Conchita Bautista

María Concepción Bautista Fernández (born 27 October 1936), better known as Conchita Bautista , is a Spanish singer and actress. She in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 and .

Bautista moved from her native Andalusia to Madrid in her teens and quickly established herself as an actress, appearing in a number of films in the 1950s. At the same time she was earning a reputation as an interpreter of Andalusian music and gained a recording contract with the Columbia label.

On 13–14 February 1961, Bautista took part in the for the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 with the song "Estando contigo", which was chosen as the Spanish debut entry in the contest. On 18 March, she performed "Estando contigo" as the opening song in Cannes, France, and at the end of voting she placed ninth of the 16 entries.

On 7 February 1965, Bautista came through a very convoluted to win the Spanish ticket for a second time for the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with "Qué bueno, qué bueno". On 20 March, in Naples, "Qué bueno, qué bueno" was one of four songs (along with those from , , and ) which failed to score, representing Spain's second nul points following Víctor Balaguer in .

In later years, Bautista forged a successful recording and touring career in Latin America, Italy, Greece, and Turkey as well as in Spain.

Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1955 The Moorish Queen Laura 1958 Vengeance Singer 1958 La novia de Juan Lucero 1962 Escuela de seductoras 1964 La Boda 1971 A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa