RTVE has announced this Saturday, November 11, the candidates who will appear at Benidorm Fest 2024, the preselection of the Spanish representative of the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in the Alicante city between January 31 and February 2. next year. Like every year, the list consists of 16 contestants and among them there are some better-known candidates and others less well-known. In this sense, solo singers such as María Peláe or Angy Fernandez and some groups like Lyriceither Miss Caffeina.

The names of the candidates for the third edition of the contest have been announced in a gala at the Alameda Theater in Seville within the framework of the Latin Grammy that take place in the Andalusian capital this year. The director of Communication and Participation of RTVE, María Eizaguirre, presented the appointment, in which she also reported that the Candidate songs will be announced on December 14.

Likewise, it has been noted that the Benidorm Fest will start on January 31 with the first semi-finalto continue the February 1 with the second semi-final and finally, the February 3rd with the Grand finale in which it will be decided who will represent Spain in Eurovision 2024, in Malmö (Sweden).

The tickets for the first semi-final They can be purchased starting next December 4, while those of the second will go on sale on the 11th of the same month and those of the grand final on the 18th. All of them can be purchased through a new official store that the Benidorm Fest will launch soon. Although the songs with which the participants will compete are still unknown, here you can learn more about the projects that are presented this year.

Almacor

Arturo Almarcha Corellaknown artistically as Almácor, is a performer of 26 years who composes songs urban music such as Latin electro and reggaeton and launched his musical career independently through various digital platforms in 2019. Some of his best-known songs are ‘Dance it’ and ‘The Dembow’ and this year he released his first EP titled ‘MELANCOLIZ’. Additionally, he was nominated for Best New Urban Artist at the 40 Music Awardsalthough the award ended up going to the artist Saiko.

Angy Fernandez

Angy Fernandezbest known for her role in the legendary series Physics or chemistry, launched her career as a singer with her participation in the first edition of Factor Furthermore, she triumphed as a singer in the first edition of ‘Your face is familiar to me’

Dellacruz

This is another of the most pop proposals of the new edition of the festival since Dellacruz stands out for its urban pop with “fresh and striking” sounds. The person behind the project, Jorge de la Cruz Correa, works with Indica Producciones, licensing songs with Universal Music and has composed songs for artists such as Dvicio, Sergio Dalma or Xuso Jones. As an artist she has released songs such as ‘Always Return’, ‘The Plot’ or ‘Un Million Crazy’.

Jorge gonzalez

Jorge González is a singer from Madrid who became known in the reality Triumph operation and in 2020, he participated in the eighth edition of ‘Your face is familiar to me’,​ in which he turned out to be the winner thanks to his great journey throughout the program. One of his last projects was his participation in the musical ‘The crazy cage’, playing the role of Jacob. Furthermore, it is worth noting that the artist already participated in a Eurovision preselection in 2009, the same year in which he released his single ‘Vengo a amorarte’. Despite failing to be the representative of Spain more than a decade ago, he is now looking for another opportunity to be part of the candidacy.

Maria Peláe

María Peláez Sánchez, known artistically as María Peláe, is one of the best-known candidates in this year’s competition. She is a singer-songwriter, singer and songwriter from Malaga Born in 1990 with more than 15 years of musical career. This is another artist from this year’s cast who has also participated in Your face sounds to me. In addition, she has composed songs for a large number of artists on the musical scene, among them is ‘Burn’the song with which Aitana He participated in the preselection alone during his time in Operación Triunfo. As a singer, some of her most notable titles are ‘The girl’ ‘And who doesn’t’ or ‘Don’t look at me like that’.

Noah

Noah is a young man 25 year old singer and songwriter Born in Zarautz but settled in Asturias. His music has a great influence of Spanish pop-rock in the 2000s and rose to fame with his popular covers on social networks. In addition, she has several original songs such as ‘Con los pies en el techo’ which she released in 2023.

Quique Nice

Quique González, He began to go on stage from a very young age. At just 10 years old he debuted in his first musical on the Gran Vía in Madrid. Throughout his career as an actor he has participated in works such as Grease and The Sound of Music or series like UPA Next, but it was not until this year that she launched her singing career. Specifically, she published her first single, ‘I burn’.

