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Spain: the results of Benidorm Fest 2023 second semi-final!

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The Benidorm Fest‘s second semi-final has just come to end.

A total of nine candidates competed in this semi-final, trying to get one of the four tickets for the Saturday’s Grand Final.

The show was hosted by Inés Hernández, Mónica Naranjo and Rodrigo Vázquez.

The candidates

Tonight’s nine candidates performed as following:

  1. Famous – “La Lola”
  2. José Otero – “Inviernos en Marte”
  3. Karmento – “Quiero y duelo”
  4. Rakky Ripper – “Tracción”
  5. Blanca Paloma – “EaEa”
  6. E’femme – “Uff!”
  7. Siderland – “Que esclati tot”
  8. Alfred García – “Desde que tú estás”
  9. Vicco – “Nochentera”

The voting

50% of the result in all three shows (two semi-finals 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 on the basis of 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:

  • Nina (Spanish singer, representative of Spain in 1989)
  • Christer Bjorkman (Swedish singer and producer, former manager of Melodifestivalen)
  • Tali Eshkoli (Israeli television producer and Israel’s Head od Delegation)
  • Nicola Caligiore (Italian, former Italy’s Head od Delegation)
  • Katrina Leskanich (American singer, representative of the United Kingdom in 1997)
  • William Lee Adams (Founder of the wiwibloggs website)
  • Irene Valiente (Spanish presenter and producer)
  • Juan Jose Santana (Spanish, president of OGAE Spain and composer of previous Spanish entries)

The results

Thus, the results of the first semi-final of Benidorm 2022 were as follows:

Juries (50%)

  1. Blanca Paloma (92 votes)
  2. Vicco (67 votes)
  3. José Otero (63 votes)
  4. Alfred García (52 votes)
  5. Siderland (48 votes)
  6. Karmento (47 votes)
  7. Famous (46 votes)
  8. Rakky Ripper (24 votes)
  9. E’femme (17 votes)

Demographic jury (25%)

  1. Vicco (40 votes)
  2. Blanca Paloma (35 votes)
  3. Karmento (30 votes)
  4. Famous (28 votes)
  5. E’femme (25 votes)
  6. José Otero (22 votes)
  7. Alfred García (20 votes)
  8. Siderland (15 votes)
  9. Rakky Ripper (13 votes)

Televoting (25%)

  1. Blanca Paloma (40 votes)
  2. Karmento (35 votes)
  3. Alfred García (30 votes)
  4. Vicco (28 votes)
  5. Siderland (25 votes)
  6. E’femme (22 votes)
  7. José Otero (20 votes)
  8. Rakky Ripper (15 votes)
  9. Famous (13 votes)

Overall ranking

  1. Blanca Paloma (167 votes)
  2. Vicco (135 votes)
  3. Karmento (112 votes)
  4. José Otero (105 votes)
  5. Alfred García (102 votes)
  6. Siderland (88 votes)
  7. Famous (87 votes)
  8. E’femme (64 votes)
  9. Rakky Ripper (52 votes)

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

  1. Blanca Paloma 
  2. Vicco
  3. Karmento 
  4. José Otero 

You can watch the performance of the winner of the second semi-final, Blanca Paloma, below:

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Spain: Tonight the Second Semi-Final of Benidorm Fest 2023!

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We are two days away from the grand final of Benidorm Fest 2023, as tonight the second semi-final of the Spanish national selection will take place.

This year’s Benidorm Fest presenters will be presenter Inés Hernández, singer Mónica Naranjo and presenter Rodrigo Vázquez.

Finalists

Four artists have already secured their place in Saturday’s Benidorm Fest grand final by qualifying from the first semi-final. These artists are:

  1. Agoney – “Quiero arder” 
  2. Megara – “Arcadia”
  3. Alice Wonder – “Yo quisiera”
  4. Fusa Nocta – “Mi familia” 

Participants

In the list below you will see the nine artists and their nominated songs for the second semi-final (You can listen to the songs by clicking on the track titles):

  1. Alfred García – “Desde que tú estás”
  2. Blanca Paloma – “EaEa”
  3. E’femme – “Uff!”
  4. Famous – “La Lola”
  5. José Otero – “Inviernos en Marte”
  6. Karmento – “Quiero y duelo”
  7. Rakky Ripper – “Tracción”
  8. Siderland – “Que esclati tot”
  9. Vicco – “Nochentera”

Format

A total of 18 songs will take part in Benidorm Fest 2023 after being selected by the competent jury of RTVE. Nine songs will participate in each of the two semi-finals, with the best four advancing to the Grand Final.

