We’re just hours away from knowing who will succeed Nebulossa as Spain’s Eurovision entrant, and TVE have announced the running order for Benidorm Fest 2025.
The running order
| Running Order | Entrant | Entry |
| 1 | Daniela Blasco | U na na |
| 2 | Kuve | Loca xti |
| 3 | Mawot | Raggio di sole |
| 4 | Lachispa | Hartita de llorar |
| 5 | Mel Ömana | I’m A Queen |
| 6 | J Kbello | VIP |
| 7 | Lucas Bun | Te escribo en el cielo |
| 8 | Melody | Esa diva |
They eight acts competing in tonight’s final won the right to do so after qualifying from their respective semi finals on Tuesday, and Thursday. Tonight’s show will also see intervals from band Amaral, 2022 Benidorm runner up Rigoberta Bandini, and last year’s Spanish entrant Nebulossa.
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 two voting methods: jury, and televote. the jury consists of music professions ranking the competitors, and makes up 50% of the vote, and a 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: TVE
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