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| Benidorm Fest 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Dates | |
| Semi-final 1 | TBA, 2025 |
| Semi-final 2 | TBA, 2025 |
| Final | TBA, 2025 |
| Host | |
| Venue | Benidorm, Valencian Community, Spain |
| Host broadcaster | |
Benidorm Fest 2025 is set to be the fourth edition of the annual Benidorm Fest, a television song contest held in Benidorm, organised and broadcast by Spanish national broadcaster RTVE. The winner will earn the right to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.[1]
Format
editThe competition will consist of two semi-finals and a final. In total, 16 candidate songs will compete divided between the two semifinals, that is, eight will participate in each one. In each semifinal, the four songs with the most votes among a professional jury (50%), a demoscopic panel (25%) and the televote (25%), will qualify to the final. During the final, the eight qualified songs will be performed again and the winner will determined following the same voting system as in the semi-finals.[1] In response to criticism for the low televoting figures in 2024, attributed to the relatively high costs of telephone calls and SMS messages, RTVE managers stated the goal to make the public voting free by means of a mobile app from 2025;[2] this was confirmed upon the opening of the submission window on 20 May 2024.[1]
Following the 2024 edition of the competition, representatives of Benidorm's municipal council (including mayor Toni Pérez), the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Generalitat Valenciana, and RTVE travelled to the 74th Sanremo Music Festival, currently serving as the Italian national selection for Eurovision; municipal councillor Jesús Carrobles revealed that the aim was to start a collaboration between the two events.[3][4]
Competing entries
editRTVE published the rules and regulations for Benidorm Fest 2025 on 20 May 2024, opening a submission window lasting until 10 October 2024. In order for an entry to qualify to compete, performers and at least one songwriter must be Spanish citizens over the age of 18 (at least 50% of Spanish citizens in the case of groups), and songs must contain at least 60% of the lyrics in one of the official languages of Spain. A professional panel will select 16 entries and 6 reserves.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Farren, Neil (20 May 2024). "Spain: Benidorm Fest 2025 Submission Window Opens". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (18 February 2024). "¿Voto gratuito en el Benidorm Fest 2025? Así votan los espectadores en otros países de Europa" [Free vote in Benidorm Fest 2025? Here is how viewers vote in other European countries]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (10 January 2024). "El Benidorm Fest busca iniciar una colaboración con el Festival de Sanremo" [Benidorm Fest is trying to start a collaboration with the Sanremo Festival]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Solano, Cristhian (8 February 2024). "La Generalitat Valenciana viaja a Sanremo en busca de colaboración con el Benidorm Fest" [The Generalitat Valenciana travels to Sanremo booking for a collaboration with Benidorm Fest]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.