Spain: 733,000 Euros Budget for Eurovision 2023!

According to the Spanish website Publico, RTVE is budgeting expenses of  733,000 euros to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The Spanish public broadcaster is spending a total of €732,940 for the country’s participation in the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. This is the second highest budget allocated to the competition in the past decade, with the exception of only the €782,044 spent in 2019.

The budget for Spain’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has increased by 11.45% compared to 2022. The increase in the budget is due to the increase in the entry fee RTVE must pay to compete to €347,697, an increase of €45,000 euros compared to 2022. the highest participation amount that RTVE has paid since 2012, when the broadcaster paid over 316,000 euros to participate.

The other increase is in the budget allocated for the official music video of “Eaea” which is 52,156 euros, as last year the corresponding amount was covered by Chanel’s record company, BMG.

RTVE will announce the final entry fee for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in the weeks following the competition in Liverpool, UK.

Watch the reaction video of “Eaea” for Eurovision 2023:

Source: Publico