🇪🇸 Benidorm Fest Semi-Final Two results revealed

The second semi-final of Benidorm Fest took place this evening, with four acts completing the line-up for Saturday’s grand final! You can see the results below:

Semi-Final Two Results

Order	Artist	Song Title	Jury Points	Demoscopic Jury Points	Televote Points	Total	Result
1	Xenin	“Eco”	46	15	20	81	Qualified
2	Marta Sango	“Sigues en mi mente”	36	12	15	63	Did Not Advance
3	Javiera Mena	“Culpa”	28	10	12	50	Did Not Advance
4	Gonzalo Hermida	“Quién lo diría”	28	30	18	76	Qualified
5	Rigoberta Bandini	“Ay Mama”	56	25	30	111	Qualified
6	Rayden	“Calle de la llorería”	45	20	25	90	Qualified
7	Sara Deop	“Make You Say”	21	18	10	49	Did Not Advance

Gonzalo Hermida did not perform live due to testing positive for Covid-19. The music video for his song was aired instead.

The four qualifying acts join Varry Brava, Blanco Paloma, Tanxugeiras and Chanel in Saturday’s grand final.

Details about Benidorm Fest

This year’s Benidorm Fest is taking place at the Palacio de Deportes L’ILLA. There are three shows in this year’s national final, two semi-finals taking place on 26th and 27th January and the final on Saturday 29th January. Four acts from each semi-final will qualify for the grand final. The winner will be chosen by 50% jury voting and 50% audience voting, split into a 25% televote and 25% demoscopic panel.

The five jurors for the festival this year are:

• Estefanía García – Coordinator of the RTVE Orchestra and Choir
• Felix Bergsson – Head of Delegation for Iceland at Eurovision
• Marvin Dietmann – Creative Director
• Miryam Benedited – Choreographer
• Natalia Calderón – Singer, actress and vocal coach

Interval Acts

Stepping into the shoes of Salvador Sobral and Marlon, tonight’s interval acts were Spain’s 2014 Eurovision entrant Ruth Lorenzo and Niña Polaca.

Ruth performed “Bailar Pegados”, while Niña Polaca performed “Nora”

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Spain debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 with Conchita Bautista’s “Estando Contigo” and the country earned its first win in 1968 with Massiel’s “La La La”. They then earned their second consecutive win in 1969 with Salome’s “Vivo Cantando” in an infamous four-way tie. Although they have yet to win again, Spain earned several 2nd place finishes, including Mocedades’ “Eres tu” in 1973 and Anabel Conde’s “Vuelve conmigo” in 1996.

However, Spain has been less successful in recent years. Although they achieved two 10th place finishes in 2012 and 2014, the country has not finished above 20th place since 2015. This includes one last-place finish in 2017. Unfortunately, this trend continued in 2021, with Blas Canto’s “Voy a quedarme” finishing in 24th place at the 2021 contest with 6 points.

What did you make of tonight’s show? Did the right acts qualify? As always, let us know in the comments or on social media. Also, be sure to follow THAT Eurovision Site on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

News source: RTVE

Photo source: RTVE