The Carnival Group Contest held in Falla faces its final stretch with the start this Sunday of the semi-final phase to which a total of 30 groups have entered and will offer a new repertoire in four performances in search of the Grand Final on the 9th. Now the groups will get back on stage to defend his position in the last session of the COAC and demonstrate that they deserve the first prize in their category.

Thus, after a jury ruling known last Thursday night that has left fans criticized for some of the groups that have not made the cut, the choir will be ‘The Guild‘the person in charge of opening the first of the semi-final performances, which has eight groups and several highlights, such as the Martínes Ares troupe, ‘The black sheep’who aspires to achieve his third consecutive first prize. Also in the first semifinal, the chirigotas modality takes on a special role since three of those who, a priori, are among the fans’ pools to reach the final will pass through the Falla tables, such as ‘We won’t even feel the hunger’from Selu; ‘Cai’s grinch’, by José Manuel Braza ‘The Sheriff’; and ‘I have told you 1,748645 times that I am not exaggerating’a group has brought together former members of the now legendary Lobe chirigota with the Villegas, one of the historical surnames of the party.

Order of performances of the first semi-final

  • Chorus – The Guild
  • Chirigota – We won’t even feel the hunger
  • Quartet – Punk and circus, the fight continues
  • Comparsa – 3×4 is back
  • Chorus – Paradise
  • Chirigota – Cai’s grinch
  • Comparsa – The black sheep
  • Chirigota – I have told you 1.748645 times that I am not exaggerating (exaggerating them)

When is the Grand Final

The penultimate phase of the contest concludes on Wednesday the 7th with a performance that will close the troupe ‘La chirigotera’, by Tamara Beardo, one of the most recognized female voices of the festival, which on this occasion pays tribute to the chirigota. After lowering the curtain, members of groups, authors and the general public will wait to hear, through the media, the jury’s decision. With the expected phrase ‘In the city of Cádiz being the…’, pronounced by the secretary of the jury, the groups that have managed to reach the final will be known, which will be a maximum of four choirs, four troupes, four chirigotas and three quartetssince there are only three who have gone to the semifinals of this last modality.