HE Benidorm Festival It has become a hot topic during the countdown to Eurovision 2023. RTVE Following a request made to Transparency Portal by ESCPlus, six artists were announced as ‘backups’ after the initial screening stages.
Noan “Every Day”, Kingdom “Counting Stars”, Nena Daconte “De Londres a Paris”, Loren “Lo Confieso”, Hugo Cobo “Come Now” and Bajocero “Shoot Me” They were the candidates who were at the gate to participate in the contest held at TVE and would become participants if any of the 18 contestants did not participate or withdraw.
Of these six candidates announced now, only the songs of Nena Daconte, Hugo Cobo and Bajocero were known. after posting on platforms or performing at their concerts. On the other hand, and for the time being, Noan, Kingdom, and Loren have not made their proposals public.
This new data on Benidorm Fest 2023 was released after RTVE disclosed the total cost of production and the salary of its presenters in another request to the Transparency Portal. For this year’s edition, which ended with the victory of Public Company Blanca Paloma invested a total of 4,069,328 eurosIt represents an increase of 42% compared to 2022.
The data obtained and published by Público reflect a notable difference between the caches of those selected to run the three galas: Monica NaranjoRodrigo Vazquez And Ines Hernand. RTVE points out that the production company and the budget “include the following amounts, without specifying the name of the servers they encountered: presenter €50,000.02, presenter €15,000.02 and presenter €50,000.02“.
Although it is not clear who each of these figures belong to, he was the only male name to submit the competition. Rodrigo VazquezThus, according to Transparency data, he would have pocketed 50,000 Euros for the three nights he was responsible for the programme. However, the driver of ‘El cazador’, in his statements to the aforementioned medium, “data is quite far away” reality. Finally, TVE sources corrected the information and announced that Vázquez received 25,000 euros, not 50,000 euros.