Benidorm Fest 2023 is looking for this Thursday in his second semifinal to the last four participants who can be measured against applicants such as Agoney, classified in the first round with an outstanding score and thus become the great applicant to beat in the Eurovision race.
In the absence of determining the order of action, nine will be the artists again in this round: Alfred with ‘Since you are here’, Blanca Paloma with ‘EaEa’, E’Femme with ‘Uff!’, Famous with ‘La Lola’, José Otero with ‘Inviernos en Marte’, Karmento with ‘Quiero y duelo’, Rakky Ripper with ‘Tracción’, Siderland with ‘Que Esclati Tot’ and Spotify’s favourite, Vicco with ‘Nochentera’.
The 1 of RTVE will start from 10:50 p.m. the galawhich will once again feature Mónica Naranjo, Inés Hernand and Rodrigo Vázquez as presenters just after the broadcast of a previous program about the festival hosted by Aitor Albizua and Miki Núñez.
One of its challenges will be to overcome the audience reached by the first semifinal, with a 10% share and just over a million viewers, which drops by almost two points and half a million viewers the records achieved in 2022, when this brand is premiered promoted among others by the phenomenon of Tanxugueiras.
One of the possible sources of attraction of this new round will be Alfred Garciawell known first as a finalist in “Operación Triunfo 2017”, former representative of Spain in Eurovision 2018 together with Amaia with the song ‘Tu canción’ and with a good volume of consolidated followers with his two albums on the market.
Together with him, the bookmakers consider that his classification will be easy the composer and performer Viccowho has made her fun ‘Nochentera’ the most played song on Spotify this year, as well as the only repeater compared to the first edition, Blanca Paloma, who this time is running for victory with the experimental ‘EaEa’, ” an antinana” that drinks from flamenco.
Less clear seems the recipient of the fourth and last place for the final. Among the most repeated names appears the canary José Otero, still unknown in Spain who began to make a name for himself in Mexico and who presents himself with a bombastic ballad and a deep “soul” type timbre that could make him the great revelation.
Bookmakers do not lose sight of the “girl band” E’Femme, that nevertheless drag the weight of a weak performance months ago in their public presentation as contestants of Benidorm Fest.
The Karmento, the “indie” from La Mancha of this round, it has gradually gained followers with a warm and rooted proposal and could generate many adhesions due to territorial affinity, such as the Siderland trio with which it would be the first song to represent Spain in Eurovision in Catalan.
Lastly, on the list of applicants, winner of “OT 2018”, Famous, that will present a collective celebration song, as well as Rakky Ripper and the unknown of how his accelerated and overproduced “hyperpop” will sound without the voice modulations that give him part of his characteristic style.
Voting and the grand finale
Your choice will depend on a 50% of the votes of the eight members of the jury professional, five of them international and closely associated with the world of Eurovision, such as the vocalist of Katrina & The Waves, winners of the 1997 edition, as well as the Spanish Nina as spokesperson.
The other 50% of the votes will be granted by the publicwhich in turn will be divided into two: 25% to be distributed in order of preference of viewers’ phone calls and SMS and another 25% to be determined by a poll jury of 350 people, selected by age, population and gender criteria. as a representation of all Spain.
The four chosen will unite in the final on February 4 to the aforementioned Agoney (“I want to burn”), Alice Wonder (“I would like”), Fusa Nocta (“My family”) and Megara (“Arcadia”).
Source: Lasexta
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