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Eurovision 2022: Seven songs that won the televoting but not the national final!

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The national finals of the Eurovision 2022 have been completed! We now know all the artists and songs that will compete in Turin in May and fight for the win.

Out of the 40 participating countries, 28 selected their representative through  a national final, while only 12 by an internal selection.

In this tribute we will have a look at seven entries that won the televoting in their country’s national final, but the judges had a different opinion, which resulted in them being deprived of the victory.

Australia

The rock band Voyager, with the song Dreamer, was the winner of the Australian televoting. However, the third place awarded to them by the judges was enough to cost them the win.

https://youtu.be/DmoDPxFRyBg

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic has continued its selection through an online national final this year. The Czech public chose as the winners Jordan Haj and Emma Smetana, who are very well known in the country, with the song By Now. However, the last place given to them by the international jury deprived them of the victory.

North Macedonia

After many years, North Macedonia has returned with a national final for its participation. The winner of the TV audience was Viktor Apostolovski with Superman. Although he tied with Andrea on the first place, after the votes were tallied the country’s public television decided to override the jury’s score, in which he was in the third place.

Romania

Romania, who recorded three eliminations in recent years, came back with a national final. A choice that, however, disappointed the fanbase of the country, as the percentage of preference of the TV audience was only 10%, with the remaining 90% belonging to the jury, which, as expected, determined the final result.

The winner of the televoting with a small difference and yet a small percentage was Dora Gaitanovici with the song Ana, who came sixth in the jury.

Spain

The fan favorite Tanxugueiras, with the song Terra, achieved an unbelievable 70.75% in the Spanish public vote. However, the panel of experts ranked them fifth, which resulted in them not only failing to achieve the victory but also creating a lot of drama.

Sweden

Anders Bagge with the song Bigger than the Universe, won the vote of the Swedish TV audience by a large margin. However, the international judges ranked it eighth, and as a result, it ended up losing the win.

Ukraine

Alina Pash with Tini Zabutykh Predkiv was the winner of Vidbir 2022. Although she withdrew from Eurovision due to her way of entering Crimea, she was the runner-up in the TV audience vote.

Winners of the televoting and subsequent representatives of Ukraine in Eurovision 2022, by a wide margin, were the Kalush Orchestra with their song Stefania. In the jury votes they were the runner-up.

These were the seven countries whose result was overturned by the jury, without letting the televoters’ choice be heard and calling into question the objectivity and existence of the juries once again.

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Spain: The detailed results of Benidorm Fest 2022 have been published!

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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):

  1. Tanxugueiras: 70.75% – 30 points
  2. Rigoberta Bandini: 18.08% – 25 points
  3. Chanel: 3.97% – 20 points
  4. Varry Brava: 2.26% – 18 points
  5. Rayden: 2.12% – 15 points
  6. Blanca Paloma: 1.04% – 12 points
  7. Xeinn: 1.01% – 10 points
  8. Gonzalo Hermida: 0.66% – 5 points

Demoscopic Jury (350 people representative of the Spanish population):

  1. Tanxugueiras: 2,658 (14.59%) – 30 points
  2. Chanel: 2,624 (13.88%) – 25 points
  3. Rigoberta Bandini: 2,555 (13.52%) – 20 points
  4. Gonzalo Hermida: 2,385 (12.62%) – 18 points
  5. Rayden: 2,300 (12.17%) – 15 points
  6. Varry Brava: 2,152 (11.39%) – 12 points
  7. Blanca Paloma: 2063 (10.92%) – 10 points
  8. 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 :

  1. Channel: 51
  2. Rigoberta Bandini: 46
  3. Blanca Paloma: 39
  4. Rayden:37
  5. Tanxugueiras: 30
  6. Xinn:30
  7. Varry Brava: 25
  8. Gonzalo Hermida: 12

Final Benidorm Fest 2022 Results :

  1. Chanel – 96
  2. Rigoberta Bandini – 91
  3. Tanxugueiras – 90
  4. Rayden – 67
  5. Blanca Paloma – 61
  6. Varry Brava – 60
  7. Xeinn – 45
  8. 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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Spain: Will Tanxugueiras perform on stage, at Benidorm Fest?

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After Luna Ki, that has withdrawn from Benidorm Fest, another act is in danger of not being able to perform live on stage, at Benidorm Fest, due to Aida and Olaia getting infected by COVID-19.

As the group has already Tweeted a few minutes ago and as some members of their team is already at Benidorm, Aida and Olaia will travel within the next few days, as a precaution.

But how is it going to work with Tanxugueiras at this year’s Spanish national final, but also for any other contestant that might also get infected by COVID-19?

The three scenarios

Three different scenarios have been announced in case an artist tests positive for COVID-19 at Benidorm Fest.

In a recent article, RTVE unveiled the contingency plan in case a competing artist turns out positive before appearing in the upcoming Spanish selection process Benidorm Fest.

The producers, Boomerang TV and the broadcaster, RTVE, have come up with three different scenarios to ensure that every song and artist will be able to compete in this year’s Benidorm Fest.

  • The first scenario is that if the artist has already completed his first rehearsal, it will be broadcast during the live show instead of a live performance.
  • Second, if the artist comes out positive before his first rehearsal, then the official music video for the song will be played.
  • The final scenario is that, if there is no music video, the song will be played with montage of images and photos of the artist.

It was announced by Eva Mora, head of the Spanish delegation, that it was not possible to produce live performances, such as those created for this year’s ESCZ selection process and the expected process of Northern Macedonia, due to lack of time.

The Benidorm Fest will be held with two semifinals on January 26 and 27, leading to the Grand Final on January 29. The songs and the artists have been revealed and the order of the two semifinals has also been decided and announced.

The voting system

Only eight artists will make it to the grand final of the Benidorm Fest. The result will be done through a mixed voting system between a professional jury (national and international), televoting and a poll jury:

  • 50% of the grade will correspond to the professional jury consisting of five experts (three of Spanish nationality and two, international).
  • The remaining 50% will be in the hands of the public (where 25% will be by phone and SMS and the remaining 25% will be selected by a poll jury).
  • The artists will be given a phone number and as soon as everyone completes the show, the hotlines will be open for voting. The voting period will be approximately 15 or 20 minutes and the presenters, Alaska, Inés Hernand and Máximo Huerta, will be responsible for the announcement.

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Source: Tanxugueiras Twitter Account