Despite Spain not participating in Vienna, Benidorm Fest continues with its second semi final kicking off tonight, seeing a final 6 acts make it to the final.
Semi final two results
The 6 acts qualifying tonight were decided by a combination of a professional jury, a televote, and a demiscopic public jury.
| Running Order | Entrant | Entry | Result |
| 1 | Asha | “Turista” | Qualified |
| 2 | Ku Minerva | “No volveré a llorar” | Did Not Qualify |
| 3 | Funambulista | “Sobran gilipo**as” | Did Not Qualify |
| 4 | Dani J | “Bailándote” | Qualified |
| 5 | The Quinquis | “Tú no me quieres” | Qualified |
| 6 | Atyat | “Dopamina” | Did Not Qualify |
| 7 | Rosalinda Galán | “Mataora“ | Qualified |
| 8 | Mayo | “Tócame” | Qualified |
| 9 | Miranda! and Bailamamá | “Despierto amándote” | Qualified |
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.
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News Source: RTVE
Photo credit: RTVE
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