The jury of this year’s festival is particularly interesting, as it consists of:

  • Nina (Spanish singer, representative of Spain in 1989)
  • Christer Bjorkman (Swedish singer and producer, former head of Melodifestivalen)
  • Tali Eshkoli (Israeli television producer and Israel’s head of mission)
  • Nicola Caligiore (Italian, former head of mission of Italy)
  • Katrina Leskanich (American singer, UK representative in 1997)
  • William Lee Adams (founder of wiwibloggs)
  • Irene Valiente (Spanish presenter and producer)
  • Juan Jose Santana (Spanish, president of OGAE Spain and composer of past Spanish entries)

In the Grand Final, as in the two semi-finals, the result will be decided by 50% by the jury, 25% by a poll panel and 25% by the public vote.

The second semi-final of Benidorm Fest 2023 will take place tonight at 22:50 CET and will last just under two hours. You can watch it through the official website of RTVE, by clicking HERE.

Until we know who will represent Spain at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s competition. The previous winner of the Benidorm Fest and Spain’s representative at Eurovision 2022 was Chanel with the song “SloMo” and she finished 3rd in the Grand Final giving Spain its best place since 1995:

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Spain: the results of Benidorm Fest 2023 first semi-final!

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Tonight the Benidorm Fest, the festival through which Spain’s representative in Eurovision 2022 will be chosen, premiered, with the first semi-final being broadcast live on RTVE.

A total of nine candidates competed in the first semi-final, vying for four spots in Saturday’s Grand Final.

The show was hosted by Inés Hernández, Mónica Naranjo and Rodrigo Vázquez.

The candidates

Tonight’s nine candidates were:

  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 voting

50% of the result in all three shows (two semi-finals 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 on the basis of 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:

  • Nina (Spanish singer, representative of Spain in 1989)
  • Christer Bjorkman (Swedish singer and producer, former manager of Melodifestivalen)
  • Tali Eshkoli (Israeli television producer and Israel’s Head od Delegation)
  • Nicola Caligiore (Italian, former Italy’s Head od Delegation)
  • Katrina Leskanich (American singer, representative of the United Kingdom in 1997)
  • William Lee Adams (Founder of the wiwibloggs website)
  • Irene Valiente (Spanish presenter and producer)
  • Juan Jose Santana (Spanish, president of OGAE Spain and composer of previous Spanish entries)

The results

Thus, the results of the first semi-final of Benidorm 2022 were as follows:

Juries (50%)

  1. Agoney (86 votes)
  2. Alice Wonder (79 votes)
  3. Fusa Nocta (65 votes)
  4. Megara (51 votes)
  5. Aritz Arén (50 votes)
  6. Sharonne (46 votes)
  7. Meler (29 votes)
  8. Twin Melody (29 votes)
  9. Sofía Martín (22 votes)

Demographic jury (25%)

  1. Meler (40 votes)
  2. Agoney (36 votes)
  3. Megara (30 votes)
  4. Twin Melody (28 votes)
  5. Fusa Nocta (25 votes)
  6. Aritz Arén (22 votes)
  7. Sharonne (20 votes)
  8. Alice Wonder (15 votes)
  9. Sofía Martín (13 votes)

Televoting (25%)

  1. Agoney (40 votes)
  2. Aritz (36 votes)
  3. Megara (30 votes)
  4. Fusa Nocta (28 votes)
  5. Alice Wonder (25 votes)
  6. Sharonne(22 votes)
  7. Twin Melody (20 votes)
  8. Meler (15 votes)
  9. Sofía Martín (13 votes)

Overall ranking

  1. Agoney (181 votes)
  2. Alice Wonder (119 votes)
  3. Fusa Nocta (118 votes)
  4. Megara (111 votes)
  5. Aritz (107 votes)
  6. Sharonne(87 votes)
  7. Meler (84 votes)
  8. Twin Melody (77 votes)
  9. Sofía Martín (48 votes)

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

  1. Agoney – “Quiero arder” 
  2. Megara – “Arcadia”
  3. Alice Wonder – “Yo quisiera”
  4. Fusa Nocta – “Mi familia” 

You can watch the performance of the winner of the first semi-final, Agoney, below:

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Spain: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Benidorm Fest 2023 Songs! (video)

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The moment that all Spanish Eurofans have been eagerly waiting for has arrived, as today the curtain opens for Benidorm Fest 2023, the selection method for Spain’s Eurovision 2023 entry.

