.Lucia Perez fills the column inches just with the song title in 2011. It's called (deep breath...) "Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao - They Can't Take The Fun Away From Me". Read more here, but I have very little room to write anything else now apart from to say it's a bit sh..
Daniel Diges for Spain with "Algo pequeñito" or Something Tiny. In this case it's the chances of Spain of winning. Read about their 2010 effort here
Soraya Arnelas or Soraya to you and I will represent Spain in 2009 after every single Spaniard, man woman and baby, wrote a song and put it on the web. The song is "La noche es para mi". It's mostly sung in English, it's written by Greeks, and it's here
Ha Ha. Spain played a blinder this year, by inviting all-comers to register on myspace and enter their songs for all to see. Not only did that entertain sadomasochistic Eurofans everywhere, but also the final winner turned out to be Rodolfo Chikilicautre, a teddy boy loon and his simple backing dancers, offering a novelty record with mere local appeal. Learn about him here

The Tourist Guide says

"A trip to Spain is a celebration of diversity, an opportunity to enjoy our excellent climate, excellent cuisine, and joie de vivre. But also, it is a chance to discover our exceptional monumental heritage; to experience our unique, dazzling natural environment; to become acquainted with the customs of our people, and to share with them their holiday celebrations and popular traditions. Taking a trip to Spain means to live an experience that you will never forget."

 


Madrid

"One cannot help but notice the green blotch on a map of Madrid. Parque Del Retiro is more than a nature walk. In fact, many visitors return several times during their stay for the ever-changing offerings of street performers, boating, skating, and puppet shows.
The city offers many interesting museums, with the world-famous Prado National Museum leading the way with massive collections of Goya and Velázquez."

There are calls for a Spanish-language website which predicts the date and manner of its of users' deaths to be shut down.
The predictions are based on responses to 23 questions like Do you like driving fast? Have you ever considered suicide? And do you own a firearm?
Users have been told they won't come out of a coma, they will kill themselves drink-driving and that they will be killed in a terrorist attack. The website's designers at Sycn Internaiment of Zaragoza claim that by answering truthfully users will get the answer to one of mankind's most frequently asked questions.
The site has proved a hit in South America but has also caused controversy. One 14-year-old Chilean schoolgirl was told: "You will die in 2018 slashing your wrists in front of a mirror." Another girl said she had nightmares after reading she would be strangled by a psychopath.
to come

A Spanish aristocrat has become the first person to cross the Atlantic by jet ski. Alvaro De Marichalar landed on Miami beach four months after setting off from Rome. He spent an average 12 hours a day on the water and slept on a support boat, never stepping ashore. Count Alvaro, brother-in-law of Princess Elena of Spain, drank milkshakes and ate grapes and bananas to keep up his strength. He told the Miami Herald the hardest part of the challenge was the cold weather and 18-foot waves. Count Alvaro stood up on the jet ski for most of the journey to prevent possible injury to his spine.

The 16th century Escorial palace of King Phillip II of Spain had 2673 doors. So there.

Rita Hayworth, Pedro Almodovar, Fernando Rey, Julio Inglesias, 
Salvador Dali, Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, El Greco,
Diego Velazquez, El Cid

Marcus Aurelius, Hadrian, Pontius Pilate

Miguel Indurain, Severiano Ballesteros

 
 

Life expectancy

 75.63 men 82.76 women
Airports 156
Radios 333per 1,000 people
Internet Users 717.9 per 10,000 people
Railway Network 9,552 miles
Death Penalty abolished in 1995