Spain is one step closer to selecting its entry for Eurovision 2025. A few moments ago, RTVE, the country’s public broadcaster, revealed the 16 songs that will compete in Benidorm Fest 2025! Read more
The European Broadcasting Union published a report for this year’s Junior Eurovision 2024!
The 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast live on Saturday, November 16, proved extremely popular with young audiences worldwide, reaching 23 million viewers in 15 measured television markets and many more millions through the event’s official digital channels.
The spectacular 2-hour event, organised by the Spanish public broadcaster, RTVE, in Madrid under the slogan “Let’s Bloom”, achieved a 15.7% audience share among children aged 4 to 14, more than three times the channel’s average (4.9%). It also surpassed last year’s share of 14%.
The Contest also achieved an 8.1% audience share among people aged 15-24, significantly exceeding the average of 5% usually achieved by the same group of broadcasting channels.
Furthermore, 43% of those who watched the event on the official Junior Eurovision YouTube channel were under 24 years old, with the largest number of viewers for the live broadcast being recorded in the host country, Spain, followed by Poland, Armenia, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and Greece.
The online viewing of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest has also seen significant growth each year.
On Instagram, content featuring talented artists from 17 countries reached 5.6 million accounts, marking a third year of year-on-year growth. TikTok also saw massive growth with 46 million post views, up from 28 million in the same period in 2023. On Facebook, 6 million accounts were reached, up by 4 million compared to the 2023 contest.
The Executive Supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest Martin Österdahl stated:
“We’re thrilled to see the huge success of the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, capturing the hearts and imaginations of millions of viewers worldwide with unprecedented engagement and growth among younger audiences.”
“From record-breaking digital interactions to massive TV viewership in participating countries, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest has once again solidified its place as a global celebration of young talent, creativity, and unity. Our thanks go once again to RTVE for hosting such a memorable edition for everyone involved.”
In this year’s Junior Eurovision there was an increase in the number of the participating nations, since 2021, thanks to the return of Cyprus and San Marino, raising the participating countries number to 17, from 16 that there were in the 2022 and 2023 editions.
It was also the first time since JESC 2015 that the contest took place on Saturday.
On television, the host country, Spain, saw its third largest audience for the Contest with 1.1 million viewers on channel La 1. An annual increase of over 200,000 viewers year-on-year.
France and Poland attracted the largest television audiences, with around 1.3 million viewers each. For France, the winner of the previous two Contests, this marks the second highest audience ever recorded.
In Portugal, the audience increased significantly in relative terms, doubling in size to become the fourth largest ever recorded for the event. On average, more than 500,000 viewers watched their participation, with Victoria Nicole, who finished in 2nd place in the contest (being the big favorite to win the trophy).
Junior Eurovision 2024 had an average audience share of 8.4%. 10 out of 15 markets delivered a better audience share than the broadcaster typically achieves.
Armenia achieved the highest audience share of all broadcast markets by a significant margin. At almost 40%, this figure is four times the channel’s typical primetime performance.
In the winning country of Georgia, tens of thousands tuned in to watch Andria Putkaradze’s victory with “To My Mom.” The broadcast nearly doubled the channel’s typical primetime viewership share.
Andria’s victory gave his country a record-breaking 4th victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – all with songs written by Giorgi Kukhianidze.
Finally, as far as the 2025 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the official announcement for the host country is expected by the EBU within the new year.
Source: EBU
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The announcement regarding the artists who will take part in Benidorm Fest 2025 is expected to take place on November 12.
Following yesterday’s news of the cancellation of the original date (November 7th) of revealing the names that will compete to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, through the Benidorm Fest 2025 competition, the new date is November 12th, according to the Spanish website ESCplus España.
The revealing of the names is going to take place on Tuesday, November 12 at a press conference at RTVE’s Prado del Rey studios in Madrid, at 11:00 CET. The choice of this date is not accidental as a few days later on Saturday 16th the Junior Eurovision Song Contest is going to take place in Madrid, and the city will arelady be in a festive mood.
During the 143-day application period for Benidorm Fest, from May 20 to October 10, approximately 1,000 songs were submitted. RTVE has already begun the listening process to select the 16 best entries that will compete at the festival from January 28 to February 1.
Interest in Benidorm Fest appears to be very high, as this year saw the highest number of applications received over the festival’s four-year history, Last year, there were only 825 submissions.
María Eizaguirre, RTVE’s Director of Corporate Affairs and Participation, also provided some insights regarding the genres and artists. Most submissions were folk and urban songs, along with some rap entries, while pop remains the dominant genre once again. As for the artists, some of them are not Spanish, but reside permanently in Spain, showcasing the interest of international artists in the event. Additionally, female artists outnumbered male artists. Notably, for the first time, RTVE received a song created by artificial intelligence.
Source: ESCplus España
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The Spanish broadcaster RTVE has revealed new details about the songs submitted for the upcoming Benidorm Fest 2025!
During a press conference María Eizaguirre, RTVE’s Corporation and Participation Director shared new details about the entries received for Benidorm Fest 2025.
Highlights include a significant number of folk, urban and rap songs, although pop remains the dominant genre. This year, several submissions came from non-Hispanic artists living in Spain, reflecting the growing international appeal of the festival.
For the first time, RTVE received a song created using artificial intelligence, marking a technological milestone similar to other preselection show such as San Marino’s one . In addition, more women than men have submitted entries.
Submissions will now be evaluated by Benidorm Fest 2024’s music advisors: Rayden, Pablo Cebrián, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson and Beatriz Luengo. They will select the 16 artists who will compete in the festival, with their names to be announced later.
These selected artists will compete in two semi-finals on January 28 and 30, with four artists from each semi-final advancing to the final. The grand final will take place on February 1, where Spain’s entry for Eurovision 2025 in Basel will be chosen.
Source: ESCPlus
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Spain was one of the first countries to confirm its participation in Eurovision 2025, even before the Grand Final of the contest in Sweden, opening the submission window just a few days later.
The submission window for Benidorm Fest 2025 closed last night. RTVE announced earlier today that it received almost 1,000 songs over the 144 days that the process lasted, with around 300 of those submissions coming in the last 24 hours alone!
This number sets a record for all editions of Benidorm Fest. Around 200 more entries were submitted compared to last year, demonstrating that the festival is becoming increasingly embedded in the Spanish music scene and has grown into one of the biggest platforms for promoting music.
In the last three years, RTVE received the following number of entries for Benidorm Fest:
Following the closing of the submission window, a special jury panel appointed by RTVE, consisting of music experts, will listen to and evaluate the songs. From these, the 16 best songs will be selected to compete in Benidorm Fest 2025, which will take place on January 28 and 30, and February 1.
Last year’s winners of Benidorm Fest, Nebulossa, represented Spain in Eurovision 2024 with the song “Zorra” and ended up in 22nd place in the Grand Final:
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Source: rtve.es
Already, since the Eurovision week, RTVE the Spanish public broadcaster, confirmed its presence in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, while on the same time they announced the next Benidorm Fest, through which, the country’s representative will be selected! Read more
The second semi-final of Eurovision 2024 took place yesterday with ten more countries getting the ticket to the Grand Final of Saturday.
Just like last year, some time before the first rehearsals of the countries, the show called “A Little Bit More” aired on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.
Just like last year, some time before the first rehearsals of the countries, the show called “A Little Bit More” aired on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.
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