The Eurovisionfun team couldn’t help but see and comment on the Spanish participants  for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Matamis Apostolis, Barboutis Paschalis and Gialetzi Stella in a reaction video with detailed commentary for this year’s Benidorm Fest entries!

The first semi-final of Benidorm Fest 2023 will take place tonight at 22:50 CET and will last just under two hours. You can watch it through the official website of RTVE.

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Spain: Tonight the First Semi-Final of Benidorm Fest 2023!

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The moment that all Spanish Eurofans have been eagerly waiting for has arrived, as today the curtain opens for Benidorm Fest 2023, the selection method for Spain’s Eurovision 2023 entry.

This year’s Benidorm Fest presenters will be presenter Inés Hernández, singer Mónica Naranjo and presenter Rodrigo Vázquez.

Participants

In the list below you will see the nine artists and their nominated songs for Benidorm Fest 2023 (You can listen to the songs by clicking on the track titles):

  1. Agoney – “Quiero arder”
  2. Alice Wonder – “Yo quisiera”
  3. Aritz Arén – “Flamenco”
  4. Fusa Nocta – “Mi familia”
  5. Megara – “Arcadia”
  6. Meler – “No nos moverán”
  7. Sharonne – “Aire”
  8. Sofía Martín – “Tuki“
  9. Twin Melody – “Sayonara”

Format

A total of 18 songs will take part in Benidorm Fest 2023 after being selected by the competent jury of RTVE. Nine songs will participate in each of the two semi-finals, with the best four advancing to the Grand Final.

The jury of this year’s festival is particularly interesting, as it consists of:

  • Nina (Spanish singer, representative of Spain in 1989)
  • Christer Bjorkman (Swedish singer and producer, former head of Melodifestivalen)
  • Tali Eshkoli (Israeli television producer and Israel’s head of mission)
  • Nicola Caligiore (Italian, former head of mission of Italy)
  • Katrina Leskanich (American singer, UK representative in 1997)
  • William Lee Adams (founder of wiwibloggs)
  • Irene Valiente (Spanish presenter and producer)
  • Juan Jose Santana (Spanish, president of OGAE Spain and composer of past Spanish entries)

In the Grand Final, as in the two semi-finals, the result will be decided by 50% by the jury, 25% by a poll panel and 25% by the public vote.

The first semi-final of Benidorm Fest 2023 will take place tonight at 22:50 CET and will last just under two hours. You can watch it through the official website of RTVE, by clicking HERE.

Until we know who will represent Spain at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s competition. The previous winner of the Benidorm Fest and Spain’s representative at Eurovision 2022 was Chanel with the song “SloMo” and she finished 3rd in the Grand Final giving Spain its best place since 1995:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Spain’s participation in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

Spain: Here are the Benidorm Fest stage and interval acts!

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In less than 24 hours before the Spanish Benidorm Fest 2023 kicks off live at the Palau d’Esports L’Illa de Benidorm . A total of 9 artists will take  the stage this Tuesday to compete for one of the four available spots for Saturday’s Grand Final. On January 31, February 2 and February 4, Benidorm will become the epicenter of Spanish music when it hosts the two semi-finals and the grand final of the second edition of the Spanish national selection.

The main stage of Benidorm Fest has a rectangular shape and consists of three parts : the main stage of 360 square meters, the corridor and a small circular stage at the end, which will be used by some artists for their performances. In addition, the stage consists of 6 rotating high resolution LED screens and a set of fixed screens. The main entrances are provided by manually operated mechanical carts, which create the necessary openings for the passage of movable scenic elements from the backstage to the center of the stage.

The Green Room of Benidorm Fest 2023 / Source: RTVE

The second section of the venue is located directly in front of the Benidorm Fest main stage. With an area of ​​458 square meters , the space will accommodate the Green Room – the space where the artists will relax after their performance -, the jury table and the presenters’ stage . Both the space occupied by the jury table (on the right) and the stage of the presenters (on the left) have a circular shape so that they “surround” the entire stage. The Green Room, located in the center of this second space, has a rhomboid shape and is built on several stepped levels.

The audience of the arena will be located in the middle of the two platforms, in a space of 530 square meters . The rest of the spectators will occupy the stands located on both sides of the hall. 2,200 people will be able to attend the 3,000 square meters of the Benidorm Sports Palace to watch the three BEFest galas: 500 people in the A stand, 500 people in the B stand and 1,200 people in the main dance floor.

