RTVE received 876 applications for Benidorm Fest in 2023, that’s ten fewer than the previous edition, but “most familiar faces among applicantsHe will represent Spain at Eurovision 2023, which will be held in 2023. Liverpool on May 13.
RTVE closed the nomination selection process for Benidorm Fest 2023 at 11:59 PM this Monday. The radio and television channel said in a statement that the number of candidates received was “data similar to the first edition”, but in this case it was. , they experienced more active involvement of record companies and the professionalization of proposals received among the applicants for participation in the pre-selection for the Spanish Eurovision Song Contest, along with more well-known faces”.
From the songs taken 455 came via web form, 27 by e-mail, and the remaining 394 were sent directly by record companies and publishers, That’s twice the number of 2022. In 2021, 886 songs, 692 on the web and 194 on record labels.
Currently, the Eurovision RTVE working group is immersed in listening carefully to the songs received to select the songs to be selected. 16 best candidates It will participate in Benidorm Fest, semi-finals and the 4th grand final on 31 January and 2 February.
Television rated it an “excellent welcome” for the initiative and highlighted this. The first bid was received two minutes later, and the last bid a few minutes after the process was closed.at 23:56 Another noteworthy fact is that many artists rush to the last minute to submit their nominations, and nearly 150 candidates have arrived in the last 24 hours.
It is also noteworthy that sending offers has been standardized by both professional artists and amateurs through the open form on the RTVE website.
more familiar faces
To the new edition, again ” unknown new talent for the general public and emerging artists, as well as an increase in nominations from artists with well-known prestige and orbit, singers from talent shows, new promises and even Eurovision faces from other releases”.
The presence of young people is also very remarkable; independent performing artists; Groups that were successful in the 90s and 2000s; and even some candidates who want to repeat last year’s experience in Benidorm. As with the British last year, TikTok also has offers from artists with very large communities. Sam Ryderwhose success went beyond social networks and won second place in Turin .
There are candidates for all goals in terms of age: from an artist whose youngest will turn 16 in 2023, minimum age To participate in Eurovision; and bigger than a professional to blow up 76 candles this year.
As for the styles, as in 2021, various names, various styles of music: from the most commercial pop, ballads, folk, flamenco, fusion, rock, latin sounds and most consumed by young people, for example rap or reggaeton
After scanning, RTVE, selected artists During the month of November, they will have to send the master of the song to start the production process of the different premieres that La 1 will release.
Eight songs will compete in the first semi-final. January 31st and the other eight will compete in the second semi-final. The top four of each semi-final will advance to the Grand Final on Saturday. Finally, eight songs will compete to win the second of the competition.