Roger Padros

Roger Padros rose to fame with his participation in the seventh edition of The voice and boosted his musical career. In 2019 she released her first single called “Mil Más” and it was not until 2022 when she released her first EP titled “La Vida és Millor”, which includes songs in Catalan and Spanish. Currently, he is working on his second album and performing as a resident musician at Casa Batlló in Barcelona. His latest project that has come to light before the festival has been the publication of his new single ‘El Buit’.

Sofia Coll

Sofia Coll She is a singer who has been composing on guitar and piano since she was a teenager and has trained in music, dance and Audiovisual and Show Production. With her most charismatic proposal, her musical career began after participating in The voice Kids. In 2020 he published his first album, ‘Genesis’, made up of nine songs. In the last two years, the Catalan has been working on her next EP,

st. Pedro

St Pedro, like other participants this year, made himself known in the contest The voice. Shortly after finishing his time on the program, in 2019 and 2020, he would release his songs ‘Body’ and ‘Phone Sex’. Topics that would experience, within the urban, his sensuality. This entire first part of Pedro Hernández from Tenerife is influenced by his move to Miami, a place where he has lived for nearly two years. It should be noted that he is working on a new album that will be released soon that focuses on Latin rhythms including salsa, ranchera or merengue.

Yoly Saa

Yolanda Saa Filgueira, She is a singer-songwriter and 31-year-old Galician composer, known artistically as Yoly Saa. Although her passion for her music began with the boleros that her father played for her, it was not until she was 15 that she began to teach herself to play the guitar. Her musical career began in 2020, she released her first EP, Magma, which includes ‘Everything with you’, one of her most popular songs. Two years later, in 2022, she releases her debut album, ‘A blows of faith’, which includes songs like ‘Salvavidas’ or ‘Galicia’.

Lyric

The Spanish duo formed by Tony Mateo (San Fernando, 29 years old) and Juan Carlos Arauzo (La Línea de la Concepción, 31 years old) is one of the best-known bets this year after years dominating the music scene. It has successes like ‘Flamenkito’ or ‘De Tranquilote’ and has collaborated with prominent artists such as Gente de Zona, Belinda, Abraham Mateo or Beret, among many others. Furthermore, he has 14 platinum albums and 9 gold records. The musical project stands out for its versatility, covering genres from pop to flamenco.

Mantra

The trio formed by Carlos Marcothe former boy Auryn, Paula Pérez and Charly, It is a musical project that was born from the friendship between the three artists who already had their own solo musical career. Wanting to embark on a new adventure, the musicians debuted with the single ‘I was not expecting you’, in collaboration with Yera. Their songs stand out for being romantic and having Latin influences and this year they released their first album titled ‘Epicenter’.

marlena

This candidacy is the duo formed by Ana Legazpi and Carolina Moyano and their songs deal with topics such as love or heartbreak. His song ‘It tastes bad’ It made them rise to fame and their success led them to start a tour of more than 30 concerts in the main venues in Spain. Some of her biggest hits are ‘Gitana’, ‘Muñequita de Cristal’, ‘Bailamorena’, ‘Date de Curiosity’ and ‘Niñata’.

Miss Caffeina

Miss Caffeina, the indie rock and pop band, is another of this year’s highlights and, after being founded in 2006 in Madrid, they have managed to release 5 albums and another 5 Eps. However, it was not until the year 2016 that fame would come to them with ‘Detroit’ and its simple ‘Look how I fly‘ and ‘Ácido’ that placed them at the top of the country’s charts. His latest project is his EP ‘Shangay baby’ that saw the light last April 14.

Nebula

Last on the list is the band Nebula formed by María Bas, the voice of the group and Mark Dasousa, the producer and synthesizers. The proposal is defined as a band that fuses sounds and melodies from the 80s, transporting its listeners to that time. Their song “GLAM” was selected as the Best Song of 2021 by the Indie Cool jury. Additionally, the group won the Studio Mans contest and was nominated for the Pop Eye Awards as Newcomer Group. Another of his great songs is the song ‘Me pons a 1000’.