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Spain: 876 songs submitted for Benidorm Fest 2023

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RTVE has announced that 876 songs have been submitted for Benidorm Fest 2023, the Spanish national selection.  The impressive number is 10 songs short from the songs submitted for last year’s Benidorm Fest.

Moreover, the Spanish broadcaster mentioned that the quality of the wishful candidates has improved for the second edition of Benidorm Fest.  Record labels have been actively involved in the process.  Not only that, but we will see more professional candidates among the songs submitted including well-known artists.

The selection process will continue with 16 songs making the final cut for the national selection.  Benidorm Fest 2023 will take place from January 29 until February 04.  These are the dates of the main events of the Spanish national selection:

  • January 29, 2023  Opening Ceremony
  • January 31, 2023 First Semi-final
  • February 02, 2023  Second Semi-final
  •  February 04, 2023 Grand Final

The final result will be determined by the combination of a 50/50 televote and public vote.  The jury vote will include national and international professionals.  On the other hand, the public vote is split in two groups: 25% demoscopic and 25% televote similar to last year edition.

Chanel won the first edition of Benidorm Fest.  She represented Spain in Turin with the song Slomo finishing in third place.  This is one of the best results for Spain in recent times setting the bar high for her successor!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQYTt4xg3I&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

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Source: RTVE

Spain: RTVE opens applications for Benidorm 2023 participants!

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Right at the start of the new Eurovision 2023 season, this Thursday at September 1st, RTVE opens the applications for those interested in participating to Benidorm Fest 2023, the Spanish pre-selection for Eurovision. Participants will be able to apply at http://www.rtve.es/eurovisionfrom September 1st until October 10th 2022 11:59:59 p.m.

 

 

Like last year’s edition, the classic “artist + song” participations will be accepted, in addition to plain songs that do not have a performing artist yet. Parallel to this online casting, RTVE will also directly invite prestigious performers and songwriters from the current music scene to submit their proposals to the selection process.

As specified in the Benidorm Fest 2023 rules, once the deadline for submitting applications is over, RTVE will select a maximum of sixteen participants and six alternates.

Benidorm Fest 2023 will consist of two semi-finals and a Final:

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

The winner of the first Benidorm fest was Chanel Terrero with the song “SloMo” and finished at the third place, achieving the best result for Spain since 1995.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQYTt4xg3I

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Source: rtve.es

Spain: Benidorm Fest 2023 dates announced!

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A while ago, the dates of Spain’s national final were announced.

Benidorm Fest returns for the second year in a row, as the procedure of selecting the Spanish representative for Eurovision 2023. The national final gave Spain the third place in the Grand Final of this year’s contest, which is their best result since 1995.

In detail, 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 voting system will remain the same as last year, which means that the final result will ne determined by:

  • 50% jury vote
  • 25% Televote
  • 25% Demoscopic Jury vote

In the end, the price of the tickets was announced which ranges from 20 to 60 euros.

The winner of last year’s Benidorm Fest was Chanel Terrero with the song “SloMo”.

https://youtu.be/4mYBiIO0pfY

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