Spain is one step closer to selecting its entry for Eurovision 2025. A few moments ago, RTVE, the country’s public broadcaster, revealed the 16 songs that will compete in Benidorm Fest 2025! Read more
The Spanish public broadcaster, RTVE, will announce the sixteen songs competing in Benidorm Fest 2025 on December 18, aiming to represent Spain at Eurovision 2025. The reveal will take place through a press conference scheduled for 11:00 CET at RTVE’s headquarters, where all the songs participating in Benidorm Fest 2025 will be presented.
So far, all we know are the names of the artists and the songs with which they will compete. The 16 artists competing in Benidorm Fest 2025 are:
Benidorm Fest 2025 will follow the same format as Eurovision, with two semi-finals and a grand final. The 16 artists will compete in the two semi-finals on January 28 and 30, with four artists from each semi-final advancing to the grand final, which will take place on February 1. The Spanish representative for Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, will be chosen during this final. For the first time in the history of Benidorm Fest, the full semi-final results will only be revealed after the final.
Last year, Spain was represented by Nebulossa with the song “Zorra.” The duo placed 22nd, with 30 points:
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The announcement regarding the artists who will take part in Benidorm Fest 2025 is expected to take place on November 12.
Following yesterday’s news of the cancellation of the original date (November 7th) of revealing the names that will compete to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, through the Benidorm Fest 2025 competition, the new date is November 12th, according to the Spanish website ESCplus España.
The revealing of the names is going to take place on Tuesday, November 12 at a press conference at RTVE’s Prado del Rey studios in Madrid, at 11:00 CET. The choice of this date is not accidental as a few days later on Saturday 16th the Junior Eurovision Song Contest is going to take place in Madrid, and the city will arelady be in a festive mood.
During the 143-day application period for Benidorm Fest, from May 20 to October 10, approximately 1,000 songs were submitted. RTVE has already begun the listening process to select the 16 best entries that will compete at the festival from January 28 to February 1.
Interest in Benidorm Fest appears to be very high, as this year saw the highest number of applications received over the festival’s four-year history, Last year, there were only 825 submissions.
María Eizaguirre, RTVE’s Director of Corporate Affairs and Participation, also provided some insights regarding the genres and artists. Most submissions were folk and urban songs, along with some rap entries, while pop remains the dominant genre once again. As for the artists, some of them are not Spanish, but reside permanently in Spain, showcasing the interest of international artists in the event. Additionally, female artists outnumbered male artists. Notably, for the first time, RTVE received a song created by artificial intelligence.
Source: ESCplus España
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Aiko has submitted a song for the 2025 Benidorm Fest together with Megara’s drummer, Kat.
Aiko represented Czechia in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Megara on the other hand, were the San Marino representatives this year. The announcement was made by the two artists in the Plaff pub in Vigo, Spain during a Eurovision party.
The name of the song Aiko has submitted with Kat is “Mi Amor”. We don’t have more details about the song in competition as it is still not available in any streaming services.
Aiko and Kat met during their Eurovision journey this year and they are currently dating.
Aiko represented Czechia in Malmö with her song Pedestal. She finished in 11th place in her semifinal. Megara represented San Marino with the song 11:11 which finished in 14th place. Megara got initial recognition by the Eurovision fans after the band participated in the second edition of the Benidorm Fest where they finished in fourth place with their song Arcadia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiItbHRF1BY&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest
Source: Eurovision-Spain
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Spain was one of the first countries to confirm its participation in Eurovision 2025, even before the Grand Final of the contest in Sweden, opening the submission window just a few days later.
The submission window for Benidorm Fest 2025 closed last night. RTVE announced earlier today that it received almost 1,000 songs over the 144 days that the process lasted, with around 300 of those submissions coming in the last 24 hours alone!
This number sets a record for all editions of Benidorm Fest. Around 200 more entries were submitted compared to last year, demonstrating that the festival is becoming increasingly embedded in the Spanish music scene and has grown into one of the biggest platforms for promoting music.
In the last three years, RTVE received the following number of entries for Benidorm Fest:
Following the closing of the submission window, a special jury panel appointed by RTVE, consisting of music experts, will listen to and evaluate the songs. From these, the 16 best songs will be selected to compete in Benidorm Fest 2025, which will take place on January 28 and 30, and February 1.
Last year’s winners of Benidorm Fest, Nebulossa, represented Spain in Eurovision 2024 with the song “Zorra” and ended up in 22nd place in the Grand Final:
https://youtu.be/FOMoQoHG5aU
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Source: rtve.es
Preparations for Eurovision 2025 have already begun in Spain, as today a press conference for the upcoming edition of Benidorm Fest took place.
The Benidorm Fest 2025 dates were announced at the press conference. In particular, the planning for all Benidorm Fest’s shows will be as following:
In contrast to previous Benidorm Fest editions, the specific outcomes of the semifinals will not be made public during the show. Rather, no additional information will be released other than the names of the finalists, until Benidorm Fest is concluded.
The submission window has been open for more than one month and will remain open until October 10.
When the submissions are completed, a jury panel from RTVE, will assess and select 16 songs to participate in the festival and six more reserve entries.
The previous winners of Benidorm Fest and Spain’s representatives in Eurovision 2024 were Nebulossa, with their songs “Zorra” and ended up in 22nd place of the Final.
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The cost of Spain’s public television’s participation in Eurovision 2024 has been made public. With a budget of just under 600,000 euros, this year’s competition participation cost was significantly less than in previous years. Apart from that, however, preparations for Benidorm Fest 2025 have already begun and the first announcements are expected soon.
Less than 600 thousand euros spent for Eurovision 2024
The participation fee itself amounted to 334.432, 62 euros and with all the costs, Nebulossa’s participation in Malmö costed RTVE 595.000 euros in total.
It is indeed a significant decrease compared to last year, when for the participation of Blanca Paloma, RTVE spent more than 800.000 euros. In fact, it is the lowest participation cost for Spain since 2021.
RTVE will unveil its initial plans regarding Benidorm Fest 2025, the format via which Spain selects its Eurovision acts for the past few years, at a special press conference on July 8.
The winners of Benidorm Fest 2024 and therefore Spain’s representatives in Malmö were Nebulossa with their song “ZORRA“, which ended up in twenty-second place.
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Already, since the Eurovision week, RTVE the Spanish public broadcaster, confirmed its presence in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, while on the same time they announced the next Benidorm Fest, through which, the country’s representative will be selected! Read more
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