How to participate in Benidorm Fest 2023? These are the basics of the pre-selection for Eurovision

Benidorm will host again musical event to be held in early 2023 and it will consist of three galas. Alicante city of skyscrapers witnessed win a chanel It will be brimming with cultural and musical events throughout this year, where the “SloMo” theme serves as a springboard. Benidorm Fest 2023 celebrationincluding a special area where fans can gather to watch the premieres.

So who will be Chanel Terrero’s successor or successor? If you have a band or are a singer and want to attend Benidorm Fest 2023, you must go through a selection process. before stepping on the festival stage and RTVE has already released Requirements For this, we will tell you below.

Requirements to attend Benidorm Fest

Any writer, composer or performer who meets the following requirements can enter the competition:

• be at least 16 years old Fulfilled before May 1, 2023, that is, born before May 1, 2007.
• Translators must be of Spanish nationality or permanent residence in Spain, if in groups, at least 50% of participants must accredit this requirement. In the case of authors, at least one of them must be of Spanish nationality or permanent resident in Spain.
• RTVE employees and their first-year relatives will not be able to participate in the competition.or persons involved in or interfering with the production of the Eurovision Song Contest or Benidorm Fest, the Benidorm City Council or the Generalitat Valenciana, and their immediate family members are expected to influence the organization of the contest due to their positions.
• Own your stage name and preferably register.
• Not having any recording, publication or other contract that prevents the song from being misused or interpretation and image of the artist and author by RTVE and UER.

• Artists who were previously selected in other competitions or invited to represent another country at Eurovision 2023 cannot participate in the competition.

• Songs must be original in both lyrics and melody and must be unreleased.Performed or distributed in whole or in part before September 1, 2022.

• this The duration of the presented song will be at least 2 minutes and 30 seconds.and a maximum of 3 full minutes.

• It must contain lyrics, so only instrumental songs cannot participate and its language will be Spanish or the common official languages ​​of Spain.. Songs with some parts in Spanish and foreign languages ​​are also accepted as long as such parts do not exceed 40% of the total lyrics of the song.

• will be Songs and entries that use inappropriate or offensive language are excluded from the competition.contain political or similar messages or gestures, or reference brands, products, companies, or contain advertising of any kind.

• Submitted songs must have the written permission of all authors, composers and publishers, and participation is not possible without such permission.

• It will be presented in an audio file containing the vocal part in MP3 format or MP4 or Mov video.

• For action, it should be taken into account that no more than six people on stageincluding singers, backing vocalists, dancers and other professionals involved in the performance.

• The song will be sung live and without effects that distort or enhance the sound.accompanied by a recording of the instrumental base of the theme that participants must provide to RTVE.

• Choirs can be live or pre-recorded. In the case of pre-recorded choirs within the instrumental, they cannot contain the voice of the soloist to perform on stage.

• In addition, during the rehearsals and live broadcasts of the Benidorm Fest Galas, only RTVE technical personnel can control the sound of the performances and the technical personnel accompanying each artist are strictly prohibited from using the media.

• Expenses related to participation will be covered by the participants.

Those wishing to participate in Benidorm Fest 2023 should do so by completing the form available for this purpose on RTVE.es.. and will contain at least the following information:

• Artist-related data (first and last names, artist name, number of tracks, date of birth, contact information).

• Name and lyrics of the song in pdf format, data of the authors, date of first publication

• Details of the manager or contact person (first and last name, address, phone and email) and indication of management, record label or publishing contract.

• Identification of the person filling out the form.

• Artist’s photos in high quality jpeg format, on neutral background, invisible from mobile phone and other people. Add at least one horizontally.

• Publishable bio with link to all social media accounts.

• The model and other materials and documents signed as stated above will be sent over the web in digital format, in high quality and with a maximum weight of 60 MB. It should contain sound and melody, ideas and audio cues for the final arrangement of the song.

Also, the deadline for submitting applications via the form available on rtve.es will open at 10:00 on September 1, 2022 and close at 23:59:59 on October 10, 2022, including both.

On the other hand, in order to guarantee the highest quality and participation in the selection process, RTVE will directly invite artists from the existing music scene or well-known prestigious writers to submit proposals to the selection process.