After closing the submission window last Tuesday, the Spanish broadcaster RTVE has announced that 825 songs were submitted for next year’s Benidorm Fest. According to the broadcaster, the songs run the full gambit of genres, artists, and tempos. Record Year The number of submissions, reflecting an increasing interest in the contest since the return of Benidorm Fest, has reached an …
Tonight Benidorm Fest, the Spanish national final, started with its first semifinal. The stage was graced with nine amazing performances: 1. Sharonne, “Aire” 2. Aritz Arén, “Flamenco” 3. Sofía Martín, “Tuki” 4. Agoney, “Quiero arder” 5. Megara, “Arcadia” 6. Alice Wonder, “Yo quisiera” 7. Meler, “No nos moverán” 8. Fusa Nocta, “Mi familia” 9. Twin Melody, “Sayonara” The show was …
The Spanish national broadcaster, RTVE hosted a special press conference in Madrid today. There, they revealed the semifinal breakdown of the participating acts and provided further details on Benidorm Fest 2023. The press conference was led by Maria Eizaguirre (RTVE Head of Communication and Participation). The eighteen Benidorm Fest 2023 competing acts semifinal allocation are as follow: Source: RTVE First …
Spanish broadcaster RTVE decided not to take it SloMo at all! As a surprise to many Eurovision fans, the broadcaster revealed tonight in a late broadcast the 18 acts participating in the Spanish national selection Benidorm Fest 2023. The winner will represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Due the succes of the competition last …
RTVE has announced that the Spanish Broadcaster has received 876 songs ahead of next year’s Benidorm Fest 2023. The same contest that gave us Chanel and her song Slo-Mo must now whittle down the extensive list to sixteen songs that will participate in the two semifinals, early next year. The songs have been flowing into the RTVE headquarters in Madrid …
Following last year’s excellent debut of Benidorm Fest — a new Spanish national final, based somewhat upon 1958-2006’s Festival Español de la Canción de Benidorm — RTVE has announced details surrounding the upcoming second edition of the fledgling festival. Mark your calendars: the festival will follow the same format as 2022’s edition, with two semi-finals and a final. It all kicks …
Tonight Spain will kick off their official search for Eurovision 2022, as the first six artists take to the stage for a chance to perform in Saturday’s grand final. The Spanish national final will not be like it’s former versions, quick studio selections and over in 1-2 hours. This year Spain has created it’s own multi-show selections, and the hype …
Follownig the year of internal selections, it looks like numerous broadcasters are ready to host another year of fun and entertaining national finals for Eurovision fans. However, some national finals have decided to rehaul their selection process to introduce some new elements – or in the case of Malta, bring back an old fan favorite of MESC. Let’s dive into …
Less than a week ago, the official twitter account for Eurovision Spain posted that big news were coming up on the 22nd of July 2021, and now that we’ve passed the date, then big news indeed! Spain returns to the use of a national final, after Blas Cantó was internally selected for both 2020 and 2021. This will also be …
Something is cooking in Spain and it’s not paella. Couple of days ago it was revealed that Spanish national broadcaster, RTVE, will reveal it’s plans for the upcoming Eurovision season on July 22nd. Since the country hasn’t achieved a top 10 placement since Ruth Lorenzo’s Dancing in the rain, José Manuel Pérez Tornero, the President of RTVE, said that they …
