The Spanish participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), organised the national final Destino Eurovisión in order to select its entry for the contest.

Three acts ultimately qualified to compete in the televised final where an in-studio jury and a public televote selected "Que me quiten lo bailao" performed by Lucía Pérez as the winner.

As a member of the "Big Five", Spain automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

They have also finished second four times, with "En un mundo nuevo" by Karina in 1971, "Eres tú" by Mocedades in 1973, "Su canción" by Betty Missiego in 1979, and "Vuelve conmigo" by Anabel Conde in 1995.

[3] Destino Eurovisión was the national final organised by RTVE that took place from 28 January 2011 to 18 February 2011 at the TVE studios in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona), hosted by Anne Igartiburu with Daniel Diges who represented Spain in the 2010 contest acting as the green room host.

In the final, each of the remaining three contestants performed three candidate Eurovision songs with the winner being decided upon over two rounds of voting.

[10] Two separate submission periods were opened from 15 November 2010 until 12 December 2010 for artists and songwriters to submit their applications and songs.

[15][16][17] Among the competing artists was Dani Fernández (member of Auryn) who represented Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006.

The five members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the entries during the show were Albert Hammond (singer-songwriter, music producer), Sole Giménez (singer), Reyes del Amor (expert specializing in the Eurovision Song Contest), David Ascanio (singer-songwriter) and Boris Izaguirre (television presenter, screenwriter, journalist).

[24] In the second round, the winner, "Que me quiten lo bailao" performed by Lucía Pérez, was selected exclusively through a public televote.

[10] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

The Spanish performance featured Lucía Pérez performing a choreographed dance routine on stage wearing a short pink dress with black inlays together with two backing vocalists and three dancers all dressed in white, with the outfits of the dancers equipped with LEDs that light up.

The five backing performers that joined Lucía Pérez were Cristina Domínguez, Sandra Borrego, Amaury Reinoso, Juan Francisco Solsona "Nito" and Ginés Cano.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.