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Spain: The viewing figures of the Second Semi-Final of Benidorm Fest 2024!

Yesterday, the second semi-final of the third edition of Benidorm Fest, the national final of Spain for Eurovision 2024, took place. A few minutes ago, the viewing figures of the festival were revealed!

In detail, the semi-final of the contest, hosted by Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Caldero and Ana Prada, reached 10.5% of the viewership, with 3.278.000  individual viewers.

In the above second post, we can see the detailed viewing numbers of Benidorm Fest, per age group and community of Spain:

The respective age groups are:

  • 4-12: 10.9%
  • 13-24: 18,3%
  • 25-44: 19,3%
  • 44-64: 10,2%
  • >64: 6,2%

The viewership in the individual communities of Spain is:

  • Andalusia: 8%
  • Catalonia: 6,7%
  • Basque Country: 6,9%
  • Galicia: 5.7%
  • Madrid: 16,6%
  • Valencia: 15,8%
  • Castile-La Mancha: 9,5%
  • Canary Islands: 6%
  • Aragon: 11,7%
  • Asturias: 10%
  • Balearic Islands: 7.1%
  • Murcia: 17,1%
  • Castile and León: 15,3%
  • Other regions: 7,8%

Yesterday, four artists won the ticket to the Grand Final of Benidorm Fest in Saturday. You can watch the detailed results in our article.

The Running Order of the big Final:

  1. María Peláe – Remitente
  2. St. Pedro – Dos Extraños
  3. Angy Fernández – Se Quien Soy
  4. Jorge González – Caliente
  5. Nebulossa – Zorra
  6. Sofia Coll – Here To Stay
  7. Miss Caffeina – Bla Bla Bla
  8. Almácor – Brillos Platino

Benidorm Fest continues this Saturday, when we will know the next representative of Spain in Εurovision 2024!

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Spanish participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

 

Spain: The results of Benidorm Fest 2024 Second Semifinal!

Tonight the second semifinal of the 2024 Benidorm Fest took place.  For a third year, the festival serves as Spain’s national final for Eurovision. The second semi-final was broadcast live on RTVE.

A total of eight candidates performed in the first second-final, competing for the last four spots for Saturday’s Grand Final.

The show was hosted by  Ruth Lorenzo (Spain 2014), Marc Calderó and Rodrigo Vázquez.

The candidates

  1. María Peláe“Remitente”
  2. Dellacruz“Beso en la mañana”
  3. Marlena“Amor de verano”
  4. St. Pedro“Dos Extraños (Cuarteto de Cuerda)”
  5. Jorge González“Caliente”
  6. Yoly Saa“No se me olvida”
  7. Roger Padrós“El temps”
  8. Almácor“Brillos platino”

The voting

50% of the result in all three shows (two semifinals and a final) comes from the jury, while the other 50% comes from the audience. The jury is divided into Spanish and international, while 50% of the audience is divided between the televoting and a sample of the Spanish population selected based on statistical and demographic data (the demographic jury). This is a criterion used in both the Sanremo Festival (Italy) and the Melodifestivalen (Sweden).

The Benidorm Fest jury, which determines 50% of the voting, consists of:

  • Beatriz Luengo (Spanish musician, composer, actress, dancer)
  • Ángela Carrasco (Dominican singer)
  • Carlos Baute (Venezuelan singer-songwriter and television host)
  • Guille Milkyway (Spanish singer, composer, DJ and producer)
  • Lee Smithurst (Executive Producer, BBC Head of Show for Eurovision 2023)
  • David Tserunyan (Armenian Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest )
  • Nicoline Refsing (Artistic Director at Eurovision 2014)
  • Marta Piekarska. (Poland Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest)

The results

The split results of the first semifinal of Benidorm 2024 were as follows:

Juries (50%)

  1. St. Pedro 94 points
  2. María Peláe 71 points
  3. Almácor 65 points
  4. Roger Padrós 55 points
  5. Marlena 48 points
  6. Jorge González 42 points
  7. Yoly Saa 35 points
  8. Dellacruz 22 points

Demographic jury (25%)

  1. Jorge González 40 points
  2. St. Pedro 35 points
  3. María Peláe 30 points
  4. Marlena 28 points
  5. Almácor 25 points
  6. Yoly Saa 22 points
  7. Roger Padrós 20 points
  8. Dellacruz 16 points

Televoting (25%)

  1. St. Pedro 35 points
  2. María Peláe 30 points
  3. Roger Padrós 28 points
  4. Almácor 25 point
  5. Yoly Saa 22 points
  6. Marlena 20 points
  7. Dellacruz 16 points
  8. Jorge González 40 points

Overall ranking

  1. St. Pedro 164 points
  2. María Peláe 131 points
  3. Jorge González 122 points
  4. Almácor 115 points
  5. Roger Padrós 103 points
  6. Marlena 96 points
  7. Yoly Saa 79 points
  8. Dellacruz 54 points

The finalists of the first semi-final in Benidorm are therefore:

  1. St. Pedro – “Dos Extraños (Cuarteto de Cuerda)”
  2. María Peláe – “Remitente”
  3. Jorge González – “Caliente”
  4. Almácor – “Brillos platino”

You can watch the performance of the winner of the second semifinal, St. Pedro, below:

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