At a press conference today in Benidorm, RTVE have revealed dates and further details of Benidorm Fest 2025.
Fourth edition means some changes
At the press event at Mirador de la Música in Benidorm on Monday 8th July, the Spanish national broadcaster RTVE revealed details for their Eurovision selection show Benidorm Fest 2025. The dates for the shows will be 28th and 30th January for the Semi-Finals, and 1st February for the Final.
It was also revealed that the scores will no longer be revealed at the semi-finals. Only the artists who proceed to the final will be revealed. This is to make things more equal for the artists in the final.
The current musical advisory team made up of Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, Pablo Cebrián and Rayden will be joined by Beatriz Luengo. Beatriz is a singer, composer, actress and dancer and was the jury spokesperson for Benidorm Fest in 2023.
The press event was attended by several artists from 2024, including Nebulossa, St Pedro and Almacor.
What do we know about Benidorm Fest 2025?
The submissions window for artists to submit entries to Benidorm Fest has been open since May 2024. It will remain open until 10th October 2024 at 23:59.
The full set of rules, and how to make an application, can be found on the RTVE website.
After the submission window closes, RTVE juries will pick 16 songs from the submissions to compete in the contest, and 6 reserves. The final 16 will proceed to two semi-finals, where four from each final will go to the final.
The dates will be 28th and 30th January for the two semi-finals, and 1st February for the final.
Voting will be 50% jury vote, 25% public televote and app voting, and 25% demoscopic jury.
Spain’s Eurovision Journey
Spain debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 with Conchita Bautista’s “Estando Contigo”. The country earned its first win in 1968 with Massiel’s “La La La”, and won again 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, most famously with Mocedades’ “Eres tu” in 1973 and Anabel Conde’s “Vuelve conmigo” in 1996.
In 2024, Spain selected Nebulossa. As part of the Big 5, Nebulossa did not need to qualify to the Grand Final from the semi-finals. At the close of voting, their song “ZORRA” finished 22nd, with a total of 30 points. Of these, 19 points came from the jury, whilst 11 came from the televote.
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News source: RTVE
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