The first semi-final of Benidorm Fest ended with a larger audience than last year. But there has also been criticism from audiences due to the sound quality of many of the performances on the Palau d’Esports l’Illa stage in Benidorm. A problem that RTVE will try to solve at the next premiere, so the second semi-final next Thursday and the grand final on Saturday, trying to make sure every note reaches the public in the best way possible.
This is how María Eizaguirre, Director of Communications of RTVE, explained it, just a few hours after the names of the first four people classified for the final of the music competition were announced. Person responsible for the public chain Recognized the issues that occurred on Tuesday night and affected those watching the show from home and points out that “we already see what causes this interference.”
And he mentions “interference” because, as he points out, the problem did not occur live. In other words, Eizaguirre says, “The sound and mixing done in Palau reaches the mobile unit in high quality and there are problems with the transmission.” Like this Investigating what may have gone wrong so he wasn’t “seen or heard properly on television”. Everything to prevent this from happening again with the other two television premieres to come.
“What comes out of here (Benidorm) is well mixed and of good quality,” he emphasizes. Among the points examined is the sound coming from the hole in the track where the spectators attending the semi-final were located: “This year, the sound quality of the room and the pit has increased”. “If this caused this distortion to occur in the broadcast,” Eizaguirre says, “it remains to be seen because the ambient sound may have been heard louder than it should have been.” So RTVE will operate in a way that “as soon as we find out where the problem is, we will try to fix it.”
Viewers’ criticism and anger were clearly visible on social networks. The public expressed concern that they could not hear their favorite bands in good quality, although many emphasized that their sound was much better than heard on television. According to the opinions expressed on the networks, this was also the case with Lérica or Noan, although their entire performance always affected practically.
So how did the artists themselves experience this? The Mantra group, which won the public vote but was left out of the final, spoke on behalf of all participants in the first semi-final: “EThe problem with the sound was at television level. We heard each other well from the very beginning and without any problems. But we don’t know how it is heard from the outside,” explained the artists. In addition, this musical trio also stated that they discussed this issue with their other colleagues and said, ” feedback Most importantly, you can hear your voice on stage without any problems.
the same thing happened on site On the Palau set. Participants in the second semi-final listened to the shows without any problems. and with the appropriate volume, both in the stands and in the pit, as several people asked by this newspaper confirmed. Now that RTVE appears to have located the problem, members of the public who will not be able to attend the live broadcast are hopeful that a solution will be found in the next two premieres.