The search for Nebulossa’s successors continues as Spain’s RTVE have no announced the songs that will be competing in Benidorm Fest 2025; Spain’s selection show for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.
2025 Eurovision hopefuls
After the acts were announced last month, we now have the songs that will be competing at Benidorm Fest 2025. You can find the link to the songs in the titles below. The songs revealed today had been whittled down from nearly a thousand submissions; the most RTVE have ever received for a Eurovision selection.
| Artist | Entry |
| Carla Frigo | “Bésame” |
| Celine Van Heel | “La Casa” |
| Chica Sobresalto | “Mala Feminista” |
| Daniela Blasco | “Uh Nana” |
| David Afonso | “Amor Barato” |
| DeTeresa | “La Pena” |
| Henry Semler | “No Lo Ves” |
| J Kbello | “VIP” |
| K!NGDOM | “Me Gustas Tú” |
| Kuve | “Loca Por Ti” |
| Lachispa | “Hartita De Llorar” |
| Lucas Bun | “Te Escribo En El Cielo” |
| Melody | “Esa Diva” |
| Mel Ömana | “I’m A Queen” |
| Mawot | “Raggio Di Sole” |
| Sonia y Selena | “Reinas” |
The Benidorm Fest 2025 entries are now available to listen to RTVE Play’s website, with the songs set to be released on streaming platforms this Friday, December 20.
What’s still to come?
With the songs now revealed the hunt for Nebulossa’s successor is on. We are still to learn which semi finals each act will be split into, and who the hosts of the shows will be. Those are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. The dates of the broadcast can be found below:
- Semi Final One: 28th of January 2025
- Semi Final Two: 30th of January 2025
- Final: 1st of February 2025
What is Benidorm Fest?
Following a decade and a half interval, Spain’s national broadcaster RTVE revived the Benidorm International Song Festival, and transformed into Spain’s selection show for Eurovision. This is not the first time RTVE has experimented with pre-existing formats to select it’s Eurovision entrants; having previously intermittently used Operación Triunfo. Though this time was to much greater success, as inaugural winner Chanel ultimately finished third at the 2022 contest in Turin. Originally held between 1959 and 2006, the winner of the contest would go on to receive the prestigious award the Sirenita de Oro (trans. The Golden Mermaid). Though the winners of the current iteration of the contest receive a bronze microphone instead.
As the contest is at its heart a celebration of Spanish music, the lyrical contest of each song must be at least 60% from on of the official languages of Spain. Voting in Benidorm Fest consists of a hybrid system, with three voting methods: jury, demiscopic, and televote. the jury consists of music professions ranking the competitors, and makes up 50% of the vote. The demiscopic vote is a weighted system meant to balance the vote based on the demographic make up of Spain, and makes up 25% of the vote. The final 25% of the vote consists of simple televote.
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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Source: RTVE
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