This will be the voting mechanism of Benidorm Fest 2023

Benidorm Fest 2023 voting system will be the same as in the first version: 50% of the weight for the professional jury, 25% for the demoscopic jury and 25% of the weight of the television verdict. This way, the panel of experts will score the same number of points as the public in both the semi-finals (456) and the grand final (432).

In the case of the first and second semi-finals, 9 candidates will play, 4 of which will be selected and advance to the Final stage. The 5 artists with the lowest score will be eliminated. In the final, the 8 finalists will perform again, and the song and the representative(s) of Spain with the highest score at that gala at the next Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be selected.

This is how you will vote at Benidorm Fest 2023

Professional jury consisting of 8 people, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 points To the First and Second Semi-Final candidates; Y In the final event 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 2.

The result of the sum of the votes The 350 people who make up the demoscopic sample will result in participants ranked by number of votes.. Unlike the jury, the positions in this ranking closed and block scores (40, 35, 30, 28, 25, 22, 20, 15 and 13 for the 1st and 2nd Semifinals and 40, 35, 30, 28, 25, 22, 20 and 16 for the Final) this is 25% corresponds to .

In order for the points to be distributed in case of equality in the ranking results, The tie is broken according to the following criteria: In case of equality in the number of demoscopic votes of the people, the jury is decided by reference, that is, the one who gets the most votes from the jury adds the superior position score. . If it does not end in a draw, the tie is broken with the person who gets the most full votes from the jury (plus 12 or plus 10…).

In the case of televoting, the result of the sum of the votes of the following public via phone calls and/or SMS will result in the participants ranking by the number of votes. The positions of this ranking will become: closed and block scores (40, 35, 30, 28, 25, 22, 20, 15 and 13 for the 1st and 2nd Semifinals and 40, 35, 30, 28, 25, 22, 20 and 16 for the Final) this is 25% corresponds to .

In order for the points to be distributed in case of equality in the ranking results, will break according to the following criteria: In case of equality of votes received from the public by telephone or SMS, the decision is made by applying to the jury, that is, the score for the higher position that receives the most votes from the jury. If it does not end in a draw, the tie is broken with the person who gets the most full votes from the jury (plus 12 or plus 10…).

In case of equality in the sum of the jury and public votes, The song/artist with the best score from the jury will be the winner. Therefore, the draws will be resolved with reference to the jury, that is, the song/artist with the most votes from the jury will receive the highest rank and will therefore be selected.

It is noteworthy that the eight members of the professional jury gave a maximum of 96 and 80 points to the first class if their evaluations conflicted, while only 80 and 70 points for the demoscopic panel and televoting. which would have made it harder for the public to change their criteria, something that wasn’t in the first edition because the jury (5 people) and the public gave a maximum of 60 and 50 points.