Tonight Benidorm Fest, the Spanish national final, started with its first semifinal. The initial plan was to have seven acts perform tonight, but as YOU all know Luna Ki withdrew, so the stage was graced with six amazing performances. To make it more interesting, the voting was devided into three parts – the regular jury with 50%, the demoscopic jury …
We asked, and #YOU voted! Your favourite of Benidorm Fest 2022 and the artist you hope to see represent Spain in Turin is Tanxugueiras! With a stunning 35.1% of the vote, the Galician group’s entry “Terra” hit close to home for many of you. If chosen, “Terra” would become the first ever Spanish entry at the contest in the Galician …
Tonight Spain will kick off their official search for Eurovision 2022, as the first six artists take to the stage for a chance to perform in Saturday’s grand final. The Spanish national final will not be like it’s former versions, quick studio selections and over in 1-2 hours. This year Spain has created it’s own multi-show selections, and the hype …
Despite a few COVID related concerns, this week’s Eurovision national finals will push forward as scheduled. Norway has seen their second individual forced into quarantine due to the omicron variant of the virus, this time affecting one of the artists set to perform on Saturday. Spain has also had to make some adjustments to the production plans for Benidorm Fest …
Spain has opted for a national final format this year called Benidorm Fest. The show will happen in this coming week and Semi-final 1 will already be broadcast this Wednesday. It is about time that the ESCUnited team took a look at all of the competing songs and gave their verdict. On today’s review panel we find: Boris Meersman, our …
A landmark moment in the yearly Eurovision Song Contest calendar, as this marks the official transition from last year’s host city (Rotterdam) to this year’s host city (Turin/Torino). The allocation draw was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa. The Allocation Draw As usual, the draw took place in the upcoming host city of Turin, in the Palazzo Madama. …
With the excitement reaching fever pitch in the coastal city of Benidorm, it can only mean one thing; Spain’s new (old?) and exciting national selection is just around the corner! 13 acts will take part in this year’s Benidorm Fest, with eight places up for grabs in this weekend’s final. But the fun really begins on Wednesday evening with the …
Luna Ki has informed RTVE that they will withdraw from Benidorm Fest. In an image posted earlier today on Twitter, Luna announced their intention to withdraw due to the regulations of the contest disallowing the use of autotune on vocals. In the statement, the artist said that the song, “Voy a Morir” was composed with the use of autotune in …
Spain’s Eurovision selection show Benidorm Fest is set to kick off next week, and we were lucky enough to meet with the band Varry Brava ahead of the semi-final shows. Learn more about how the band came together, what inspires their music, and what motivated them to compete in the national selection! Hello there guys! Thank you for taking some time …
The countdown has started! Spanish broadcaster RTVE just revealed the running order of the two semi-finals of their brand new national final Benidorm Fest. The 14 acts will compete in groups of 7 for a ticket to perform in the Grand Final on the 29th of January. The winner of Benidorm Fest will represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest …
