Another night of partying at the Gran Falla. This Thursday, the Cádiz theater reopens its doors to start, from 8:30 p.m., at the fourth session of the quarterfinals of the Official Contest of Carnival Groups (COAC) in the first standardized edition after the pandemic: in 2022 it was held in spring instead of in winter and in 2021 the COAC was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2023 COAC has made a strong comeback, following in the footsteps of previous years: with tickets sold out for each session in a few minutes, full in the theater and lots and lots of humor.
In this session, with two remaining until this phase ends, they are two choirs, three chirigotas and four comparsas to those who have to get on stage to show, in half an hour, their entire repertoire. These are the groups that perform tonight at the Gran Falla and the order of performance of the day:
COAC 2023: order of performance on Thursday, February 9
Where to see the quarterfinal phase of the COAC?
Like the preliminary sessions, all quarterfinal phases can be followed live. The tickets to go see the performances in the theater were sold out the same day they went on sale, as were those of each and every one of the sessions of the qualifying phase and also those of the semifinal, the last to go on sale. sale. It is something common: in Cádiz there is a lot of expectation for the COAC and the locations run out in a few hours.
However, thanks to Onda Cádiz Carnival you can follow livethanks to its retransmission through YouTube, all the sessions of the quarterfinal phase, as well as those of the semifinal, although not those of the final.
How the scores work in the COAC quarterfinals
As in the preliminary phase, the COAC jury takes their notes daily, during each of the sessions, ‘in situ’ and secretly, but it is not until the phase ends when some scores are made public, not all, only “the names and scores of the groups that do not go to the following”, as can be read in the contest rules. Of course, at this stage of the quarterfinals the groups that pass They have not carried over the points obtained in the qualifyingbut all have started with 0 points, other things being equal.
However, as the phase progresses, they are known the scores awarded by the alternative and unofficial juries, which are a series of juries created by the Cadiz media, who give their estimates of points to each of the groups. They are not official by any means, but some of the jurors follow the same criteria as the official ones, so it is possible that they are similar.
Source: Lasexta
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