Spain: Melody wins Benidorm Fest and will go to Basel!
Tonight was the night of the Grand Final of the 2025 Benidorm Fest. The festival serves as Spain’s national final for Eurovision for a fourth year. The Grand Final was broadcast live on RTVE.
A total of eight candidates made it to the Grand Final and competed to get the ticket to represent Spain on the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel
The show was hosted by Ruth Lorenzo (Spain 2014), Paula Vázquez, and Inés Hernand.
The finalists
- Daniela Blasco – “Uh nana“
- Kuve – “Loca xti“
- Mawot – “Raggio di sole“
- Lachispa – “Hartita de llorar“
- Mel Ömana – “I’m A Queen“
- J Kbello – “V.I.P.“
- Lucas Bun – “Te escribo en el cielo“
- Melody – “Esa diva“
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.
For 2025 Benidorm Fest has eliminated the demoscopic vote. The audience can vote for free for their favourite acts through RTVE Play or by SMS.
The Benidorm Fest jury, which determines 50% of the voting, consists of:
- Spanish Jury Members:
- Roberto Santamaría (Director of Radio Nacional de España)
- Javier Llano (Head of Music Programming at CADENA 100)
- Jaime Acero (Content Director at TelevisaUnivision)
- Claudia Orellana (Director and Founder of Son Buenos)
- International Jury Members:
- Oksana Skybinska (Head of the Ukrainian Eurovision Delegation)
- Maja Tokić (Executive Producer of Dora, Croatia’s national selection)
- Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen (Dutch Head of Contest for Eurovision 2023)
- Mariangela Borneo (Italian Director of International Projects & Festivals at RAI)
The results
The split results of the Grand Final of Benidorm 2024 were as follows:
Juries (50%)
- J Kbello 74 pts
- Daniela Blasco 71 pts
- Melody 70 pts
- Mel Ömana 61 pts
- Kuve 52 pts
- Lachispa 48 pts
- Lucas Bun 38 pts
- Mawot 18 pts
Televoting (50%)
- Melody 80 pts
- Daniela Blasco 70 pts
- J Kbello 60 pts
- Mel Ömana 56 pts
- Lachispa 50 pts
- Kuve 44 pts
- Mawot 40 pts
- Lucas Bun 32 pts
Overall ranking
- Melody 150 pts
- Daniela Blasco 141 pts
- J Kbello 134 pts
- Mel Ömana 117 pts
- Lachispa 98 pts
- Kuve 96 pts
- Lucas Bun 70 pts
- Mawot 58 pts
You can watch the winning performance of Melody, live at the Benidorm Fest Final below:
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