General view of the Benidorm Fest 2023 stage / RTVE

State-of-the -art equipment was used for both lighting and sound . The production will be carried out with a mobile HD unit, which allows a composition with 17 cameras : 7 on a pedestal, 2 hot heads, 3 standalone, 3 railcam, a steadycam and a cable cam. In addition, the technical equipment will include an auxiliary mobile unit, a recording unit and two interface units.

More than 200 professionals (including RTVE staff and suppliers) are behind the technical and human resources that have been working since last January in Benidorm to make everything run to perfection. The show, produced by RTVE in collaboration with Boomerang TV Producciones , will be directed by Jordi Rosell , edited by Jordi Vives and lit and photographed by Iñaki Irastorza . Oscar Denia is the producer of the second edition of Benidorm Fest while the executive producer is Josep Parés . Francesc Calafell is responsible for the scenography of Benidorm Fest.  We will see 18 unique stage designs developed by the organizers of the event in collaboration with the artistic teams of the participants.

The main stage of Benidorm Fest 2023 / RTVE

All three nights will be broadcast by Spanish TV ‘s La 1 and RTVE Play . The semi-finals will be held on Tuesday and Thursday, January 31 and February 2 respectively, starting at 11.50pm and lasting approximately 80 minutes. The final will last  over 90 minutes and will be broadcast at 23:05 on Saturday 4 February . After this exciting final we will know the successor of Chanel and the next representative of Spain in Eurovision 2023.

Interval acts

The two interval acts for the Benidorm Fest 2023 have been revealed.  Edurne and Glora Trevi will perform during each of the Semi-Finals.

Edurne represented Spain on the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with her song Amanecer.  For her interval act she will perform a medley of her latest singles.

Mexican singer Gloria Trevi will perform during the second Semi-Final as part of her promotional tour in Spain.

Source: RTVE

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Spain: RTVE jury results are out!

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According to maldita.es the main favourites of the RTVE jury were Aritz Arén, Alice Wonder and José Otero. The proposals that obtained the lowest scores were those of Siderland and Karmento: ‘Que esclati tot’ and ‘Quiero y duelo’ could have been left out of the contest if RTVE had not modified the bases to expand from 16 to 18 participants.

The favourite of the bookies and eurofans, Fusa Nocta, with her song ‘Mi Familia’ was able to receive 79 points, which made it tie with Sofia Martin’s ‘TUKI’ placing 12/11 consecutively.

 

The latest version of this year’s rules indicates that the jury could select up to six substitutes. For the 2022 Benidorm Fest, the jury chose 14 participants and six substitutes. If this year the same system had been repeated, ‘Aire’ by Sharonne and ‘Quiero arder’ by Agoney could also have been left out, which were the fifteenth and sixteenth most valued proposals, respectively.

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Spain: Benidorm Fest 2023 entries will be released soon!

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RTVE announced the date we will get to listen the Benidorm Fest 2023 entries for the first time.  The competing songs for Benidorm Fest 2023 will be released next December 19.

The following songs are competing on Benidorm Fest 2023 to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

  • Quiero arder– Agoney
  • Desde que tú estás– Alfred García
  • Yo quisiera–  Alice Wonder
  • Flamenco– Aritz Arén
  • EaEa -Blanca Paloma
  • Uff! – E’ffemme
  • La Lola  -Famous
  • Mi familia–  Fusa Nocta
  • Inviernos en Marte – José Otero
  • Quiero y duelo–  Karmento
  • Arcadia – Megara
  • No nos moverán- Meler
  • Tracción-  Rakky Ripper
  • Aire  -Sharonne
  • Que esclati tot -Siderland
  • Tuki – Sofía Martín
  • Sayonara–  Twin Melody
  • Nochentera– Vicco

In addition to these announcement, RTVE is giving away two doubled tickets for the Benidorm Fest 2023 Semifinals and the Final during their TV specials for the Christmas Lottery, New Year’s Eve and Epiphany Day.

Source: Eurovision Spain

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Spain: The titles of Benidorm Fest 2023 songs were revealed!

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The long-awaited titles of the songs competing in Benidorm Fest 2023, were finally revealed.  The songs that we are going to listen in the Spanish song contest are of many different styles including rock, folklore, pop, kpop, hyperpop and many more. The songs will be published in the coming weeks, however we’ll have to wait until the semi-finals to see them be performed live on stage.

