Song submissions for Benidorm Fest 2027 have now opened and will close on the 12th of July 2026. This is soon after Tony Grox & Lucycalys won the 2026 edition with the song “T amaré”.
Submission rules
The rules for this year’s submission windows have yet to be announced, but the rules for 2026 submissions included that participants should be over 16 and a Spanish citizen. For groups, at least 50% of members must meet that requirement, and one songwriter must also be Spanish or a Spanish resident. For the songs themselves, at least 60% lyrics should be in Spanish or another official Spanish language.
What we know about Benidorm Fest 2027
As we know, it has not yet been confirmed if Spain will take part in Eurovision 2027. There have been renewal agreements with Univision and Spotify, meaning we may get a lot more established Spanish artists coming to Benidorm Fest 2027. Sergio Jaén will be reprising his role as the head of the artistic team. He has also worked on stages for Eurovision with Bambie Thug’s “Doomsday Blue”(Ireland 2024), Theo Even’s “Shh” (Cyprus 2025) and JJ’s “Wasted Love” (Austria 2025).
If Spain decides not to take part in Eurovision 2027, as they have for Eurovision 2026 even though the alternative prize has yet to be announced for 2027 what was given for 2026 was a cash prize of €150,000 offered to the winner along with winning the Univision Award which included a trip to Miami and the chance to record or promote a single with a producer in the Latin music industry.
About 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
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