Conception "Dime" was composed by Jesús María Pérez with lyrics by Amaya Martínez.
Eurovision Between 10 and 17 February 2003, (TVE) produced a to select its song and performer for the of the
Eurovision Song Contest in which the top three finishers –
Ainhoa,
Manuel Carrasco, and
Beth– from the
second season of
Operación Triunfo competed with three songs each. "Dime" won the competition so it became the , and Beth the performer, for Eurovision. The final version of the song was released on 13 April 2003 and was included in Beth's first studio album
Otra realidad released on 23 April 2003. The promotional video of the song was filmed in
Barcelona on location in landmarks by architect
Antoni Gaudí. On 24 May 2003, the Eurovision Song Contest was held in the
Skonto Hall in
Riga hosted by
Latvian Television (LTV) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Beth performed "Dime" twelfth on the evening, following 's "
Ne Ver', Ne Boysia" by
t.A.T.u., and preceding 's "
Milim La'ahava" by
Lior Narkis. At the close of voting, the song had received 81 points, placing eighth in a field of twenty-six. It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the by "
Para llenarme de ti" by
Ramón. During the Eurovision competition, "Dime" won the Fan Award at the
Marcel Bezençon Awards.
Aftermath Despite the success that "Dime" had, Beth soon removed it from her repertoire since she did not like it and did not sing it again for twenty years. It was not until 25 March 2023 at the
BCN Eurovisión Party held at the
Sant Jordi Club in Barcelona, that she sang it again in public for its 20th anniversary. On 9 May 2023,
RTVE Play released a documentary feature titled
Dime. Historia de una canción recounting the story of the song and all the preparations for this performance. ==Charts==