The Gran Teatro Falla continues to host the carnival group competition and after several weeks of performances, We are approaching the semifinals of COAC 2024. Of the seven quarterfinal sessions, only the last and on this occasion the seven remaining proposals, who compete to advance to the next phase of the contest. Total, 50 proposals, whether choirs , troupes either chirigotas, will be evaluated by the contest jury and start from 0 points in this second phase, so it does not matter the score they have obtained in the preliminaries since they compete on equal terms. After the last day of the quarterfinals, the jury will appear on stage again and the scores of the quarterfinals and who will advance to the next phase will be known.

After the sixth session of the quarterfinals, in which some of the favorite groups in their categories participated, achieving high positions in the ranking of the alternative juries, the last seven shows of the quarters will be witnessed. Specifically, in the programming of this Thursday January 1 two seeds of the edition perform: the choir ‘The Pique Trunk and the troupe ‘The heiresses’. Five other groups are also added to close this second qualifying phase.

Order of actions

  • Chorus: ‘The piqué trunk’
  • Comparsa: ‘Where we were happy’
  • Chirigota: ‘Those who lost out’
  • Comparsa: ‘The heiresses’
  • Chirigota: ‘The shacks’
  • Comparsa: ‘And we continue singing’
  • Comparsa: ‘La chirigotera’

When are the COAC semifinals and final?

After 24 consecutive days of performances at the Falla, Cádiz takes a couple of days off from COAC 2024 and then reopens its doors to the semifinals of the contest. Specifically, there will be four semi-final sessions that will develop from the February 4th to 7th in which they will have to demonstrate that they deserve to be finalists in their categories. Finally, the choirs, troupes, chirigotas and quartets that have participated compete for prizes in the grand finale that will be on February 9.

Schedule and where to see

From the preliminaries, Onda Cadiz offers a live broadcast of the group competition of all qualifying phases: quarterfinals, semifinals and the grand final. The live feed on their YouTube channel will show all the performances from the sessions that start every day at 8:00 p.m. and you can continue in the laSexta website.