Re: ESPAÑA - Spain 2011
Yeah, Merche is one of the jurors, with Reyes del Amor (ESC fan and expert), Boris Izaguirre (showman and writer) and Albert Hammond (British composer).
Apparently, there are no jokers yet. They have until thursday to apply and they will get into the big final.
(I find this hilarious, cause they set a telephone numbers for famous artists to apply. I can't imagine someone calling: "heeeyy it's TVE??? I'm a famous singer!!!"
We also know that TVE will consider in the future to send a song in English, but not this year. All the songs will be in Spanish, so the ones which are in English will be translated
And now the system, which is quite complicated if you ask me...
It kinda reminds to 2007. We have a first round with two shows (12 singers/groups in each one who will perform ESC songs of all history). First of all, the jury will kick out four participants. Then, the televoting will choose three and the jury will choose two.
So, we have a semifinal with 10 singers/groups who will also perform ESC songs in this show. Televoting/Jury 50% will pick three of them.
And then the big final. Three qualifiers will sing 9 songs (so I assume, the 20 previous songs will be reduced to 9 by the jury...), a mix of three songs for each one. Finally, only three songs will remain (don't know if only the jury will decide or it will be 50 %) and televoting/jury will pick the winner act for Dusseldorf. I'm not sure though, if the three big finalists will sing the three songs or each song will be associated to one singer/group.
(If we had jockers, they would go directly to this final round)