Els espectadors de TVC i d'Andorra TV triaran el representant del país pirinenc a Eurovisió |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/els-espectadors-de-tvc-i-dandorra-tv-triaran-el-representant-del-pais-pirinenc-a-eurovisio/noticia/52045/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119190458/https://www.ccma.cat/324/els-espectadors-de-tvc-i-dandorra-tv-triaran-el-representant-del-pais-pirinenc-a-eurovisio/noticia/52045/ |archive-date=19 November 2017 |access-date=23 March 2021 |publisher=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA) |language=Catalan}}{{Cite web |title=Informació del programa–12 punts |url=https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/12-punts/programa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210012346/https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/12-punts/programa/ |archive-date=10 December 2020 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA) |language=Catalan}} Viewers and an assembled jury subsequently chose Marta Roure with "Jugarem a estimar-nos" as Andorra's first entry;{{Cite web |last=Barak |first=Itamar |date=16 March 2004 |title=Marta Roure first Andorran entrant ever |url=http://esctoday.com/2355/marta_roure_first_andorran_entrant_ever/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808062243/http://esctoday.com/2355/marta_roure_first_andorran_entrant_ever/ |archive-date=8 August 2014 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite web |date=16 March 2004 |title=Marta Roure, amb "Jugarem a estimar-nos", serà la primera que cantarà en català a Eurovisió |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/marta-roure-amb-jugarem-a-estimar-nos-sera-la-primera-que-cantara-en-catala-a-eurovisio/noticia/61042/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805111651/https://www.ccma.cat/324/marta-roure-amb-jugarem-a-estimar-nos-sera-la-primera-que-cantara-en-catala-a-eurovisio/noticia/61042/ |archive-date=5 August 2020 |access-date=27 March 2021 |publisher=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA) |language=Catalan}} ultimately the nation did not fare well, placing 18th of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final, receiving 12 points in total, all from {{Esccnty|Spain}}, and failing to qualify for the grand final.{{Cite web |title=Results of the Semi-Final of Istanbul 2004 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/istanbul-2004/semi-final/results/andorra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324194249/https://eurovision.tv/event/istanbul-2004/semi-final/results/andorra |archive-date=24 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} After debating employing an internal selection to determine Andorra's second entry, a second national final was organised ahead of the {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2005|t=2005 contest}}.{{Cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse |date=20 October 2004 |title=Andorra to use easier selection format in 2005 |url=http://esctoday.com/3247/andorra_to_use_easier_selection_format_in_2005/page/2155/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118133122/http://esctoday.com/3247/andorra_to_use_easier_selection_format_in_2005/ |archive-date=18 November 2015 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} Marian van de Wal was chosen to perform "La mirada interior" at the contest, however Andorra once again failed to qualify for the final, placing 23rd of 25 countries in the 2005 semi-final with 27 points.{{Cite web |last=Philips |first=Roel |date=19 December 2004 |title=Marian van de Wal to represent Andorra |url=http://esctoday.com/3508/marian_van_de_wal_to_represent_andorra/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419213154/http://esctoday.com/3508/marian_van_de_wal_to_represent_andorra/ |archive-date=19 April 2014 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite web |title=Results of the Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2005/semi-final/results/andorra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324201747/https://eurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2005/semi-final/results/andorra |archive-date=24 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}
RTVA initiated an internal selection to determine its entry for the {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2006|t=2006 contest}}, selecting "Sense tu" performed by Jenny;{{Cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse |date=9 March 2006 |title=Jenny to represent Andorra |url=http://esctoday.com/5735/jenny_to_represent_andorra/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324203850/http://esctoday.com/5735/jenny_to_represent_andorra/ |archive-date=24 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} the nation's third appearance would bring its worst result to date, placing last in the semi-final and receiving just eight points.{{Cite web |title=Semi-Final of Athens 2006 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/athens-2006/semi-final |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327220057/https://eurovision.tv/event/athens-2006/semi-final |archive-date=27 March 2021 |access-date=27 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} Further internal selections followed in {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2007|t=2007}} and {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2008|t=2008}}, however neither Anonymous nor Gisela could bring Andorra to the final in either of the contests.