The cast of the semi-finals and the order of performance for this event have already been revealed. Benidorm Fest 2024with which the representative of Spain will be selected in Eurovision, which this year is celebrated in Malmö (Sweden). The 16 artists in the running must first pass the semifinalswhich will take place at the end of January and beginning of February.

As in its two previous editions, in which they were winners Chanel (2022) and Blanca Paloma (2023) Benidorm Fest will be held at the L’Illa Sports Palace in this Alicante town, with a stage with a “more organic” and circular spirit and with technical innovations that will give more room to light, as the center of the stage, which will be a huge screen that opens, according to the organizers.

The semi-finals

The first semi-final will take place on Tuesday January 30 and the second will arrive two days later, the Thursday February 1. According to the festival’s programming from previous years, the two shows will likely be broadcast at 10:50 p.m.. That same week, the great final of Benidorm Fest 2024 will take place on Saturday February 3 starting at 10:00 p.m. and to which only eight of this year’s proposals will pass.

Who are the favorites

In total 19 candidates will take to the L’Illa Sports Palace stage and eight candidates in each of these previous qualifying phases. Specifically, in the absence of seeing the almost always relevant staging, the first semi-final will feature one of the festival’s fans’ favorites for victory, the discotheque Sofía Coll with ‘Here to stay’as well as one of the most viral songs of this edition, the feminist anthem ‘Zorra’ by Nebulossa. There will also be several well-known faces for the general public, such as those of the “indie” band Miss Caffeina, Carlos Marco as a member of the Mantra trio and Angy Fernandezthe actress from Physics or Chemistry and participant in Tú Cara sounds familiar to me.

Order of performances Benidorm Fest

The duo Lérica will open with his ‘Astronauta’ the performances of the next day 30 as those in charge of opening the first semi-final, while Almacor will close the dispute for places in the final in the second semi-final on February 1. In this sense, the rest of the performances and the order of the two semifinals should be detailed.

The complete order of actions of the first semi-final will be the following:

  • Lyric, with ‘Astronaut’
  • Noan, with ‘I miss you -‘
  • Sofía Coll, with ‘Here to stay’
  • Mantra, with ‘You’re going to see me’
  • Miss Caffeina, with ‘Bla Bla Bla’
  • Quique Niza, with ‘Prisionero’
  • Angy Fernández, with ‘I know who I am’
  • Nebulossa, with ‘Zorra’

For its part, the second semi-final will progress like this:

  • María Peláe, with ‘Sender’
  • Dellacruz, with ‘Kiss in the morning’
  • Marlena, with ‘Summer Kiss’
  • st. Pedro, with ‘Two Strangers (String Quartet)’
  • Jorge González, with ‘Caliente’
  • Yoly Saa, with ‘I don’t forget’
  • Roger Padrós, with ‘El temps’
  • Almácor, with ‘Platinum Shines’