This afternoon the last preliminary session of the COAC 2024 and they will go on stage Gran Teatro Falla de Cádiz the last groups seeking to sneak into the quarterfinals of the carnival competition. On the eve of the start of the quarter finalstonight the latest proposals from this year’s contestants will be seen.

To close the preliminary session, one of the seeds has been reserved youngest of the carnival, ‘And we continue singing’ (El embrujo de Cádiz), better known as the Comparsa de la Cantera. This group already has a successful run at the festival, winning second prize in 2022 with ‘After Cádiz, neither speak’ and fourth prize in 2023 with ‘El embrujo de Cádiz’. In addition, it should be noted that only comparsas and chirigotas will participate in this Thursday’s program after all the choirs and quartets from the preliminary phase have already participated.

Order of actions of the COAC

  • Comparsa: ‘The Adventurer’ (Comparsa de Jaén)
  • Chirigota: ‘Let the burden not be lost’ (Sergio Mora Campos)
  • Comparsa: ‘The working ink’ (Comparsa de Huelva)
  • Chirigota: ‘Los Chabolis’ (Chirigota de los Molina de Chiclana)
  • Comparsa: ‘And we continue singing’ (Antonio Pérez ‘Piru’ and Sergio Guillén ‘Tomate’)
  • Chirigota: ‘You listen to me’ (Chirigota de Mairena del Aljarafe)
  • Comparsa: ‘La chirigotera’ (José Mari Barranco ‘el Lacio’ and Tamara Beardo)

When do the quarterfinals start?

After performing the last troupe of the competition, ‘La Chirigotera’, we will have to wait to meet those classified according to the scores of the official COAC jury. Although the local media have been evaluating the daily performances with their private juries and which can be consulted on laSexta.com, the points awarded by the official jury will be the decisive ones to determine who qualifies for the quarterfinals. Then, classified troupes and chirigotas will face each other in seven quarterfinal sessions that will take place from January 26 to February 1.

Where to watch COAC 2024

Onda Cádiz offers all the preliminary sessions of the group contest and the live signal of this session can be seen on laSexta.com starting at 8:00 p.m.the time when the performances begin on May 25, on the eve of the quarterfinals.