We are approaching the middle of the preliminary sessions of the COAC 2024 and after enjoying numerous new scenes From the groups participating in the Cádiz Carnivals, several troupes and chirigotas arrive to start this week’s performances of the contest. The preliminary sessions of the competition will be held until January 27 and this The seventh round will take place on January 15.

Among the groups that will take the stage this Monday, chirigota stands out ‘Carnival, I shit on your dead’ by being one of the seeds in this year’s edition and reaching the semifinals in 2023, despite being rookies. According to local media, this bet by Miguel Ángel Ríos, who competed last year under the name ‘Cádiz, how pretty you are with your fucking mother (the bipolar people)’, caused a sensation. Furthermore, Víctor Jurado, a member of the Jona troupe in ‘The Originals’, is in charge of the music for this chirigota that promises to bring humor, little filter and sass to this installment of the preliminaries.

  • Chorus: ‘Wake up!’ (Seville Choir)
  • Comparsa: ‘Pueblejito la Frontera’ (New formation by Juan Pastrana)
  • Chirigota: ‘There is no summer without kisses’ (Juanlu Soto, el Cascana)
  • Comparsa: ‘Agüita tapá’ (Miguel Ángel Zampaña and David Gamaza)
  • Chirigota: ‘Carnival, I shit on your dead’
  • Comparsa: ‘The portraitists’ (Comparsa de La Rinconada, Seville)

Where to see COAC 2024l

This afternoon’s session starts at 8:00 p.m. this Monday and although there are no longer tickets available to see it live at the Gran Falla Theater in Cádiz, it can be followed from anywhere in Spain live on the laSexta website.

How much money do the finalists earn?

Among the new features of this 2024 edition is the increase in the amount of the contest’s prizes in the two categories (adults and children and youth) of 112,000 euros, which represents 17% compared to last year. Thus, in the adult category, the prizes will be between 500 euros in preliminaries to more than 10,000 euros for the groups that reach the semifinals. The first prizes of the contest will be 25,000 euros in choirs, 21,450 in troupes and chirigotas and 18,100 in the quartet category.