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

Five artists and songs competed in the televised show where an in-studio jury and a public televote selected "Dancing in the Rain" performed by Ruth Lorenzo as the winner.

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] Mira quién va a Eurovisión was the national final organised by RTVE that took place on 22 February 2014 at the TVE studios in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona), hosted by Anne Igartiburu.

The running order for the five participating entries was determined during a press conference held at the RTVE Torrespaña premises in Madrid on 18 February 2014.

[9] The winner, "Dancing in the Rain" performed by Ruth Lorenzo, was selected through the combination of the votes of an in-studio jury (50%) and a public televote (50%).

[12] The three members of the in-studio jury that evaluated the entries during the final were:[13] The official video of the song, directed by Paloma Zapata, was filmed in March 2014 at the Fabra i Coats factory in Barcelona which featured an appearance by dancer Giuseppe Di Bella.

[14] Ruth Lorenzo made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Dancing in the Rain" as the Spanish Eurovision entry.

On 5 April, Ruth Lorenzo performed "Dancing in the Rain" during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Sandra Reemer.

[29] The stage was predominantly blue with the cube structure displaying moving light effects that resembled falling raindrops.

"[32] An additional four off-stage backing vocalists were also part of the performance: Mey Green, Sandra Borrego, Aiwinnie MyBaby and Alana Sinkëy.

The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

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.