COAC 2023: order of performance on day 3 of the preliminary phase of the Carnival of Cádiz

Monday, January 23, day 3 of the preliminary phase of the COAC for adults. The Official Contest of Carnival Groups (COAC) of Cádiz officially started last week, with the children’s semifinal divided into two days, to give way over the weekend to the start of the contest in the adult category. For two weeks, 131 groups (including chirigotas, choirs, comparsas and quartets) take to the stage of the Gran Teatro Falla in Cádiz to show their unpublished songs for this yearloaded with irony, more or less fine, and above all with a lot of humor, and they compete to become the most scored of the day.

This Monday the qualifying phase continues at 20:30 when the seven groups of the day will take the stage: each of them has half an hour to stage their repertoire, from the presentation to the end of the medley. This means that each one of the days of the COAC has a relatively long duration, about five hours, in which the groups come and go, dressed in their costumes prepared for the occasion and their instruments to publicize their musical works of this year.

COAC 2023: order of action for today, January 23

Where to see today’s COAC performances?

From the same day that the tickets for the preliminary phase of the COAC went on sale, they were sold out; That is why going to the Gran Teatro Falla in Cádiz to see the preliminary phase is practically impossible. Tickets for the following phases have not yet been put on sale, although it is expected they also sell out quicklythe same day they go on sale.

Now, the contest can be followed live during almost all phases, from the preliminaries to the semifinal, thanks to Onda Cádiz Carnaval.

How does the COAC scoring system work?

Before each of the performances, which last about half an hour each, the jury table receives a score sheet which are filled out ‘in situ’ during the performance: the jury’s deliberation is secret and once the performance is over, the completed form is delivered to the secretary of the jury. During the preliminary phase, all the repertoires of chirigotas, comparsas, choirs and quartets must be unpublished, both in type, lyrics and music.

Based on the scores obtained in the preliminary phase, a total of 56 groupings of the 131 that participate will advance to the quarterfinal phase. Once they reach this phase, the groups start their scoring from 0, that is, it is in the quarterfinal phase where the “point drag” begins. The repertoire in the quarterfinal phase is different to that of the qualifying phase, with a few small exceptions, but the music and type can be the same as in the preliminary.

Once the scores are added, a maximum of 32 groups will pass to the semifinal phase: here the points already begin to be added to those obtained in the quarterfinals. A maximum of four carnival groups will pass to the final for each of the four modalities, until adding 16 groups. Once the final phase is over, “the jury’s decision will be made public, which will comply in any case with what is established in these bases and which will be unappealable”, as can be read in the regulations set for this year. The first prizes of each modality they are required to participate in the COAC awards gala.