These are the 18 artists and their songs for Benidrom Fest 2023:

  • Agoney – “Quiero arder”
  • Alfred García – “Desde que tú estás” 
  • Alice Wonder – “Yo quisiera”
  • Aritz Aren – “Flamenco”
  • Blanca Paloma – “Eaea”
  • E’FEMME – “Uff!”
  • Famous – “La Lola” 
  • Fusa Nocta – “Mi familia”
  • José Otero – “Invierno en Marte”
  • Karmento – “Quiero y duelo”
  • Megara – “Arcadia” 
  • Meler – “No nos moverán”
  • Rakky Ripper – “Tracción”
  • Sharonne – “Aire”
  • Siderland – “Que esclati tot” (“Que estalle todo”) 
  • Sofía Martín – “Tuki” 
  • Twin Melody – “Sayonara”
  • Vicco – “Nochentera”

The 18 artists that were chosen to compete in the national final, appeared on a special show of the Spanish television, called “Los elegidos” (The Chosen Ones) earlier today. In the show, the artists came in, talked with the hosts in a small interview and each artist performed a song either from their discography or from another singer. The hosts were Julia Varela and Rodrigo Vázquez. You can see the whole show HERE.

We remind you that Benidorm Fest 2023 will consist of two semi-finals and a Final:

  • First Semi-Final: Tuesday January 31
  • Second Semi-Final: Thursday February 2
  • Final: Saturday February 4

The famous Spanish singer Mónica Naranjo will ne the host if the national final.

The previous winner of Benidorm Fest and Spain’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Chanel Terrero with the song “Slomo”, who ended up in 3rd place in the Grand Final, giving her country its best result since 1995:

https://youtu.be/jSQYTt4xg3I

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Source: rtve.es

Spain: Benidorm Fest 2023 participants announced!

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Just a few minutes ago, through RTVE’s ten-minute special, the names of the shortlisted artists who will be part of Benidorm Fest 2023 and will compete to represent Spain in Liverpool next May were made public.

As we had informed you, the scheduled date for the announcement of the artists would take place, unless something unexpected happened, on Saturday 29 October. However, Spanish TV has decided – and after a storm of reactions on Twitter earlier today – to present the shortlist tonight in order to avoid any unwanted leaks.

The surprises, of course, do not stop here as the announcement concerned 18 names and not 16 as RTVE had stated earlier! According to them, this was because “the quality and level of the tracks submitted exceeded all expectations” and so they wanted to give the opportunity to two more compositions to compete.

Thus, the 18 names announced tonight that will fight for the Eurovision 2023 ticket are the following:

  1. AGONEY Agoney - YouTube
  2. E’FEMME
  3. FUSA NOCTADesde Abajo - Single by Fusa Nocta, Arkade Kidd | Spotify
  4. BLANCA PALOMA Blanca Paloma | Spotify
  5. ARITZ ARENAritz Aren - YouTube
  6. RAKKY                                                                               Rakky Ripper Albums: songs, discography, biography, and listening guide - Rate Your Music
  7. ALFRED GARCIA Alfred García: "Deberían rebautizar Eurovisión como el festival del 'show business" | El HuffPost Life
  8. SOFIA MARTIN Sofía Martín - YouTube
  9. ALICE WONDER Entrevista a Alice Wonder
  10. FAMOUS Famous Oberogo: "Lola Indigo es una gran artista y estoy encantado de que me comparen con ella"
  11. MEGARA Entrevistamos a la banda madrileña de metal Megara (2018)
  12. VICCO VICCO - YouTube
  13. TWIN MELODY Descubre a Twin Melody: las gemelas que están revolucionando las redes sociales
  14. JOSE OTERO May be a closeup of 1 person
  15. KARMENTO Karmento | Spotify
  16. SHARONNE Sharonne: Ser la mejor drag queen en tiempos de ley trans | Famosos
  17. MELER Entrevistamos a los chicos de Meler - Bemol Magazine
  18. SIDERLAND Siderland - YouTube

This Saturday, at 22:05 (CET), a special show will be broadcast on the RTVE network where the above artists will discuss with Julia Varela and Rodrigo Vázquez about their artistic profile, their motivation for coming to Benidorm Fest, their music careers and some details about the projects they have submitted and will release in the months to come!

Guía para no perderse en el Eurodrama del Benidorm Fest

Is there a name that stands out to you? Is there anyone on the list who can continue what Chanel started last year? Feel free to let us know in the comments!

Source: RTVE

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