The Benidorm Fest 2023 is set to be the second edition of the annual Benidorm Fest, a television song contest held in Benidorm, organised and broadcast by RTVE. The show will be held between 31 January and 4 February 2023, and will be hosted by Mónica Naranjo, Inés Hernand and Rodrigo Vázquez.
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Semi-final 1 | 31 January 2023 |
Semi-final 2 | 2 February 2023 |
Final | 4 February 2023 |
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Venue | Palau Municipal d'Esports l'Illa de Benidorm (Benidorm, Valencian Community, Spain) |
Presenter(s) | Mónica Naranjo Inés Hernand Rodrigo Vázquez |
Executive supervisor | María Eizaguirre Eva Mora |
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Website | www![]() |
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Number of entries | 18 |
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The winner of the competition will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
The competition will consist of two semi-finals and one final. In total, 18 candidate songs will compete divided between the two semifinals, that is, nine will participate in each one.[1][2] In each semifinal, the four songs with the most votes among the professional juries (50%), the demographic panel (25%) and the televote (25%), will go directly to the final. During the final, the eight qualified songs will be performed again to determine which will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, following the same voting system as in the semi-finals.
On 19 July 2022, RTVE announced singer Mónica Naranjo as the main host of Benidorm Fest 2023.[3] Naranjo will be accompanied by Internet personality and comedian Inés Hernand, who will return to serve as co-host, and television presenter Rodrigo Vázquez.[4][5]
On 19 July 2022, RTVE announced that the expert jury panel will be headed by composer, musician and record producer Nacho Cano. It was also announced that Swedish singer and television producer Christer Björkman will be among the international members of the expert jury.[3]
RTVE published the rules and regulations for Benidorm Fest 2023 on 19 July 2022. The submission period opened on 1 September 2022, with the window closing on 10 October 2022. In addition to the open submission, RTVE reserved the right to invite renowned singers and authors from the current music scene directly.[6] Upon closing the submission period, RTVE announced that 876 entries had been received, 482 by the online form and 394 by record labels.[7]
The names of the chosen contestants were officially announced by RTVE on 25 October 2022, in a special broadcast on La 1 hosted by Inés Hernand,[8] followed by a presentation event on 29 October, hosted by Julia Varela and Rodrigo Vázquez also on La 1.[9] Among the competing artists is Blanca Paloma, who participated in 2022.
Artist | Song[10] | Language(s) | Composer(s) |
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Agoney | "Quiero arder" | TBA | |
Alfred García | "Desde que tú estas" | ||
Alice Wonder | "Yo quisiera" | ||
Aritz Arén | "Flamenco" | ||
Blanca Paloma | "Eaea" | ||
E'Femme | "Uff!" | ||
Famous | "La Lola" | ||
Fusa Nocta | "Mi familia" | ||
José Otero | "Inviernos en Marte" | ||
Karmento | "Quiero y duelo" | ||
Megara | "Arcadia" | ||
Meler | "No nos moverán" | ||
Rakky Ripper | "Tracción" | ||
Sharonne | "Aire" | ||
Siderland | "Que esclati tot" | ||
Sofía Martín | "Tuki" | ||
Twin Melody | "Sayonara" | ||
Vicco | "Nochentera" |
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