The detailed results of Benidorm Fest 2022, the national final of Spain, were announced by RTVE a while ago. As you will see below, the winner, Chanel, gathered less than 4% of the public vote.
On the other hand, the entry that ended up in second place overall won the televoting, gathering 70.75% of the votes among 8 participants.
Widespread reactions have erupted in Spain, as Galician political parties have already stated that they will raise the issue in the House of Representatives. Tanxugueiras who won the public vote are from Galicia and sung a song in Galician.
Complaints about possible conflict of interest of the judges are also serious, as members of the jury seem to have worked in the past with Chanel, the winner of the jury and Benidorm Fest overall.
On the other hand, the Galician telecommunications provider Toxo Telecom seems to have contributed to the Tanxugueiras’ huge lead in the public vote, allowing its customers to vote for the Tanxugueiras once for free.
The detailed results of Benidorm Fest 2022 are as follows:
TV audience (192,000 votes in total):
- Tanxugueiras: 70.75% – 30 points
- Rigoberta Bandini: 18.08% – 25 points
- Chanel: 3.97% – 20 points
- Varry Brava: 2.26% – 18 points
- Rayden: 2.12% – 15 points
- Blanca Paloma: 1.04% – 12 points
- Xeinn: 1.01% – 10 points
- Gonzalo Hermida: 0.66% – 5 points
Demoscopic Jury (350 people representative of the Spanish population):
- Tanxugueiras: 2,658 (14.59%) – 30 points
- Chanel: 2,624 (13.88%) – 25 points
- Rigoberta Bandini: 2,555 (13.52%) – 20 points
- Gonzalo Hermida: 2,385 (12.62%) – 18 points
- Rayden: 2,300 (12.17%) – 15 points
- Varry Brava: 2,152 (11.39%) – 12 points
- Blanca Paloma: 2063 (10.92%) – 10 points
- Xeinn: 2063 (10.92%) – 5 points
Expert Jury (Natalia Calderón, Miryam Benidited, Estefanía García, Felix Bergsson, Marvin Dietmann) :
Jury 1
- Rayden: 8
- Tanxugueiras: 10
- Varry Brava: 6
- Channel: 7
- Rigoberta Bandini: 12
- Xenn: 4
- Gonzalo Hermida: 2
- Blanca Paloma:5
Jury 2
- Rayden: 10
- Tanxugueiras: 7
- Varry Brava: 5
- Channel: 12
- Rigoberta Bandini: 8
- Xenn: 4
- Gonzalo Hermida: 2
- Blanca Paloma: 6
Jury 3
- Rayden: 7
- Tanxugueiras: 4
- Varry Brava: 5
- Channel: 12
- Rigoberta Bandini: 6
- Xenn: 10
- Gonzalo Hermida: 2
- Blanca Paloma: 8
Jury 4
- Rayden: 6
- Tanxugueiras: 7
- Varry Brava: 4
- Channel: 8
- Rigoberta Bandini: 10
- Xenn: 5
- Gonzalo Hermida: 2
- Blanca Paloma: 12
Jury 5
- Rayden: 6
- Tanxugueiras: 2
- Varry Brava: 5
- Channel: 12
- Rigoberta Bandini: 10
- Xenn: 7
- Gonzalo Hermida: 4
- Blanca Paloma: 8
Final Expert Jury Result :
- Channel: 51
- Rigoberta Bandini: 46
- Blanca Paloma: 39
- Rayden:37
- Tanxugueiras: 30
- Xinn:30
- Varry Brava: 25
- Gonzalo Hermida: 12
Final Benidorm Fest 2022 Results :
- Chanel – 96
- Rigoberta Bandini – 91
- Tanxugueiras – 90
- Rayden – 67
- Blanca Paloma – 61
- Varry Brava – 60
- Xeinn – 45
- Gonzalo Hermida – 40
The communications director of RTVE, shortly before announcing the detailed results, said that Spain had triumphed and the Benidorm Fest was a success for music, while asking for respect for the members of the expert jury, who were selected for their knowledge. and who were asked to vote with absolute freedom.
She clarified that RTVE will continue to work to resolve any errors that may have occurred or even to review or update the voting system for the next Benidorm Fest.
She concluded by thanking the artists who participated in Benidorm Fest and encouraging all singers and composers to participate next year, “because Benidorm Fest brings only good things”, as the high ratings were to the benefit of all participants.
You can watch the performance of the winner of Benidorm Fest and representative of Spain at Eurovision 2022, Chanel below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mYBiIO0pfY
Source: RTVE
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