Benidorm Fest 2023 already has its first four finalists. The music festival selected Agoney (161 points), Alice Wonder (119), Fusa Nocta (118) and Megara (111 points) as the first candidates to win the competition in Alicante on Tuesday night.
His performances were the ones that garnered the most support in the first semi-final of the competition that selects the Spanish representative at the 67th edition of Eurovision, to be held in Liverpool (United Kingdom). This Thursday (La 1, 10.50 p.m.) the four singers who will accompany them to the final on Saturday (La 1, 10.05 p.m.) will be determined.
The participants of the first semi-final were in this order: Sharonne with Aire, Aritz with Flamenco, Sofía Martín with Tuki, Agoney with I want to burn, Megara with Arcadia, Alice Wonder with I would like to, Meler with They will not move us, Fusa Nocta with My family and Twin Melody with Sayonara.
Alice Wonder on stage at Benidorm Fest 2023 with Yo quierera.RTVE
The assessment of the expert jury is worth 50% in this edition in the three galas. The other half goes to the public vote, although in this case it is divided into two: 25% goes to the demoscopic jury – a statistical selection of 350 people representing the Spanish population – and 25% depends on the televoting, ie the Messages and calls from viewers of the live galas.
There was a great deal of disagreement in these three voting streams. Megara, Fusa Nocta, Alice Wonder and Agoney were the most chosen options by the professional jury, more international than last year and led this time by the singer Nina. But the demoscopic vote has favored placing Meler in the top four, followed by Agoney, Megara and Twin Melody. The Televote cleared up doubts with their main support for Agoney, Aritz, Megara and Fusa Nocta.
Agoney was the only name to emerge among the likes of the professional judging panel, poll selection and televoting, becoming the big favorite for the ultimate win. After years of experience in televised talent competitions as a former participant in Operación Triunfo and Tu cara me suena, it was the most ambitious musical proposal and the most televised visually. As a member of the LGTBI+ community, the singer explained at the post-gala press conference that his on-stage reference to Michelangelo’s sculpture La piedad is related to the pain sometimes felt in response to a comment he’s received throughout his life. precisely from Catholics”: “You will burn in hell”.
Fusa Nocta took part in the first semi-final of Benidorm Fest 2023.RTVE with “My Family”.
Megara diversifies the shortlist as a rock band with a pink aesthetic and close to the world of video games. While Alice Wonder has opted for a more minimalist staging, beginning in front of a piano and a voice, as in her viral performance in honor of the victims of Covid-19 at the Royal Palace, and accompanied by a choir of four singers with whom he has “a utopian heaven” created. Fusa Nocta, another of the most popular artists since the 18 participants were announced, has interpreted a theme close to Rosalía’s universe. He was accompanied by a car. “It’s the same model my grandfather had when I was little where we listened to Manolo Escobar,” she recalled to the press of her My Family theme.
The show at the Palau d’Esports l’Illa de Benidorm was much bigger than last year. The venue, which was fully occupied in this first semi-final, was then unable to fill its capacity of 3,000 to 4,000 people due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus. In this second edition, RTVE has occupied even more square meters for its ambitious set, invited more artists to compete for the award and welcomed more accredited journalists who have come to the city of Alicante to take an interest in the media impact that that sparked victory by Chanel.
The gala, moderated by the singer Mónica Naranjo, Rodrigo Vázquez (moderator of the El cazador contest) and Inés Hernand (Gen Playz) has started with a false directive, with a version of Naranjo de Diva, one of the winning songs of the Eurovision Most Remembered the song contest of the last decades, which the singer recorded a few minutes before the start of the television broadcast.
Rock band Megara perform ‘Arcadia’ at Benidorm Fest 2023.RTVE
In the second semi-final Alfred will participate with Desde que tú estás, Blanca Paloma with EAEA, E’FEMME with Uff!, Famous with La Lola, José Otero with Inviernos en Marte, Karmento with Quiero y duelo, Rakky Ripper, also without an established order with Tracción, Siderland with Que esclati tot and Vicco with Nonchentera.
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