Benidorm Fest

Benidorm Fest is an upcoming Spanish song festival, organised by the public communication company Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) in collaboration with the Generalitat Valenciana to determine Spain's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, beginning with 2022. It will be held in Benidorm, Valencian Community, at the Palau Municipal d'Esports l'Illa de Benidorm.[2]

Benidorm Fest
GenreMusic competition
Created by
Based onBenidorm International Song Festival
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes3 live shows
Production
Production locationsPalau Municipal d'Esports l'Illa de Benidorm
Benidorm, Valencian Community
Production companiesRTVE
Boomerang TV[1]
Release
Picture format
Original releaseJanuary 2022 (2022-01) –
present
Chronology
Related showsEurovision Song Contest
External links
Website

The contest will consist of two semi-finals and a final, with the winner jointly determined through teams of judges and a public vote.[3]

History

Background
Main article: Benidorm International Song Festival

The event is loosely based on the Festival Español de la Canción de Benidorm ("Spanish Song Festival of Benidorm"), a national song contest created in 1958 and modelled on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival. The competition was held intermittently until 2006, interspersed with several hiatuses and various changes to the format.

Return of a festival to Benidorm

Fifteen years after the final edition of the Spanish Song Festival of Benidorm, RTVE broadcast a conference from the city on 22 July 2021, in which the president of the Generalitat Valenciana Ximo Puig, mayor of the city Antonio Pérez, and president of the radio station José Manuel Pérez Tornero announced the revival of a festival held in Benidorm, which would also become a new Spanish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, starting with the 2022 edition. During the broadcast, viewers were assured that there would be changes and updates to the format of the festival, as well as a "double contest" in which both professional and amateur singers would take part, whose prize would be the chance to represent Spain at Eurovision.[4]

On 29 September of the same year, the rules and mechanics were published, revealing the name of the revamped festival to be "Benidorm Fest" and that the first edition was scheduled to air at the end of January 2022.[5] It was subsequently announced that a contract had been signed to hold the event for four editions.[6] The Generalitat Valenciana will invest around €968,000 in the event.[7]

Format

The contest will be made up of two semi-finals and a final, in which fourteen candidates – soloists, duos, trios or groups – will perform their songs live.[8]

The public (consisting of the televote plus a panel of judges made up of a sample of the Spanish population selected by statistical and demoscopic criteria) and a national and international jury will vote for their preferred songs, with the final result determined by a split vote between the public and the juries. At the end of the programme, the song with the most points will be declared the winner and will be granted the opportunity to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest.[5]

Televised rounds and voting

The semi-finals will be broadcast on two consecutive nights of the same week. In each of these, seven songs will compete, with four of them making it to the finals. The finalists will be chosen according to the following system: 25% televote, 25% demoscopic panel (equating to 50% from the public), 30% national jury and 20% international jury.

The final will take place on the Saturday following the semi-finals. The four highest-ranking songs of each semi-final will compete, the winner of which will represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest. The voting system will follow the same format as the semi-finals.[5][8]

Selection of participants (edition 1)

On 29 September 2021, RTVE opened a one-month period (later extended until 10 November)[9] for artists, authors and composers to send their proposals to the public radio and television corporation, while the broadcaster itself reserved a direct invitation to renowned singers and authors from the current music scene. Both the evaluation of submissions and the invitations were carried out in collaboration with musical advisers J Cruz, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson and Zahara.[10] The contest is open to performers, groups and authors who are at least 16 years old before May 2022, and who must be Spanish nationals or have permanent residence in Spain (in the case of duos or groups, at least 50% of the members must meet this condition). Singers could only submit one application, although composers had the possibility to submit one song as main authors, and two additional songs as co-authors.[5] At a press conference held on 22 November 2021 Spanish head of delegation Eva Mora declared 692 submissions had been received by the online form, and 194 songs had been submitted by artists directly invited by RTVE, for a total of 886.[11] The names of the contestants were officially announced by RTVE on 10 December 2021.[12][8]

Songs

Songs must be original and not have been published, performed or distributed, in whole or in part, before September of the previous year to the Eurovision Song Contest (in accordance with Eurovision rules). In addition, the song must be between 2 and a half and 3 minutes long, and must include at least 65% of the lyrics in Spanish and/or co-official languages of Spain. Likewise, the authors were able to suggest the artist or group they consider ideal to perform their song, but the final decision is always RTVE's.[5]

Artists

14 candidates were selected (initially slated to be 12), of which at least two must be from those who registered on the website. To choose the participants, gender parity, the combination of musical references with new talents and the variety of styles were taken into account.[5][8]

Competing entries

The names of the 14 artists and songs were announced on 10 December 2021.[8]

Artist Song Language(s) Songwriter(s)
Azúcar Moreno "Postureo" TBA TBA
Blanca Paloma "Secreto de agua" Spanish
Chanel "Slo Mo" TBA
Gonzalo Hermida "Quién lo diría"
Javiera Mena "Culpa" Spanish
Luna Ki "Voy a morir" TBA
Marta Sango "Sigues en mi mente"
Rayden "Calle de la llorería"
Rigoberta Bandini "Ay mamá"
Sara Deop "Make You Say"
Tanxugueiras "Terra" Galician[13]
Unique "Mejores" TBA
Varry Brava "Raffaella"
Xeinn "Eco"

Winners
Year Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Place in the Eurovision Song Contest
2022 TBD

References
  1. Fernández, Juan Manuel (December 9, 2021). "Boomerang, la productora de 'La Voz', colaborará con RTVE en las galas del Benidorm Fest". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. Fuster, Luis (11 November 2021). "Spain: Benidorm Fest will take place during the last week of January". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. "RTVE pone nombre a su 'Benidorm Fest' y anuncia las bases para elegir canción y representante de Eurovisión 2022". VerTele! (in Spanish). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. "RTVE lanza un festival en Benidorm para elegir al representante de Eurovisión 2022 y "abandonar los malos resultados"". VerTele! (in Spanish). 22 July 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. Macías, Fernando (29 September 2021). "Eurovisión 2022: Ya puedes inscribirte para representar a España en Eurovisión 2022, a través del Benidorm Fest". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. Fuster, Luis (5 November 2021). "Spain: Benidorm Fest signed for four years, it may not include a voting sequence". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. Fuster, Luis (8 November 2021). "Spain: Valencian government to invest almost a million euros in Benidorm Fest". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. "Benidorm Fest: Estos son los 14 artistas y canciones de la preselección de España para Eurovisión 2022". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. "RTVE amplía hasta el 10 de noviembre el plazo de presentación de canciones para Eurovisión 2022". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  10. "J Cruz, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson y Zahara son los asesores musicales de RTVE para Eurovisión 2022". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. "Rueda de prensa sobre el proceso de selección del Benidorm Fest | Eurovisión 2022" (in Spanish). RTVE. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. García Hernández, José (7 December 2021). "TVE confirma la presentación de las candidaturas del Benidorm Fest el 10 de diciembre". Eurovision-Spain (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  13. "Benidorm Fest: Tanxugueiras interpretará el tema en gallego "Terra"". rtve.es (in Spanish). RTVE. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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