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Spain: the results of Benidorm Fest 2024 First Semifinal!

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

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

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

The candidates

  1. Lérica – “Astronauta“
  2. Noan – “Te echo de –“
  3. Sofia Coll – “Here to Stay“
  4. Mantra – “Me vas a ver“
  5. Miss Caffeina – “Bla Bla Bla“
  6. Quique Niza – “Prisionero“
  7. Angy Fernández – “Sé quién soy“
  8. Nebulossa – “Zorra“

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. Nebulossa 84 points
  2. Miss Caffeina 64  points
  3. Angy Fernández 62 points
  4. Sofía Coll 58 points
  5. Noan 46 points
  6. Quique Niza 45 points
  7.  Lérica 40 points
  8. Mantra 33 points

Demographic jury (25%)

  1. Angy Fernández 40 points
  2. Nebulossa 35 points
  3. Sofía Coll 30 points
  4. Noan 28 points
  5. Mantra 25 points
  6. Lérica 22 points
  7. Quique Niza 20 points
  8. Miss Caffeina 16 points

Televoting (25%)

  1. Mantra 40 points
  2.  Angy Fernández 35 points
  3. Nebulossa 30 points
  4. Sofía Coll 28 points
  5. Miss Caffeina 25 points
  6. Noan 22 points
  7. Lérica 20 points
  8. Quique Niza 16 points

Overall ranking

  1. Nebulossa 149 points
  2. Angy Fernández 137 points
  3. Sofía Coll 116 points
  4. Miss Caffeina 105 points
  5. Mantra 98 points
  6. Noan 96 points
  7. Lérica 82 points
  8. Quique Niza 81 points

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

  1. Nebulossa – “Zorra“
  2. Sofia Coll – “Here to Stay“
  3. Miss Caffeina – “Bla Bla Bla“
  4. Angy Fernández – “Sé quién soy“

You can watch the performance of the winner of the first semifinal, Nebulossa, below:

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Spain: More information about Benidorm Fest 2024 will be revealed on January 9th!

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The Spanish National Broadcaster RTVE will reveal more information about the national selection process on January 9th.

It is known that for the third consecutive year, through the national format of Benidorm Fest, the country will choose the act who will win the ticket for Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. Before that happens, on 9th of January, RTVE will hold a press confrence in Madrid to reveal more information about the Spanish National Final, as fas as the jury members and the interval acts.

Sixteen acts will participate at Benidorm Fest 2024, you can listen to them below by clicking on the title of each song:

Benidorm Fest 2024 will include two semifinals of eight acts on January 30 and February 1, 2024 as well as a Grand Final with eight competing acts on February 3.

The winner of Benidorm Fest 2023 and later the country’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Blanca Paloma with her song “Eaea” finishing in 17th place.

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Spain: Listen to the songs of Benidorm Fest 2024!

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The Spanish broadcaster has just published on its online platform, RTVEplay, the songs that will be competing at this year’s Benidorm Fest for the ticket to Malmö!

Tonight, after midnight, the songs will be available on all digital platforms!

Listen to them below by clicking on the title of each song:

Can you pick out a song? Are you waiting to see someone’s stage performance? Let us know in the comments below!

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