{{Cite web |title=Andorra–Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/andorra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316152037/https://eurovision.tv/country/andorra |archive-date=16 March 2021 |access-date=22 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}{{Cite web |last=Royston |first=Benny |date=15 January 2007 |title=Andorra: Anonymous to Helsinki |url=http://esctoday.com/7258/andorra_anonymous_to_helsinki/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730230316/http://esctoday.com/7258/andorra_anonymous_to_helsinki/ |archive-date=30 July 2019 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite web |last=Hondal |first=Victor |date=10 December 2007 |title=Gisela officially presented as Andorra's entrant |url=http://esctoday.com/9852/gisela_officially_presented_as_andorras_entrant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060917/http://esctoday.com/9852/gisela_officially_presented_as_andorras_entrant/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} RTVA reverted to a national final for the {{Esccnty|Andorra|y=2009|t=2009 contest}}, with Susanne Georgi selected by the Andorran public and jury to represent the country with "La teva decisió (Get a Life)";{{Cite web |last=Klier |first=Marcus |date=4 February 2009 |title=Andorra: Susanna Georgi to Eurovision |url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13156 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205221918/http://esctoday.com/news/read/13156 |archive-date=5 February 2009 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite news |date=5 February 2009 |title=Susanna Georgi representarà Andorra a Eurovisió |work=Enderrock |url=https://www.enderrock.cat/noticia/2656/susanna-georgi-representar-agrave-andorra-eurovisi-oacute |url-status=live |access-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324210921/https://www.enderrock.cat/noticia/2656/susanna-georgi-representar-agrave-andorra-eurovisi-oacute |archive-date=24 March 2021}} on its sixth appearance, Andorra continued to fail to pass through the semi-final, placing 15th in the first semi-final with eight points and failing to qualify for the final.{{Cite web |title=Results of the First Semi-Final of Moscow 2009 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009/first-semi-final/results/andorra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325195357/https://eurovision.tv/event/moscow-2009/first-semi-final/results/andorra |archive-date=25 March 2021 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} After initially applying to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, RTVA subsequently announced its withdrawal from the contest, citing financial difficulties.{{Cite web |last=Hondal |first=Victor |date=12 December 2009 |title=Definitely, no Andorra in Oslo |url=http://esctoday.com/14611/definitely_no_andorra_in_oslo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004013613/http://www.esctoday.com/14611/definitely_no_andorra_in_oslo/ |archive-date=4 October 2015 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}
File:Susanne Georgi Andorra Eurovision 2009.jpg and backing singers at the 2009 contest]]
Budget restrictions have continued to prevent Andorra from returning to the contest, with RTVA having previously considered leaving the EBU in order to recoup costs, which would have prevented any further Andorran participation in the event.{{Cite web |last=Jiandani |first=Sergio |date=6 October 2010 |title=Confirmed: Andorra will not return in 2011 |url=http://esctoday.com/16164/confirmed_andorra_will_not_return_in_2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016171313/http://esctoday.com/16164/confirmed_andorra_will_not_return_in_2011 |archive-date=16 October 2017 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite web |last=Hondal |first=Victor |date=8 November 2011 |title=Andorra to quit EBU |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17799 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111005048/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17799 |archive-date=11 November 2011 |access-date=27 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite web |last=Hondal |first=Victor |date=20 June 2013 |title=Andorra to stay in EBU, no Eurovision return planned |url=http://esctoday.com/36855/andorra-to-stay-in-ebu-no-eurovision-return-expected |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912055904/http://www.esctoday.com/36855/andorra-to-stay-in-ebu-no-eurovision-return-expected/ |archive-date=12 September 2013 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} In recent years, renewed interest in the contest has been reported among some members of the Andorran government, with past Andorran Eurovision artists having also been vocal in their support for a return of the nation to the contest.{{Cite news |last=Cava |first=Joel |date=20 November 2019 |title=Andorra fa números per tornar a Eurovisió |language=Catalan |work=El Nacional |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/enblau/ca/televisio/andorra-festival-eurovisio_443676_102.html |url-status=live |access-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121111359/https://www.elnacional.cat/enblau/ca/televisio/andorra-festival-eurovisio_443676_102.html |archive-date=21 November 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Fuster |first=Luis |date=21 November 2019 |title=La seva decisió–Andorra's government is reportedly willing to support a return to Eurovision |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2019/11/21/andorra-come-back-to-eurovision/245633/ |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Wiwibloggs}} Georgi, Andorra's last participant, also started a campaign to secure a potential sponsorship which would enable Andorra to return to the contest and lobbied with Andorran politicians on this idea.