Spain: Benidorm Fest 2022 entries released

Spain: Benidorm Fest 2022 entries released
Tuesday, 21 December 2021

  • The Spanish national broadcaster, RTVE, has released the songs of the upcoming Benidorm Festival 2022, the event that will determine Spain's Eurovision 2022 hopeful. 

    Spain in 2022 will be selecting their Eurovision 2022 representative and entry through the historic Benidorm Festival. Following the release of the competing act and the songtitles the Spanish broadcaster went with the release of the entries that will be competing in the national selection. 

    A total of 14 acts will be taking the stage at Benidorm with the ambition to represent the country at Eurovision 2022, in Turin, Italy. 

    The competing acts of the national selection are:

    • Azúcar Moreno – “Postureo” (Posing)
    • Blanca Paloma – “Secreto del agua” (Secret of water)
    • Chanel – “Slo mo”
    • Gonzalo Hermida – “Quién lo diría” (Who would say it)
    • Javiera Mena – “Culpa” (Fault)
    • Luna Ki – “Quiero Morir” (I want to die)
    • Marta Sango -.”Sigues en mi mente” (You stay in my mind)
    • Rayden – “Calle de la llorería” (Crying street)
    • Rigoberta Bandini – “Ay Mama” (O Mum)
    • Sara Deop – “Make you say”
    • Tanxugueiras – “Terra” (Land)
    • Unique – “Mejores” (Better)
    • Varry Brava – “Raffaella”
    • Xeinn – “Eco” (Echo)

     

    You can listen to all the songs of the natioal selection on the official RTVE website.

     

    The singers will participate in  groups of seven  in the two semifinals of the competition. The four most voted  in each gala by the professional jury (60% national experts and 40% international) and the public (50% televoting and 50% demoscopic jury) will go to the grand final,  with  will see a total of eight performances.  The winner of  Benidorm Fest will  represent Spain in the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy. 

     

    Spain in Eurovision

    Spain participated for the first time in 1961 with Conchita Bautista and has achieved twice to win, in 1968 (Massiel) and in 1969 (Salome). Madrid hosted the contest in 1969 where there was a four country tie in the first place on the final scoreboard.

    Despite not having missed a single contest since 1961 , Spain doesn’t have remarkable results to show the latest years. Exception was Anabel Conde’s 2nd place in  Eurovision 1995 held in Dublin. Spain has came in history 2nd four times ( 1971, 1973, 1979, 1995) while it has finished last 5 times (1962, 1965, 1983, 1999, 2017) from which the first three receiving null points.

    Miki represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song “La venda”. The singer  in 22nd place with a total of 54 points. In 2020  Blas Cantó was chosen internally to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song “Universo”: Unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic and Blas never had the chance to perform in Rotterdam.

    However, TVE, invited the Spanish act back for Eurovision 2021 where he performed his entry "Voy e Quedarme" at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Grand final, finishing 24th with 6 points. 

    News Source/ Image :RTVE