Posts

Spain: The dates of Benidorm Fest 2024 – Artists to be announced on 11 November!

We may be less than ten months away from the next Eurovision Song Contest, but preparations are already underway for Spain. This afternoon, the press conference for Benidorm Fest 2024, Spain‘s national selection for Eurovision, took place.

Dates of the festival

During the press conference the dates of Benidorm Fest 2024 were also revealed. As in the previous two years, it will include two semi-finals on the following dates:

  • First Semi-Final: 30 January 2024
  • Second Semi-Final: 1 February 2024

The participants who qualify from the two semi-finals will compete in the Grand Final on 3 February to represent Spain in Malmö.

Participants’ announcement and changes

The announcement of the 16 Benidorm Fest participants will be made on 11 November as part of the Latin Grammy Awards, which this year will be hosted in Seville under the auspices of RTVE and TelevisaUnivision.

Benidorm Fest is evolving and growing year after year. The number of entries submitted to date has far exceeded the number of entries of the previous two years.

The evolution of Benidorm Fest is also reflected in the recruitment of a music camp in September. This will give artists the opportunity to meet and compose songs which may or may not end up competing at Benidorm Fest.

Spanish interest in Eurovision is growing, and it seems that they now want to win more than ever before.

 

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for all the latest news regarding S[ain in the Eurovision Song Contest!


Follow us on all social media, so you do not miss anything regarding your favorite music contest:

Spain: Change of head of delegation after failure in Eurovision 2023!

Spain’s public broadcaster, RTVE, has announced that Eva Mora will no longer be the head of delegation in the Eurovision Song Contest. The change comes after Spain finished 17th in Eurovision 2023, last in the TV audience vote.

The new head of delegation is Ana María Bordas, who was assistant head of delegation in Liverpool, but has served in various positions in connection with the Eurovision contest since 2017.

RTVE has also announced the team that will undertake to carry out Benidorm 2024. Thus, in addition to Ana María Bordas, César Vallejo and María Eizaguirre, executives of the Spanish public television, will be responsible for the conduct of its national final of Spain for 2024.

Three musicians were placed with them, as advisors. These are the following:

Pablo Cebrián – musician, composer and music producer
Rayden – singer, participated in Benidorm Fest 2022
Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson – Producer and composer

A committee will evaluate the songs submitted and select the 16 best songs to compete in Benidorm 2024. This committee will include the six persons mentioned above, but also José Pablo López, Director of General Content at RTVE, Virginia Díaz, Tony Aguilar and Miryam Benedict.

Source: RTVE

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates regarding the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!