{{Cite web |last=Cortiles |first=Elisabet |date=19 May 2020 |title=Una empresa estrangera finançaria la participació d'Andorra a Eurovisió |url=https://www.ara.ad/societat/estrangera-financaria-participacio-andorra-eurovisio_1_1152292.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203021258/https://www.ara.ad/societat/estrangera-financaria-participacio-andorra-eurovisio_1_1152292.html |archive-date=3 February 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Ara Andorra |language=Catalan}}{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Tom |date=23 May 2020 |title=Susanne Georgi states she has secured funding for Andorra's participation |url=https://escxtra.com/2020/05/23/susanne-georgi-andorra-funding/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602080841/https://escxtra.com/2020/05/23/susanne-georgi-andorra-funding/ |archive-date=2 June 2020 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCXtra}} Andorra is the only country to have never participated in a final to date; 2007 remains the country's best result to date, when Anonymous placed 12th in {{Escyr|2007||that year's semi-final}} with 80 points, 11 points away from qualifying.{{Cite web |date=25 July 2012 |title=A look back at Andorra |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/a-look-back-at-andorra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324052935/https://eurovision.tv/story/a-look-back-at-andorra |archive-date=24 March 2019 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}
= Selection process =
Andorra has used a mix of methods to select its entries for the contest, having employed both national finals and internal selections. For its debut entry, RTVA launched a casting show, {{lang|ca|Eurocàsting}}, to determine two acts to take part in the national final.{{Cite web |last=Rodrigues |first=André |date=15 October 2003 |title=Eurocasting 2004: Casting in Andorra |url=http://esctoday.com/1862/eurocasting_2004_casting_in_andorra/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102170230/http://esctoday.com/1862/eurocasting_2004_casting_in_andorra/ |archive-date=2 November 2014 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}{{Cite news |date=26 October 2003 |title=Comencen les proves per triar el representant d'Andorra a Eurovisió |language=Catalan |publisher=Racó Català |url=https://www.racocatala.cat/articles/2872 |access-date=24 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212111527/http://www.racocatala.cat/noticia/2872/comencen-proves-triar-representant-dandorra-eurovisio |archive-date=12 December 2013}} The selected acts performed 12 potential Eurovision songs over nine weeks on {{lang|ca|12 punts}}, with songs being eliminated weekly until the winning song and artist was determined in the final show.{{Cite web |title=Information about the national selection process in Andorra |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/english/463.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611151351/http://www.eurovision.tv/english/463.htm |archive-date=11 June 2004 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}} {{lang|ca|Eurocàsting}} returned in 2005, but with one winning artist selected to perform three songs in the single final show {{lang|ca|Desitja'm sort}}.{{Cite web |title=Andorra's national final |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/english/557.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050417235544/http://www.eurovision.tv/english/557.htm |archive-date=17 April 2005 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}}{{Cite web |last=Philips |first=Roel |date=23 January 2005 |title=La mirada interior is the Andorran song for Kiev |url=http://esctoday.com/3662/la_mirada_interior_is_the_andorran_song_for_kiev/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125121/http://esctoday.com/3662/la_mirada_interior_is_the_andorran_song_for_kiev/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} Following internal selections between 2006 and 2008, RTVA employed a televised competition again in 2009, with three acts competing in {{lang|ca|Passaport a Moscou}}.{{Cite web |last=Floras |first=Stella |date=11 January 2009 |title=Andorra: National final details announced |url=http://esctoday.com/12890/andorra_national_final_details_announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324205430/http://esctoday.com/12890/andorra_national_final_details_announced/ |archive-date=24 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}}
= Voting =
{{See also|Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest}}
In the years where Andorra participated, voting at the Eurovision Song Contest typically consisted of 100 percent public televoting, with countries obligated to use televoting as the method for determining their points from the 2004 contest.{{Cite web |title=Rules of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2004.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050525073534/http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2004.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2005 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} However, each country was obligated to assemble a back-up jury, whose votes would be used instead of the televote in cases of technical failure, or from 2005 when the number of televotes registered failed to pass a certain threshold.{{Cite web |date=27 December 2009 |title=The end of a decade: Kyiv 2005 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/the-end-of-a-decade-kyiv-2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508034714/https://eurovision.tv/story/the-end-of-a-decade-kyiv-2005 |archive-date=8 May 2017 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Eurovision Song Contest}} RTVA utilised SMS voting to determine the country's points during the shows in which Andorra participated, however on occasion the back-up jury results were required to be implemented as the number of votes received was considered too low to provide a valid result.