Popcorn and the sofa. today is the final of the Benidorm Fest 2023. Agoney, Alice Wonder, Megara, Fusa Nocta, Blanca Paloma, Vicco, Karmento and José Otero are the artists classified for today’s gala, one that will be held this Saturday at 10:00 p.m. from the Palau l’Illa in Benidorm. The voting system will be the same as in the first edition. The winner of the final this Saturday will be the next representative of Spain in Eurovision 2023. He 50% of the weight it will be for the professional jury and the other 50% for the public, divided equally between televoting and survey jury. In case there is a tie, the one who receives the best score from the professional jury will win.
The professional jury is headed by the singer and actress Little girl. The artist was the Spanish representative in Eurovision in 1989 with the song ‘Nacida para amar’ with which she came in sixth position. With a career of more than 40 years in music, theater and television, she was director of the Academy of ‘Operación Triunfo’ in its first editions, as well as a talent jury in the last stage broadcast on La 1. With ‘Mamma Mia! ‘ it added 2,735 performances over 9 seasons in all theaters in Spain. She currently stars in the musical ‘Los puentes de Madison’ at the EDP Gran Vía Theater in Madrid.
It is also part of that 50% vote Christer Bjorkman, member of the production team of Eurovision and Eurovision America. He has been responsible for Melodifestivalen (2002-2021), the Swedish preselection, for almost two decades. Representative of Sweden as a singer in 1992, Björkman has also been artistic producer of Eurovision in its 2013, 2016 and 2017 editions and producer of Eurovision in 2019.
Also, tali eshkoli She is an Israeli television producer and head of the Israeli delegation at Eurovision. Coordinator of the 2019 edition held in Israel, Tali Eshkoli has been executive producer of the Miss Universe 2021 70th anniversary pageant and executive producer of official ceremonies and broadcasts for the State of Israel.
For his part, Nicola Caligiore he has been the head of the Italian delegation at Eurovision for eight years; member of the Eurovision Reference Group of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for six years; and member of the EBU Television Committee for four years. In addition, Nicola Caligiore is responsible for Italy’s return to Eurovision in 2011, the date from which the transalpine country has not dropped from the top positions in the final.
Katrina Leskanich is a singer and leader of the group Katrina & the Waves, who represented the United Kingdom in 1997 and won the edition held in Dublin with the song ‘Love shine a light’. She is the star of the 80’s song, for which she has achieved several international hits such as ‘Walking on sunshine’ (1985), ‘Sun Street’, ‘Do You Want Crying’ or ‘Que te Quiero’.
Besides, William Lee Adams He is the founder and director of wiwibloggs, the European medium specialized in Eurovision. A presenter and host for BBC Radio, he currently presents ‘BBC Minute’, the BBC World Service’s youth news programme, which is broadcast on commercial radio stations in 60 markets, from Hong Kong to Johannesburg. He also presents radio documentaries, has participated in various British television programs and has been a London correspondent for the American magazine ‘Time’.
Irene Brave She is the director of ‘El último lugar’, the program specialized in urban music on Radio 3. In addition, she co-presents the magazine ‘Generación Ya’; a space at the forefront of music. She has directed podcasts such as ‘Doce Pulgadas’, she has covered various festivals for RTVE such as Sónar in Barcelona, Vive Latino in Zaragoza or La Mar de Músicas in Cartagena; and she has moderated events related to the music industry such as ‘A conversation with…’ at BIME in Bilbao.
Regarding Juan Jose SantanaHe is the president of OGAE, a radio collaborator in the Radio Las Palmas Station Group for the Canary Islands and an author and composer, who has participated as such on two occasions in Eurovision (2009 and 2012). He has also been in different European teams with countries like Armenia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania and Ireland and four times in the Spanish preselection.
Both the performances of the finalists and the jury’s voting and subsequent revelation of the winner can be followed through RTVE, either on its channel or on its website.
Source: Lasexta
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