According to our Spanish correspondent Roy D Hacksaw, Benidorm Fest has become a major event in Spain. The festival has been covered extensively with pre-show news coverage, an opening ceremony, and various other programs. All of that has been televised to fill airtime on a couple of nights in January and February!
Ruth Lorenzo and two other hosts presented a show that started very late in the evening and was supposed to last for two hours. I, though, didn’t believe that when I saw it in the schedules! The qualifiers were chosen based on a combination of 50% “Professional” jury, 25% demographic jury, and 25% televoting. The four qualifiers have been decided and they are:
| Song | Performer(s) | Expert | Demo Jury | Televote | Total | Psn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronauta | Lérica | 40 | 22 | 20 | 82 | 7 | |
| Te echo de - | Noan | 46 | 28 | 22 | 96 | 6 | |
| Here to Stay | Sofia Coll | 58 | 30 | 28 | 116 | 3 | Q |
| Me vas a ver | Mantra | 33 | 25 | 40 | 98 | 5 | |
| Bla bla bla | Miss Caffeina | 64 | 16 | 25 | 105 | 4 | Q |
| Prisionero | Quique Niza | 45 | 20 | 16 | 81 | 8 | |
| Sé quién soy | Angy Fernández | 62 | 40 | 35 | 137 | 2 | Q |
| Zorra | Nebulossa | 84 | 35 | 30 | 149 | 1 | Q |
It’ll go down like a cup of cold sick that the Televoting winner ended up not qualifying at all!