{{Cite web |last=Philips |first=Roel |date=18 May 2005 |title=More information on the televoting |url=http://esctoday.com/4569/more_information_on_the_televoting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222105700/http://esctoday.com/4569/more_information_on_the_televoting/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} This occurred in 2005 and 2007, when the votes of Andorra's back-up jury were used instead to provide the Andorran votes in both the semi-final and final.{{Cite journal |last=Ulbricht |first=Alexej |last2=Sircar |first2=Indraneel |last3=Slootmaeckers |first3=Koen |date=2015 |title=Queer to be kind: Exploring Western media discourses about the "Eastern bloc" during the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests |url=https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/18353/1/A045E3E3-DC97-4F78-B9B8-0F12A4E49EDA.pdf |journal=Contemporary Southeastern Europe |publisher=City, University of London |volume=2 |pages=155–172 |access-date=27 March 2021 |quote=Serbia could not vote for itself, and Albania and Andorra relied on backup national juries.}}
Participation overview
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| Last place |
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| + Participation history{{Cite web |title=Andorra |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/andorra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602081641/https://eurovision.tv/country/andorra |archive-date=2 June 2022 |access-date=27 May 2023 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}} |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Language ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Final ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Points ! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Semi ! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2004}}
| {{sortname|Marta|Roure}} | "{{lang|ca|Jugarem a estimar-nos|i=unset}}" | Catalan{{Cite web |last=Philips |first=Roel |date=28 April 2004 |title=Marta Roure to defend the Catalan language |url=http://esctoday.com/2542/marta_roure_to_defend_the_catalan_language/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130010018/http://esctoday.com/2542/marta_roure_to_defend_the_catalan_language/ |archive-date=30 November 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021 |publisher=ESCToday}} | colspan="2" rowspan="6" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}} | style="text-align:center;" | 18 | style="text-align:center;" | 12 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2005}}
| {{sortname|Marian van de|Wal}} | "{{lang|ca|La mirada interior|i=unset}}" | style="text-align:center;" | 23 | style="text-align:center;" | 27 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2006}}
| Jenny | "{{lang|ca|Sense tu|i=unset}}" | style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080" | 23 ◁ | style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080" | 8 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2007}}
| "{{lang|ca|Salvem el món|i=unset}}" | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | style="text-align:center;" | 80 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2008}}
| Gisela | "Casanova" | style="text-align:center;" | 16 | style="text-align:center;" | 22 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2009}}
| {{sortname|Susanne|Georgi}} | "La teva decisió (Get a Life)" | style="text-align:center;" | 15 | style="text-align:center;" | 8 |
Related involvement
= Heads of delegation =
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.{{Cite news |title=Heads of Delegation |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers/heads-of-delegation/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526062756/https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers/heads-of-delegation/ |archive-date=26 May 2019}}
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|+Heads of delegation |
| scope="col" | Year
!scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|reference}} |
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| scope="row"|{{Escyr|2005}}–{{Escyr|2009}}
|Creu Rosell | style="text-align: center;" | {{Cite web |title=Europinions |url=http://andorradifusio.ad/emissions/europinions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419030358/http://andorradifusio.ad/emissions/europinions |archive-date=19 April 2014 |access-date=22 March 2021 |publisher=Andorra Difusió}} |
= Commentators and spokespersons =
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For the show's broadcast on {{lang|ca|Andorra Televisió|i=unset}} (ATV), various commentators have provided commentary for the contest in the local language. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.
Photo gallery
File:Marta Roure 2.jpg|Marta Roure in Istanbul ({{Escyr|2004}})
File:ESC 2005 Andorra Marian van de Wal (1).jpg|Marian van de Wal in Kyiv ({{Escyr|2005}})
File:ESC 2007 Andorra - Anonymous - Salvem el mon.jpg|Anonymous in Helsinki ({{Escyr|2007}})
File:Gisela eurovision 2008.jpg|Gisela in Belgrade ({{Escyr|2008}})
File:Susanne Georgi Andorra Eurovision 2009 (cropped).jpg|Susanne Georgi in Moscow ({{Escyr|2009}})
References
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{{Reflist}}
{{Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest}}
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